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PA-23-01: Recodification of the Ethics in Government Act

January 5, 2023

On December 27, 2022, the President signed Public Law 117-286 into law. This law moved the Ethics in Government Act from the Appendix to title 5 of the U.S. Code to a new chapter 131 in title 5. This Program Advisory describes the recodification and includes a section-by-section citation comparison.

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