; retention of documents by the clerk (1) In general Before any individual who is appointed to serve on the Board or before any individual is hired to be an employee of the Office may do so, the individual shall execute a signed document containing the following statement: I agree not to be a candidate for the office of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress for purposes of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 until at least 4 years after I am no longer a member of the Congressional Ethics Board or employee of the Office of Congressional Ethics. . (2) Retention of documents Copies of the signed and executed document shall be retained by the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate as part of the records of the House and the Senate. The Clerk and the Secretary, working jointly, shall make the signatures a matter of public record, causing the names of each individual who has signed the document to be published in a portion of the Congressional Record designed for that purpose, and make cumulative lists of such names available on the websites of the Clerk and the Secretary. (e) Code of conduct The Board— (1) shall establish a code of conduct to govern the behavior of the members of the Board and the employee of the Office, which shall include the avoidance of conflicts of interest; and (2) may issue other rules as the Board determines necessary to carry out the functions of the Board and the Office. 557. Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle such sums as may be necessary. 558. Conforming amendments and rules of construction (a) Conforming amendments to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 Section 109(18) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D), as amended, as subparagraphs (B) through (E), respectively