[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR7.25]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 7_STANDARDS OF CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart D_Post Employment Conflict of Interest: Procedures for 
                 Administrative Enforcement Proceedings
 
Sec.  7.25  Initiation of administrative disciplinary proceeding.

    (a) Commission review of report. The Commission shall review the 
Ethics Officer's investigative report in Executive Session.
    (b) Reasonable cause to believe finding. If the Commission, by an 
affirmative vote of four members, determines there is reasonable cause 
to believe a violation has occurred, it shall initiate an administrative 
disciplinary proceeding by providing the former employee with the notice 
defined in 11 CFR 7.26.
    (c) No reasonable cause to believe finding. If the Commission 
determines that there is no reasonable cause to believe a violation has 
occurred, it will close its file on the matter and take no further 
action. The Commission shall notify the Director of the Office of 
Government Ethics, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, 
the complainant, and the former employee of its determination. Included 
in this notification will be a statement of reasons for the Commission's 
determination.