[The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Office of Government Ethics Semiannual Regulatory Agenda]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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Part XXXII





Office of Government Ethics





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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

5 CFR Ch. XVI

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, October 1996

AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: The following Office of Government Ethics (OGE) substantive 
and procedural regulations are scheduled for development or review 
during the period from October 1, 1996, through September 30, 1997. 
This agenda fulfills OGE's responsibility to publish a semiannual 
regulatory agenda under Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and 
Review'' and has been prepared in accordance with guidance received 
from the Office of Management and Budget. None of the OGE regulations 
in this October 1996 agenda will have a significant economic impact on 
a substantial number of small entities as defined under the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. chapter 6. In addition, none of the listed 
OGE regulatory actions is procurement-related. Furthermore, the Office 
of Government Ethics rulemakings are not included in The Regulatory 
Plan.

    This publication in the Federal Register does not impose a 
binding obligation on the Office of Government Ethics with respect 
to any particular item on its agenda. The dates shown for the 
future steps of each action are estimates and not commitments to 
act by the date shown. Moreover, other OGE regulatory actions, in 
addition to the entries listed, are not precluded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William E. Gressman, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005-3917; telephone: 202-208-8000, extension 1110; FAX: 202-208-8037.

Approved: September 30, 1996.

F. Gary Davis,

Deputy Director, Office of Government Ethics.

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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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4013        Office of Government Ethics Gift Acceptance Authority and Organizational Update.......    3209-AA21 
4014        Privacy Act Rules.....................................................................    3209-AA18 
4015        Executive Agency Ethics Training Programs.............................................    3209-AA07 
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                                                                                                     Regulation 
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4016        Revisions to the Office of Government Ethics' Rules on Implementation of the Equal                  
            Access to Justice Act.................................................................    3209-AA20 
4017        Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch....................    3209-AA04 
4018        Limitations on Outside Employment; Confidential Reporting of Payments to Charities in               
            Lieu of Honoraria.....................................................................    3209-AA13 
4019        Interpretation, Exemptions, and Waiver Guidance Concerning 18 USC 208 (Acts Affecting               
            a Personal Financial Interest)........................................................    3209-AA09 
4020        Post-Employment Conflict of Interest Restrictions.....................................    3209-AA14 
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4021        Financial Disclosure, Qualified Trusts, and Certificates of Divestiture for Executive               
            Branch Employees......................................................................    3209-AA00 
4022        Executive Agency Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct Regulations Issued Jointly               
            With the Concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics...............................    3209-AA15 
4023        Interpretation of 18 USC 209, the Constraint Against Private Supplementation of                     
            Salaries of Executive Branch Officials and Employees..................................    3209-AA12 
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4024        Public Financial Disclosure, Conflicts of Interest, and Certificates of Divestiture                 
            for Executive Branch Officials........................................................    3209-AA06 
4025        Executive Agency Supplemental Financial Disclosure Regulations Issued Jointly With the              
            Concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics........................................    3209-AA16 
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4013.  OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS GIFT ACCEPTANCE AUTHORITY AND 
ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATE

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  5 USC app (Ethics in Government Act of 1978)

CFR Citation:  5 CFR 2600

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulation will implement the new agency gift acceptance 
authority of the Office of Government Ethics as set forth in the 1996 
OGE Authorization Act. In addition, various provisions of OGE's part 
2600 organization and functions regulations will be updated to reflect 
recent changes in OGE's organizational structure.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            09/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End         11/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: James P. O'Sullivan, Associate General Counsel, Office 
of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20005-3917
Phone: 202 208-8000
TDD: 202 208-8025
Fax: 202 208-8037

RIN: 3209-AA21
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4014. PRIVACY ACT RULES

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  5 USC 552a; 5 USC app (Ethics in Government Act of 
1978)

CFR Citation:  5 CFR 2606 (New)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule would establish for the Office of 
Government Ethics (OGE) regulatory procedures to implement the Privacy 
Act of 1974, including requests for access and amendment and appeals, 
and would reference certain OGE systems of records (which will also be 
updated and revised).

