According to CQ (subscription required), Rep. Jon Porter's (R-NV) House Government Reform subcommittee will mark up a HR 5710, which would renew the Office of Government Ethics. New in the bill is a requirement that the Government Accountability Office study ways to improve the office, including the advantages and disadvantages of transferring its functions to some other part of the federal government. The office’s current authorization (PL 107-119) is scheduled to expire at the end of fiscal 2006.