The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct voted on September 24, 2008 to establish an investigative subcommittee to conduct an inquiry regarding Representative Charles B. Rangel. The investigative subcommittee shall have jurisdiction to determine whether Representative Rangel violated the Code of Official Conduct or any law, rule, regulation, or other standard of conduct applicable to his conduct in the performance of his duties or the discharge of his responsibilities, with respect to
(1) Using official resources to transmit letters in 2005, 2006, and 2007 to potential donors to the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at the City College of New York;
(2) Apartment units leased by Representative Charles B. Rangel in the Lenox Terrace apartment complex located in Harlem, New York;
(3) Representative Charles B. Rangel’s financing of his ownership interests in a guest unit within the Punta Cana Yacht Club located in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and his compliance with financial disclosure requirements regarding that property; and
(4) Representative Charles B. Rangel’s compliance with Committee on House Administration Rules regarding storage of a vehicle in a House garage, lot, or designated parking area.
Representative Gene Green will serve as Chairman of the investigative subcommittee, and Representative Doc Hastings will serve as Ranking Republican Member. The other two members of the subcommittee are Representative Robert C. Scott and Representative Jo Bonner.