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            06/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End         08/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Heather N. Sigrist, Attorney Advisor, Office of 
Government Ethics, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005-3917
Phone: 202 208-8000
TDD: 202 208-8025
Fax: 202 208-8037

RIN: 3209-AA18
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4015. EXECUTIVE AGENCY ETHICS TRAINING PROGRAMS

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  5 USC app (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); EO 
12674; EO 12731

CFR Citation:  5 CFR 2638.701 to 2638.704

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Regulation specifying the responsibilities of executive 
branch agencies and their designated agency ethics officials to develop 
and implement orientation and annual ethics training courses and to 
distribute appropriate guidance materials to their employees under 
sections 301(b) and (c) of E.O. 12674, as modified by E.O. 12731.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            09/18/90                    55 FR 38335
NPRM Comment Period End         11/17/90
Final Rule on Executive Agency 
Ethics Training Programs        04/07/92                    57 FR 11886
Correction                      04/27/92                    57 FR 15219
Amendment                       12/10/92                    57 FR 58399
Correction                      12/28/92                    57 FR 61612
Interim Amendments to Liberalize 
Certain Training Requirements   03/16/94                    59 FR 12145
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      05/16/94                    59 FR 12145
Proposed Amendments To Refine 
Certain Training Requirements   05/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: John C. Condray, Attorney Advisor, Office of Government 
Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005-3917
Phone: 202 208-8000
TDD: 202 208-8025
Fax: 202 208-8037

RIN: 3209-AA07
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4016.  REVISIONS TO THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS' RULES ON 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  5 USC 504(c)(1); 5 USC app (Ethics in Government Act 
of 1978)

CFR Citation:  5 CFR 2610

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This amendatory rulemaking will implement for OGE the changes 
made to the Equal Access to Justice Act by subtitle C of the 1996 Small 
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act under the Contract with 
America Advancement Act of 1996.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Action                    01/00/97
Final Action Effective          01/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: In prior years, OGE's interim and Final Equal 
Access to Justice Act rules were assigned RIN 3209-AA19.

Agency Contact: William E. Gressman, Associate General Counsel, Office 
of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20005-3917

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Phone: 202 208-8000
TDD: 202 208-8025
Fax: 202 208-8037

RIN: 3209-AA20
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4017. STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  5 USC 7301; 5 USC 7351; 5 USC 7353; 5 USC app (Ethics 
in Government Act of 1978); EO 12674; EO 12731

CFR Citation:  5 CFR 2635

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Regulation implementing certain provisions of Executive Order 
12674 on Principles of Ethical Conduct, as modified by EO 12731, and 
the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-194), as amended. Effective 
February 3, 1993, this new ethical conduct standards regulation 
generally superseded executive branch employee conduct and gifts rules, 
as well as pertinent portions of agency-specific conduct regulations 
issued thereunder. For certain existing agency regulatory standards 
setting forth financial interest prohibitions and prior approval for 
outside employment/activities, an extended grace period was in effect 
until November 1, 1996, or until individual concerned agencies issued 
supplemental regulations, with Office of Government Ethics concurrence.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            07/23/91                    56 FR 33778
NPRM Comment Period End         09/20/91
Final Overall Regulation on 
Standards of Ethical Conduct    08/07/92                    57 FR 35006
Correction                      10/27/92                    57 FR 48557
Correction                      11/04/92                    57 FR 52583
5 CFR 2635.403(a) and 2635.803 
Grace Period Extension          02/02/94                     59 FR 4779
Additional 5 CFR 2635.403(a) and 
2635.803 Grace Period Extension 02/02/95                     60 FR 6390
NPRM on Widely Attended 
Gatherings                      06/15/95                    60 FR 31415
Minor Correction to One Citation10/03/95                    60 FR 51667
Further 5 CFR 2635.403(a) and 
2635.803 Grace Period Extension 12/27/95                    60 FR 66857
Further Additional 5 CFR 
2635.403(a) and 2635.803 Grace 
Period Extension                08/07/96                    61 FR 40950
Final Rule on Widely Attended 
Gatherings                      08/20/96                    61 FR 42965
Correction to Final Rule on 
Widely Attended Gatherings      09/16/96                    61 FR 48733
Interim Rule on Gifts From 
Political Organizations         09/27/96                    61 FR 50689
Interim Rule on Travel Expenses 
for Certain Unofficial Teaching, 
Speaking, and Writing           04/00/97
NPRM on Participation in 
Professional Associations       04/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Stuart D. Rick, Associate General Counsel, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005-3917
Phone: 202 208-8000
TDD: 202 208-8025
Fax: 202 208-8037

