'\S -i ^i* PUBLIC LAW 104-1 —JAN. 23, 1995 109 STAT. 39 officers and the Board, including any related records, shall be confidential. This subsection shall not apply to proceedings under section 215, but shall apply to the deliberations of hearing officers and the Board under that section. (d) RELEASE OF RECORDS FOR JUDICIAL ACTION.— The records of hearing officers and the Board may be made public if required for the purpose ofjudicial review under section 407. (e) ACCESS BY COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— At the discretion of the Executive Director, the Executive Director may provide to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate access to the records of the hearings and decisions of the hearing officers and the Board, including all written and oral testimony in the possession of the Office. The Executive Director shall not provide such access until the Executive Director has consulted with the individual filing the complaint at issue, and until a final decision has been entered under section 405(g) or 406(e). (f) FINAL DECISIONS.— ^A final decision entered under section Public 405(g) or 406(e) shall be made public if it is in favor of the complain- information, ing covered employee, or in favor of the charging party under section 210, or if the decision reverses a decision of a hearing officer which had been in favor of the covered employee or charging party. The Board may make public any other decision at its discretion. TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. 501. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 2 USC 1431. The provisions of sections 102(b)(3) and 304(c) are enacted— (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of such House, respectively, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of each House. SEC. 502. POLITICAL AFFILIATION AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE. 2 USC 1432. (a) IN GENERAL. —It shall not be a violation of any provision of section 201 to consider the— (1) party affiliation; (2) domicile; or (3) political compatibility with the employing office; of an employee referred to in subsection (b) with respect to employ- ment decisions. (b) DEFINITION. — For purposes of subsection (a), the term "employee" means— (1) an employee on the staff of the leadership of the House of Representatives or the leadership of the Senate; (2) an employee on the staff of a committee or subcommittee of— (A) the House of Representatives; (B) the Senate; or (C) a joint committee of the Congress;
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