[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 25934-25935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4105]


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UNITED STATES SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER 
COMMISSION

22 CFR Part 1100


Employee Responsibilities and Conduct; Removal of Superseded 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

AGENCY: United States Section of the International Boundary and Water 
Commission (USIBWC).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The United States Section of the International Boundary and 
Water Commission is repealing its superseded old employee conduct 
regulations, which have been replaced by the executive branch Standards 
of Ethical Conduct, financial disclosure and financial interests 
regulations issued by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). In place 
of its old conduct regulations, the USIBWC is adding a section of 
residual cross-references to those new provisions as well as to certain 
executive branch conduct rules promulgated by the Office of Personnel 
Management (OPM).

DATES: Effective Date: June 2, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tony R. Chavez, Designated Agency 
Ethics Official, United States International Boundary and Water 
Commission, 4171 N. Mesa, Suite C-100, El Paso, Texas, Telephone, 915-
832-4111, Fax 915-832-4196.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1992, OGE issued a final rule setting 
forth uniform Standards of Ethical Conduct and an interim final rule on 
financial disclosure, and in 1996 issued a final rule on financial 
interests, all for executive branch departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government and their employees. Those three executive branch-
wide regulations, as corrected and amended, are codified at 5 CFR parts 
2634, 2635 and 2640. Together those regulations have superseded the old 
USIBWC regulations on employee responsibilities and conduct, which have 
been codified at 22 CFR part 1100 (and were based on prior OPM 
standards). Accordingly, the USIBWC is removing its superseded 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, 
2635 and 2640. In addition, the USIBWC is including in that section a 
reference to the separate, specific executive branch provisions 
regarding gambling, safeguarding the examination process and conduct 
prejudicial to the Government which are set forth in 5 CFR part 735, as 
amended and reissued by OPM in 1992. Those specific branch-wide 
restrictions are not covered in OGE's Standards of Ethical Conduct 
regulation; furthermore, they are self-executing and do not require any 
department or agency republication.

Matters of Regulatory Procedure

Administrative Procedure Act

    As Designated Agency Ethics Official of the USIBWC, I have found, 
under 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2) and (b), that the general requirements for 
proposed rule making and opportunity for public comment are not 
applicable as to this final rule since it relates solely to agency 
management and personnel as well as agency organization, practice and 
procedure.

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 1100

    Conflict of interests.


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For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the United States Section of 
the International Boundary and Water Commission is revising 22 CFR part 
1100 to read as follows:

PART 1100--EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301.

[[Page 25935]]

Sec.  1100.1  Cross-references to employee ethical conduct standards, 
financial disclosure and financial interests regulations and other 
conduct rules.

    Employees of the United States Section of the International 
Boundary and Water Commission are subject to the executive branch 
standards of ethical conduct contained in 5 CFR part 2635, the 
executive branch financial disclosure regulations contained in 5 CFR 
part 2634, and the executive branch financial interests regulations 
contained in 5 CFR part 2640, as well as the executive branch employee 
responsibilities and conduct regulations contained in 5 CFR part 735.

    Dated: April 26, 2006.
Tony R. Chavez,
Designated Agency Ethics Official, United States Section of the 
Internal Boundary and Water Commission.
[FR Doc. 06-4105 Filed 5-2-06; 8:45 am]
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