[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Office of Government Ethics Semiannual Regulatory Agenda]
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS (OGE)                                      


  



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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

5 CFR Ch. XVI

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda; Spring 2007

AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: The following Office of Government Ethics (OGE) regulations 
are scheduled for development or review during the 6-month period 
following publication. 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 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.

    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, Senior Associate 
General Counsel, Office of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005-3917; Telephone: 202-482-9300; TDD: 
202-482-9293; Fax: 202-482-9237.

Dated: February 28, 2007.

 Robert I. Cusick,

Director, Office of Government Ethics.

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3121        Interpretation of 18 U.S.C. 209, Restriction on the Supplementation of the Salaries of    3209-AA36
            Executive Branch Employees by Private Sources.........................................
3122        Interpretation, Exemptions, and Waiver Guidance Concerning 18 U.S.C. 208 (Acts            3209-AA09
            Affecting a Personal Financial Interest)..............................................
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3123        Updates to Office of Government Ethics Freedom of Information Act Procedures and          3209-AA37
            Ethics Act Fee Regulation.............................................................
3124        Executive Branch Financial Disclosure, Qualified Trusts, and Certificates of              3209-AA00
            Divestiture...........................................................................
3125        Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch....................    3209-AA04
3126        Limitations on Outside Earned Income, Employment, and Affiliations for Certain            3209-AA13
            Noncareer Employees...................................................................
3127        Office of Government Ethics and Executive Agency Ethics Program Responsibilities......    3209-AA07
3128        Post-Employment Conflict of Interest Restrictions.....................................    3209-AA14
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3129        Executive Agency Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct Regulations Issued Jointly     3209-AA15
            With the Concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics...............................
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3121. INTERPRETATION OF 18 U.S.C. 209, RESTRICTION ON THE 
SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE SALARIES OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES BY PRIVATE 
SOURCES

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 5 USC app, Ethics in Government Act of 1978; EO 12674; 
EO 12731; 18 USC 209

CFR Citation: 5 CFR 2639 (New)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Proposed regulation to interpret section 209 of title 18, 
U.S. Code, 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                            10/00/07

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Allison C. George, Associate General Counsel, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005-3917
Phone: 202 482-9300
TDD Phone: 202 482-9293
Fax: 202 482-9237

RIN: 3209-AA36
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3122. INTERPRETATION, EXEMPTIONS, AND WAIVER GUIDANCE CONCERNING 18 
U.S.C. 208 (ACTS AFFECTING A PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST)

Priority: Other Significant

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

CFR Citation: 5 CFR 2640

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulation interprets section 208(a) of title 18, 
U.S.C., 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 
or exemption under 18 U.S.C. 208(b)). It also lists and describes 
interests considered too remote or too inconsequential to affect the 
integrity of the services of executive branch officers or employees, in 
accordance with 18 U.S.C. 208(b)(2). Such interests are exempt from the 
restrictions of 18 U.S.C. 208(a), generally requiring disqualification. 
The regulation also provides 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 U.S.C. 208(a), pursuant to 18 
U.S.C. 208(b)(1). In addition, guidance is provided concerning the 
issuance of waivers to special Government employee advisory committee 
members, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 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), was incorporated in the overall final rule. Additional 
exemptions are considered for development from time to time as 
appropriate.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Govt. Interests and Social 
Security and Veterans' Benefits 
Exemptions Interim Final Rule   08/28/95                    60 FR 44706
Overall NPRM                    09/11/95                    60 FR 47208
Overall Final Rule              12/18/96                    61 FR 66830
Interim Rule Census Exemption 
Amendment                       03/29/00                    65 FR 16511
Final Rule Census Exemption 
Amendment                       08/04/00                    65 FR 47830
Proposed Rule Additional 
Exemption Amendments            09/06/00                    65 FR 53942
Final Rule Additional Exemption 
Amendments                      03/19/02                    67 FR 12443
Interim Final Rule Additional 
Exemption Amendment Re: Mutual 
Funds & Unit Investment Trusts  11/14/05                    70 FR 69041
Proposed Rule Additional 
Exemptions Amendments (Including 
Re Thrifts)                     08/00/07
Proposed Rule Amendment Re: 
Excepted Investment Funds       09/00/07

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Richard M. Thomas, Associate General Counsel, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005-3917
Phone: 202 482-9300
TDD Phone: 202 482-9293
Fax: 202 482-9237