RIN: 3209-AA04
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4018. LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT; CONFIDENTIAL REPORTING OF 
PAYMENTS TO CHARITIES IN LIEU OF HONORARIA

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  5 USC app (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); EO 
12674; EO 12671

CFR Citation:  5 CFR 2636

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The regulation had, in pertinent part, implemented, effective 
January 1, 1991, the prohibition on honoraria (now declared 
unconstitutional by the courts as to most rank and file executive 
branch employees and hence determined to be eviscerated as to all other 
Federal employees by the Office of Legal Counsel of the Justice 
Department). In addition, the regulation continues to implement the 
limitation on outside employment as provided in the 1989 Ethics Reform 
Act revisions to the Ethics in Government Act, as amended. A separate 
provision (not yet effective) of the regulation will govern reports by 
certain executive branch officials of payments, in lieu of honoraria, 
donated on their behalf to charities. The regulation will be amended in 
light of the above-noted litigation and any other pertinent 
developments.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Interim Final Rule              01/17/91                     56 FR 1721
Deferral of Effective Date of 5 
CFR 2636.205                    05/10/91                    56 FR 21589
Deferral of Effective Date of 5 
CFR 2636.205                    10/11/91                    56 FR 51319
Revision of Honorarium 
Definition in 5 CFR 2636.203(a) 01/08/92                      57 FR 601
Deferral of Effective Date of 5 
CFR 2636.205                    02/14/92                     57 FR 5369
Technical Correction to Interim 
Final Rule                      12/30/93                    58 FR 69176
Technical (Paperwork) Amendments 
to Interim Final Rule           07/07/94                    59 FR 34755
Make 5 CFR 2636.205 Effective 
and Revise Section              02/00/97
Final Action                    02/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Stuart D. Rick, Associate General Counsel, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005-3917
Phone: 202 208-8000
TDD: 202 208-8025
Fax: 202 208-8037

RIN: 3209-AA13
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4019. INTERPRETATION, EXEMPTIONS, AND WAIVER GUIDANCE CONCERNING 18 USC 
208 (ACTS AFFECTING A PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST)

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  18 USC 208; 5 USC app (Ethics in Government Act of 
1978); EO 12674; EO 12731

CFR Citation:  5 CFR 2640 (New)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final regulation (a proposed rule was published in 1995)

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will interpret section 208(a) of title 18, USC, which prohibits 
officers and employees of the executive branch from officially 
participating personally and substantially in a particular matter in 
which there is a personal financial interest or a financial interest of 
a related person or organization (absent a waiver under 18 USC 208(b)). 
It also lists and describes interests proposed to be considered too 
remote or too inconsequential to affect the integrity of the services 
of executive branch officers or employees, in accordance with 18 USC 
208(b)(2). Such interests will be exempt from the restrictions of 18 
USC 208(a), generally requiring disqualification. The regulation also 
will provide guidance to executive branch agencies as to the kinds of 
interests that are not so substantial as to be deemed likely to affect 
the integrity of the services the Government may expect from an 
employee and which, therefore, may be waived from the general rule of 
disqualification under 18 USC 208(a) pursuant to 18 USC 208(b)(1). In 
addition, guidance is to be provided concerning the issuance of waivers 
to special Government employee advisory committee members pursuant to 
18 USC 208(b)(3). A separate interim final rule, published in 1995 
exempting certain financial interests arising from Federal Government 
executive branch employment as well as from Social Security or 
veterans' benefits, from the general prohibition in section 208(a), 
will be incorporated in the overall final rule.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Govt. Interests and Social 
Security or Veterans' Benefits 
Exemptions                      08/28/95                    60 FR 44706
NPRM                            09/11/95                    60 FR 47208
NPRM Comment Period End         11/13/95
Final Action                    12/00/96

