[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 42594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20145]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 5


Employee Conduct Standards and Financial Conflicts of Interest; 
Cross-Reference to Executive Branch-wide Regulations

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In its rule concerning Employee Conduct Standards and 
Financial Conflicts of Interest, the Commission is amending its cross-
reference to the executive branch-wide regulations, to correct a 
typographical error.

EFFECTIVE DATE: These amendments are effective August 5, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ira S. Kaye, 202-326-2426, or Shira 
Pavis Minton, 202-326-2479, Attorneys, Office of the General Counsel, 
FTC, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is revising Commission Rule 
5.1, 16 CFR 5.1, to correct a typographical error.
    This rule amendment relates solely to agency practice, and, thus, 
is not subject to the notice and comment requirements of the 
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2), or to the 
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601(2).

List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 5, Subpart A

    Employee Conduct Standards and Financial Conflict of Interest.
    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Federal Trade 
Commission amends Title 16, chapter I, subchapter A, of the Code of 
Federal Regulations as follows:

PART 5--STANDARDS OF CONDUCT

    1. The authority citation for part 5 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301; 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government 
Act of 1978); 15 U.S.C. 46(g); E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 
Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1900 
Comp., p. 306; 5 CFR part 2635, unless otherwise noted.

    2. Section 5.1 is amended by revising the citation ``5 CFR 
5701.101'' to read ``5 CFR Part 5701'' and by revising the word 
``supplements'' to ``supplement''.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-20145 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]
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