RIN: 3209-AA09
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3123. [bull] UPDATES TO OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS FREEDOM OF 
INFORMATION ACT PROCEDURES AND ETHICS ACT FEE REGULATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 5 USC 552; 5 USC appendix, Ethics in Government Act of 
1978

CFR Citation: 5 CFR 2604

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) will update its 5 CFR 
part 2604 regulation concerning its own Freedom of Information Act 
(FOIA) procedures as well as its fee schedule for producing copies of 
public financial disclosure reports under the Ethics in Government Act. 
This regulation is not an executive branchwide one, but rather deals 
with OGE's own agency procedures and fees. Only the FOIA portion of 
OGE's regulation will be updated to reflect certain designations 
pursuant to the E.O. 13392 on FOIA

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improvement and some other telephone and contact updates.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Final Rule Updating Amendments  09/00/07

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: William E. Gressman, Senior Associate General Counsel, 
Office of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20005-3917
Phone: 202 482-9300
TDD Phone: 202 482-9293
Fax: 202 482-9237

RIN: 3209-AA37
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3124. EXECUTIVE BRANCH FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, QUALIFIED TRUSTS, AND 
CERTIFICATES OF DIVESTITURE

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 5 USC app (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); EO 
12674; EO 12731; 26 USC 1043; 28 USC 2461 note; PL 101-410; PL 104-134, 
sec 31001

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. 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. This regulation also has a subpart dealing with certificates 
of divestiture.

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
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
Proposed Amendments- 
Certificates of No New Interests 
for Confidential Filers         01/15/97                     62 FR 2048
Final Amendment- Certificates of 
No New Interests for 
Confidential Filers             06/24/97                    62 FR 33972
Updating Amendment to Part 2634 09/17/97                    62 FR 48746
Clarifying Amendment to Section 
2634.906                        03/31/98                    63 FR 15273
Minor Amdt. to Part 2634 
(Transfer of Inactive in Lieu of 
Honoraria Charitable Paymts. 
Reporting)                      08/12/98                    63 FR 43067
Paperwork Revisions to 
Appendixes A, B, and C          11/02/98                    63 FR 58619
Technical Amendments to Part 
2634                            12/18/98                    63 FR 69991
Technical Corrections to Part 
2634                            01/14/99                     64 FR 2421
Proposed Gifts Reporting Waiver 
Amendments                      05/13/99                    64 FR 25849
Inflation Adjustments to Civil 
Monetary Penalties as Reflected 
in Part 2634                    08/30/99                    64 FR 47095
Final Gifts Reporting Waiver 
Amendments                      09/14/99                    64 FR 49639
Technical Amendments to 
Categories of Value Reporting 
and Gifts/ Reimbursements 
Thresholds                      11/20/00                    65 FR 69655
Final Rule Amendment to Confer 
Additional Agency Confidential 
Report Filing Extension 
Authority                       11/05/01                    66 FR 55871
Final Rule Amendments to 
Qualified Trusts Certificates 
Notices                         05/03/02                    67 FR 22348
Final Rule Clarifying Amendment 
on Revocable Inter Vivos Trust 
Interpretation                  05/31/02                    67 FR 37965
Final Rule Amendments on Filing 
Exts. & Fee Waivers Delegations 08/01/02                    67 FR 49856
Effective Date Correction to 
Final Rule Amendments on Filing 
Exts. & Fee Waivers Delegations 09/06/02                    67 FR 57063
Final Rule Amendment on 
Reporting Period for Public 
Reports                         09/13/02                    67 FR 57937
Final Rule Amendment on 
Increased Reporting Thresholds 
for Gifts & Reimbursements      10/02/02                    67 FR 61761
Proposed Rule Amendments to 
Certificates of Divestiture 
Provisions (Subpart J)          01/13/04                     69 FR 1954
Final Rule Amendments to 
Certificates of Divestiture 
Provisions (Subpart J)          07/28/04                    69 FR 44893
Final Rule Amendment on 
Increased Reporting Thresholds 
for Gifts & Reimbursements      03/11/05                    70 FR 12111
Proposed Rule Amendments to 
Confidential Financial 
Disclosure Provisions           08/12/05                    70 FR 47138
Final Rule Amendments to 
Confidential Financial 
Disclosure Provisions           05/16/06                    71 FR 28229
Final Rule Removal of Obsolete 
In Lieu/Honoraria Provisions    04/06/07                    72 FR 16985
Clarifying Final Rule Amendment 
to Section 2634.906             08/00/07
Proposed Rule Amendments Re: 
Excepted Investment Funds       09/00/07
Proposed Rule Amendments to 
Qualified Trust Provisions      12/00/07
Final Action                    12/00/08