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Marilyn L. Glynn, Associate General Counsel, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005-3917
Phone: 202 208-8000
TDD: 202 208-8025
Fax: 202 208-8037

RIN: 3209-AA09
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4020. POST-EMPLOYMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST RESTRICTIONS

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  5 USC app (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 18 USC 
207; EO 12674; EO 12731

CFR Citation:  5 CFR 2641; 5 CFR 2637 (Continuation)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Interpretive regulation giving guidance for the executive 
branch on the various substantive restrictions of the current version 
of the post-Government employment conflict of interest statute 18 
U.S.C. 207, which became effective January 1, 1991, pursuant to title I 
of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-194), as amended. Parts 
of the regulation, dealing with procedures for waivers by the Office of 
Government Ethics of certain senior official constraints (based on 
executive agency hardship), designated senior employees, and separate 
agency designations, have already been published in the Federal 
Register; such designations are periodically updated by the Office of 
Government Ethics. The Office of Governments Ethics also has continued 
to publish in the CFR the interpretive regulation, 5 CFR part 2637 (but 
now without the no-longer-effective former Senior Employee and old 
agency component designation listings), under the lifetime bar of the 
prior version of the post-employment law which still applies to 
executive branch employees who left the Government before January 1, 
1991. Once a complete current post-employment law regulation is 
published, the old part 2637 regulation will be removed from the CFR.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Interim Final Rule              02/01/91                     56 FR 3951
Designation of Senior Employees 
and Separate Agency Components  01/28/92                     57 FR 3115
Designation of Additional 
Separate Agency Component       04/07/92                    57 FR 11673
Amendment to Prior Post-
employment Regulation (Part 
2637)                           12/31/92                    57 FR 62467
Amendment to Interim Final Rule 
(Part 2641)                     06/21/93                    58 FR 33755
Technical Amendment to Authority 
Citation of 5 CFR Part 2637     12/30/93                    58 FR 69176
Technical Amendments to Interim 
Final Rule                      07/07/94                    59 FR 34755
Agency Separate Component 
Designations Update             12/00/96
Interim Final Rule              08/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Julia Loring Eirinberg, Associate General Counsel, 
Office of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20005-3917
Phone: 202 208-8000
TDD: 202 208-8025
Fax: 202 208-8037

RIN: 3209-AA14

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4021. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, QUALIFIED TRUSTS, AND CERTIFICATES OF 
DIVESTITURE FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  5 USC app (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 26 USC 
1043; EO 12674; EO 12731

CFR Citation:  5 CFR 2634

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Regulation revising the executive branch public and 
confidential financial disclosure report systems for high-level 
officials and certain mid-level employees, respectively, in light of 
the changes to the Ethics in Government Act effected by the Ethics 
Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-194), as amended. These disclosure 
provisions apply to public reports filed since January 1, 1991. Subpart 
I of the regulation, effective October 5, 1992, superseded prior 
executive branchwide and agency-specific regulations and established a 
revised system of confidential reporting, modeled generally on the 
public reporting system, for executive branch agency mid-level 
employees with sensitive duties and special Government employees.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            12/02/86                    51 FR 43359
Interim Final Rule              04/07/92                    57 FR 11800
Correction                      05/22/92                    57 FR 21854
Correction                      12/31/92                    57 FR 62605
Revised Interim Final Rule      07/21/93                    58 FR 38911
Proposed Amendment to Interim 
Final Rule                      09/01/93                    58 FR 46096
Technical Amendments to Interim 
Final Rule                      11/30/93                    58 FR 63023
Technical (Paperwork) Amendments 
to Interim Final Rule           07/07/94                    59 FR 34755
Final Action                    12/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: G. Sid Smith, Associate General Counsel, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005-3917
Phone: 202 208-8000
TDD: 202 208-8025
Fax: 202 208-8037

RIN: 3209-AA00
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4022. EXECUTIVE AGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT 
REGULATIONS ISSUED JOINTLY WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE OFFICE OF 
GOVERNMENT ETHICS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  5 USC 7301; 5 USC app (Ethics in Government Act of 
1978); EO 12674; EO 12731; 5 CFR 2635.105

