WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- A House ethics subcommittee charged U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., Thursday with 13 counts of violating House rules and U.S. laws.

An investigative subcommittee of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct submitted the allegations in a 40-page report, including charges that Rangel's conduct discredited the chamber, Roll Call reported.

Rangel is accused of soliciting donations to the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at City College of New York from businesses appearing before the House Ways and Means Committee when he was its chairman.

An adjudicatory panel composed of four Democrats and four Republicans will evaluate the charges. If they find Rangel violated House rules, the case will be sent to the full ethics committee for a vote on his punishment.

"The public office is a public trust. Our task is to determine whether Representative Rangel's conduct met that standard," said ethics Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., who also leads the adjudicatory panel.

Panel member Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said Rangel will have "violated multiple provisions of House rules and federal statutes" if the charges are true.

Rangel's attorney, Leslie Kiernan, disputed the charges in a statement, saying the case is "deeply flawed in its factual premises and legal theories, not only with regard to (City College of New York), but also as to the other claims. The undisputed evidence in the record -- assembled by the Investigative Subcommittee over its nearly two-year investigation -- is that Congressman Rangel did not dispense any political favors, that he did not intentionally violate any law, rule or regulation, and that he did not misuse his public office for private gain."