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

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Agency Contact: Susan E. Propper, Deputy General Counsel, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005-3917
Phone: 202 482-9292
TDD Phone: 202 482-9293
Fax: 202 482-9237

RIN: 3209-AA00
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3125. 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 Executive Order 
12731, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-194), as amended. 
Effective February 3, 1993, this ethical conduct standards regulation 
generally superseded executive branch employee conduct and gifts rules, 
as well as pertinent portions of agency-specific conduct regulations 
issued under prior Executive Order 11222. 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), whichever occurred first.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            07/23/91                    56 FR 33778
Final Overall Regulation on 
Standards of Ethical Conduct    08/07/92                    57 FR 35006
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
Final Rule on Gifts From 
Political Organizations         03/17/97                    62 FR 12531
Updating Amendments to Part 263509/17/97                    62 FR 48746
Proposed Amendments Re: Gifts 
(Subpart B)                     08/04/98                    63 FR 41476
Further Minor Proposed 
Amendments to Part 2635 / 
Seeking Employment and Outside 
Activities                      08/26/98                    63 FR 45415
Amendments to Subpart B Gifts 
From Outside Sources            12/18/98                    63 FR 69992
Technical Corrections to Part 
2635                            01/14/99                     64 FR 2421
Final Amendments to Part 2635 / 
Seeking Employment and Outside 
Activities                      03/17/99                    64 FR 13063
Interim Rule on Travel Expenses 
for Certain Unofficial Teaching, 
Speaking, and Writing           09/05/00                    65 FR 53650
Final Technical Amendment to 
Nonsponsor Widely Attended 
Gathering Gift Dollar Ceiling   11/20/00                    65 FR 69655
Final Rule on Travel Expenses 
for Certain Unofficial Teaching, 
Speaking, and Writing           11/30/01                    66 FR 59673
Final Rule Amend.--Increased 
Dollar Ceiling Except. for 
Nonsponsor Widely Attended 
Gatherings Gifts                10/02/02                    67 FR 61761
Final Rule Amend.--Increased 
Dollar Ceiling Except. for 
Nonsponsor Widely Attended 
Gatherings Gifts                03/11/05                    70 FR 12111
Proposed Rule Amendments on 
Coverage of Intergovernmental 
Personnel Act Detailees         05/11/06                    71 FR 27427
Final Rule Amendments on 
Coverage of Intergovernmental 
Personnel Act Detailees         08/10/06                    71 FR 45735
Final Rule Removal of Obsolete 
In Lieu/Honoraria Provisions    04/06/07                    72 FR 16985
Overall Proposed Amendments to 
Standards of Ethical Conduct 
Regulation                      12/00/07

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Shelley K. Finlayson, Attorney-Advisor, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005-3917
Phone: 202 482-9300
TDD Phone: 202 482-9293
Fax: 202 482-9237

RIN: 3209-AA04
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3126. LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME, EMPLOYMENT, AND AFFILIATIONS 
FOR CERTAIN NONCAREER EMPLOYEES

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 5 USC app, Ethics in Government Act of 1978; EO 12674; 
EO 12731; 28 USC 2461 note; PL 101-410; PL 104-134, sec 31001

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

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implement the limitation on outside employment as provided in the 1989 
Ethics Reform Act revisions to the Ethics in Government Act, as 
amended. The regulation has now been amended in light of the above-
noted litigation and 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
Additional 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
Further 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
Removal of Subpart B of Part 
2636                            08/12/98                    63 FR 43067
Technical Corrections to Part 
2636                            01/14/99                     64 FR 2421
Inflation Adjustment to Civil 
Monetary Penalty As Reflected in 
Part 2636                       08/30/99                    64 FR 47095
Final Rule Removal of Obsolete 
In Lieu/Honoraria Provisions    04/06/07                    72 FR 16985
Overall Final Rule              12/00/07

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: William E. Gressman, Senior Associate General Counsel, 
Office of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20005-3917
Phone: 202 482-9300
TDD Phone: 202 482-9293
Fax: 202 482-9237

RIN: 3209-AA13
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3127. OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS AND EXECUTIVE AGENCY ETHICS PROGRAM 
RESPONSIBILITIES