CFR Citation:  5 CFR 2635; 5 CFR ch XXI et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The supplemental executive agency standards of ethical 
conduct regulations, once issued jointly with the concurrence of the 
Office of Government Ethics (OGE) at agency expense in new chapters at 
the end of 5 CFR, after OGE approval, supplement for each individual 
agency concerned the new OGE executive branch standards of ethical 
conduct, as codified at 5 CFR part 2635. The supplemental regulations, 
as they are issued in accordance with section 201(a) and 301(a) of EO 
12674, as modified by EO 12731, set forth those agency-specific 
provisions under applicable law and regulation, such as regulatory 
restrictions on holding certain financial interests and designation of 
departmental subunits, which are needed for certain agencies to round 
out the executive branchwide ethical standards for employees of 
particular departments and agencies.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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FTC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLVII) 
Interim Final Rule              05/27/93                    58 FR 30695
OPIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
XXXIII) Interim Final Rule      06/17/93                    58 FR 33319
Treasury Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
XXI) NPRM                       08/03/93                    58 FR 41193
ICC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XL) 
Final Rule                      08/06/93                    58 FR 41989
PRC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLVI) 
Final Rule                      08/12/93                    58 FR 42839
DoD Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXVI) 
Interim Final Rule              09/10/93                    58 FR 47619
CFTC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLI) 
Final Rule                      10/12/93                    58 FR 52637
IAF Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXIII) 
Final Rule                      01/27/94                     59 FR 3771
5 CFR 2635.403(a) and 2635.803 
Grace Period Extension (by OGE) 02/02/94                     59 FR 4779
NRC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLVIII) 
Final Rule                      04/13/94                    59 FR 17457
FDIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXII) 
NPRM                            07/12/94                    59 FR 35480
NASA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LIX)  09/28/94                    59 FR 49335
FRTIB Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXXIV)                         10/06/94                    59 FR 50816
Education Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LIII)                           01/30/95                     60 FR 5816
Additional 5 CFR 2635.403(a) and 
2635.803 Grace Period Extension 
(by OGE)                        02/02/95                     60 FR 6390
OMB Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXXVII) 
Final Rule                      03/07/95                    60 FR 12396
USPS Employees (5 CFR Ch. LX)   03/27/95                    60 FR 15700
Eximbank Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LII)                            04/07/95                    60 FR 17625
FDIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXII) 04/25/95                    60 FR 20171
Treasury Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
XXI)(Final Rule)                05/05/95                    60 FR 22249
FCA Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXXI)  06/12/95                    60 FR 30778
FCSIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXX) 06/12/95                    60 FR 30773
HUD Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXV)   06/30/95                    60 FR 34420
OPIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
XXXIII)(Final Rule)             07/21/95                    60 FR 37555
USPS Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LX)(Final Rule)                 09/11/95                    60 FR 47240
FCA Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
XXXI)(Final Rule)               09/13/95                    60 FR 47453
OGE Concurrence in FCA Employees 
(5 CFR Ch.XXXI)(Final Rule)     12/06/95                    60 FR 62319
BGFRS Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LVIII)                          12/19/95                    60 FR 65249
Further 5 CFR 2635.403(a) and 
2635.803 Grace Period Extension 
(by OGE)                        12/27/95                    60 FR 66857
FCSIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
XXX)(Final Rule)                02/06/96                     61 FR 4349
EEOC Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXII) 02/26/96                     61 FR 7065

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TVA Employees (15 CFR Ch. LXIX) 05/06/96                    61 FR 20117
DOE Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXIII) 07/05/96                    61 FR 35085
FDIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
XXII)(Amendment)                07/09/96                    61 FR 35915
HUD Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXV)   07/09/96                    61 FR 36246
OPM Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXXV)  07/16/96                    61 FR 36993
HHS Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLV)   07/30/96                    61 FR 39756
DOT Employees (5 CFR Ch. L)     07/31/96                    61 FR 39901
FMSHRC Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIV)                          07/31/96                    61 FR 39869
EPA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LIV)   08/02/96                    61 FR 40500
NARA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXVI) 08/05/96                    61 FR 40505
Further Additional (5 CFR 
2635.403(a) and 2635.803 Grace 
Period Extension (by OGE)       08/07/96                    61 FR 40950
FERC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXIV) 08/23/96                    61 FR 43411
Final Action                    12/00/97

