; and (B) the period covered by a single extension shall be not longer than 45 days. (b) New Members of Congress (1) Certification Not later than 30 days after the date on which an individual becomes a new Member of Congress, the new Member of Congress shall submit to the applicable supervising ethics office a certification that, as applicable— (A) for each covered investment owned by the Member of Congress or a spouse or dependent child of the Member of Congress, the Member of Congress, or the applicable spouse or dependent child of the Member of Congress, will— (i) divest the covered investment; or (ii) place the covered investment in a qualified blind trust, including by establishing a qualified blind trust for that purpose, if necessary; or (B) neither the Member of Congress nor a spouse or dependent child of the Member of Congress owns a covered investment. (2) Divestiture or placement in qualified blind trust (A) Requirement Subject to paragraph (3), not later than 120 days after the date on which an individual becomes a new Member of Congress, the individual shall divest, or place in a qualified blind trust (including by establishing a qualified blind trust for that purpose, if necessary), each covered investment owned by the Member of Congress or a spouse or dependent child of the Member of Congress. (B) Divestiture A new Member of Congress shall divest a covered investment held by the Member of Congress or a spouse or dependent child of the Member of Congress if— (i) the Member of Congress, or the applicable spouse or dependent child of the Member of Congress, is unable to place the covered investment in a qualified blind trust by the date described in subparagraph (A)