---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 7.4"
title: "11"
number: "7.4"
heading: "Reporting suspected violations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/7.4"
---

# §7.4. Reporting suspected violations.


Commissioners and employees shall disclose immediately any suspected violation of a statute or of a rule set forth in this part or of a rule set forth in 5 CFR parts [735](/cfr/5/part735.md), [2634](/cfr/5/part2634.md), 2635, 2640, or 4701 to the Designated Agency Ethics Official, the Office of Inspector General, or other appropriate law enforcement authorities.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30106, 30107, and 30111; 5 U.S.C. 7321 et seq. and app. 3.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 70330, Nov. 14, 2011, unless otherwise noted.