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Stuart D. Rick, Associate General Counsel, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005-3917
Phone: 202 208-8000
TDD: 202 208-8025
Fax: 202 208-8037

RIN: 3209-AA15
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4023. INTERPRETATION OF 18 USC 209, THE CONSTRAINT AGAINST PRIVATE 
SUPPLEMENTATION OF SALARIES OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  5 USC app (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); EO 
12674; EO 12731

CFR Citation:  5 CFR 2639 (New)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Proposed regulation to interpret section 209 of title 18, 
U.S.C., prohibiting the private supplementation of the Government 
salary of executive branch officers and employees.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            12/00/97
NPRM Comment Period End         02/00/98

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Stephen J. McCleary, Associate General Counsel, Office 
of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20005-3917
Phone: 202 208-8000
TDD: 202 208-8025
Fax: 202 208-8037

RIN: 3209-AA12
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4024. PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AND 
CERTIFICATES OF DIVESTITURE FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS

Priority:  Other Significant

Legal Authority:  5 USC app (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 26 USC 
1043

CFR Citation:  5 CFR 2634.1001 to 2634.1004

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Regulation implementing a provision of the Ethics Reform Act 
of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-194), as amended by Pub. L. 101-280, providing for 
tax deferral if sale of property by an executive branch official (or 
related person) is deemed necessary to comply with conflict of interest 
requirements pursuant to a certificate of divestiture issued by the 
Office of Government Ethics.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Interim Final Rule              04/18/90                    55 FR 14407
Final Action                    06/25/96                    61 FR 32633
Correction to Final Rule on 
Certificates of Divestiture     07/08/96                    61 FR 35589
Final Action Effective          07/25/96
Additional Correction to Final 
Rule on Certificates of 
Divestiture                     08/01/96                    61 FR 40145

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Norman B. Smith, Senior Associate General Counsel, 
Office of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20005-3917
Phone: 202 208-8000
TDD: 202 208-8025
Fax: 202 208-8037

RIN: 3209-AA06
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4025. EXECUTIVE AGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REGULATIONS 
ISSUED JOINTLY WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

Priority:  Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority:  5 USC 7301; 5 USC app (Ethics in Government Act of 
1978); 26 USC 1043; EO 12674; EO 12731; 5 CFR 2634.103

CFR Citation:  5 CFR 2634; 5 CFR ch XXI et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The supplemental executive agency financial disclosure 
regulations, once issued jointly with the concurrence of the Office of 
Government Ethics (OGE) at agency expense in new chapters at the end of 
5 CFR, after OGE approval, supplement for each individual agency 
concerned the new OGE executive branch financial disclosure 
regulations, as codified in 5 CFR part 2634. The supplemental 
regulations, as they are issued in accordance with sections 201(d) and 
301(a) of EO 12674, as modified by EO 12731, will set forth

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those agency-specific provisions as are needed under particular laws 
and regulations for certain agencies in order to complement the 
executive branchwide financial disclosure provisions. On September 30, 
1996, OGE decided to discontinue this ``umbrella'' RIN because to date 
only one agency had issued such a supplemental regulation (which has 
now been removed); Further, few if any additional agencies are expected 
to issue (with OGE) such regulations in the future (any who do may have 
a RIN assigned for their own regulations).

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Interim Final Rule - FDIC 
Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXII)      07/26/93                    58 FR 39625
FDIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXII, 
3202)(Removal)                  09/30/96                    61 FR 50947
Agency Determination (OGE) - See 
Abstract                        09/30/96

Small Entities Affected: None

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: G. Sid Smith, Associate General Counsel, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005-3917
Phone: 202 208-8000
TDD: 202 208-8025
Fax: 202 208-8037

RIN: 3209-AA16
[FR Doc. 96-26275 Filed 11-27-96; 8:45 am]
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