[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 6, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17928-17929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7675]


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AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

36 CFR Part 400


Employee Responsibilities and Conduct; Removal of Superseded 
Regulations and Addition of Residual Cross-References

AGENCY: American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: The American Battle Monuments Commission is repealing its 
superseded old agency employee responsibilities and conduct 
regulations, which have been replaced by the executive branch-wide 
Standards of Ethical Conduct and financial disclosure regulations 
issued by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). In their place, the 
ABMC is adding a section of residual cross-references to those new 
provisions as well as to certain executive branch-wide conduct rules 
promulgated by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

DATES: This rule is effective May 6, 2004 without further action, 
unless adverse comment is received by May 5, 2004. If adverse comment 
is received, ABMC will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the 
Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: 
Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Agency Web site: www.abmc.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the ABMC Web site. E-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Theodore Gloukhoff, Designated 
Agency Ethics Official, American Battle

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Monuments Commission, Suite 500, Courthouse Plaza II, 2300 Clarendon 
Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201; telephone: (703) 696-6908; FAX: (703) 
696-6666.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1992, OGE issued a final rule setting 
forth uniform Standards of Ethical Conduct and an interim final rule on 
financial disclosure for executive branch departments and agencies of 
the Federal Government and their employees. Those two executive branch-
wide regulations, as corrected and amended, are codified at 5 CFR parts 
2634 and 2635. Together those regulations have superseded the old ABMC 
regulations on employee responsibilities and conduct, which were 
codified at 36 CFR part 400 (and were based on prior OPM standards). 
Accordingly, the ABMC is removing its superseded regulations and adding 
in place thereof a new section containing residual cross-references to 
the new provisions at 5 CFR parts 2634 and 2635. In addition, the ABMC 
is adding to that section a reference to the specific executive branch-
wide restrictions on gambling, safeguarding the examination process and 
conduct prejudicial to the Government which are set forth in 5 CFR part 
735, as issued by OPM in 1992.

List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 400

    Conflict of interests, Government employees.

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For the reasons set forth in the preamble, American Battle Monuments 
Commission is revising 36 CFR part 400 to read as follows:

PART 400--EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301; 36 U.S.C. 2103.


Sec.  400.1  Cross-references to employees' ethical conduct standards, 
financial disclosure regulations and other conduct rules.

    Employees of the American Battle Monuments Commission are subject 
to the executive branch-wide standards of ethical conduct and financial 
disclosure regulations at 5 CFR parts 2634 and 2635 as well as the 
executive branch-wide employee responsibilities and conduct regulations 
at 5 CFR part 735.

    Dated: March 30, 2004.
Theodore Gloukhoff,
Director, Personnel and Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-7675 Filed 4-5-04; 8:45 am]
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