Priority: Other Significant

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

CFR Citation: 5 CFR part 2638

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Regulation specifying the Government ethics program 
responsibilities of the Office of Government Ethics and executive 
branch departments and agencies and their designated agency ethics 
officials and other ethics officials, including development and 
implementation of ethics training programs.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            09/18/90                    55 FR 38335
Final Rule on Executive Agency 
Ethics Training Programs        04/07/92                    57 FR 11886
Amendment                       12/10/92                    57 FR 58399
Interim Amendments to Liberalize 
Certain Training Requirements   03/16/94                    59 FR 12145
Interim Amendments to Refine 
Certain Training Requirements   03/12/97                    62 FR 11307
Interim Amendments to Refine 
Certain Training Requirements 
Corrected Effective Date        06/10/97                    62 FR 13213
Interim Amendment to Restructure 
Regulation Provisions           02/14/00                     65 FR 7275
Final Rule Amendment to Clarify 
OGE Intent on Sole & Exclusive 
Agency Authority Conferred Under 
Reg.                            08/00/07

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: William E. Gressman, Senior Associate General Counsel, 
Office of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20005-3917
Phone: 202 482-9300
TDD Phone: 202 482-9293
Fax: 202 482-9237

RIN: 3209-AA07
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3128. POST-EMPLOYMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST RESTRICTIONS

Priority: Other Significant

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

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

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This interpretive regulation will give 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 Government 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 final 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 for One-Year 
Restriction of Section 207(c)   02/01/91                     56 FR 3951
Designation of Senior Employee 
Positions 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

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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
Exempted Senior Employee 
Positions and Agency Separate 
Components Designation Update   05/16/97                    62 FR 26915
Correction: Post-Employment Reg. 
Update                          06/11/97                    62 FR 31865
Agency Separate Components 
Designation Update              02/05/99                     64 FR 5709
Agency Separate Components 
Designation Update Final Rule   01/30/03                     68 FR 4681
Overall NPRM                    02/18/03                     68 FR 7843
Correction to Overall NPRM      03/31/03                    68 FR 15385
Agency Separate Components 
Designation Update Final Rule   11/23/04                    69 FR 68053
Exempted Senior Employee 
Positions and Agency Separate 
Components Designation Update 
Final Rule                      03/08/07                    72 FR 10339
Overall Final Rule              12/00/07

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Richard M. Thomas, Associate General Counsel, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005-3917
Phone: 202 482-9300
TDD Phone: 202 482-9293
Fax: 202 482-9237

RIN: 3209-AA14
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3129. 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) in new chapters at the end of 5 CFR, 
supplement for each individual agency concerned the OGE executive 
branch standards of ethical conduct, as codified at 5 CFR part 2635. 
The supplemental regulations, as they are issued in accordance with 
sections 201(a) and 301(a) of Executive Order 12674, as modified by 
Executive Order 12731, set forth those agency-specific provisions under 
applicable law and regulation, such as regulatory restrictions on 
holding certain financial interests, designation of subunits, and prior 
approval for outside employment, which are needed for certain agencies 
to round out the executive branchwide ethical standards for their 
employees. These supplementals are issued and revised on an ongoing 
basis when needed by agencies concerned.

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) 
Final Rule                      09/28/94                    59 FR 49335
FRTIB Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIV) Final Rule               10/06/94                    59 FR 50816
Education Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LIII) Interim Final Rule        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) 
NPRM                            03/27/95                    60 FR 15700
Eximbank Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LII) Interim Final Rule         04/07/95                    60 FR 17625
FDIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXII) 
Final Rule                      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) 
Interim Final Rule              06/12/95                    60 FR 30778
FCSIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXX) 
Interim Final Rule              06/12/95                    60 FR 30773

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HUD Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXV) 
NPRM                            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) NPRM                     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) 
Interim Final Rule              02/26/96                     61 FR 7065
TVA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXIX) 
Final Rule                      05/06/96                    61 FR 20117
DOE Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXIII) 
Interim Final Rule              07/05/96                    61 FR 35085
FDIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXII) 
Final Rule Amendments           07/09/96                    61 FR 35915
HUD Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXV) 
Final Rule                      07/09/96                    61 FR 36246
OPM Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXXV) 
Interim Final Rule              07/16/96                    61 FR 36993
HHS Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLV) 
Final Rule                      07/30/96                    61 FR 39756
DOT Employees (5 CFR Ch. L) 
Final Rule                      07/31/96                    61 FR 39901
FMSHRC Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIV) Final Rule               07/31/96                    61 FR 39869
EPA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LIV) 
Final Rule                      08/02/96                    61 FR 40500
NARA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXVI) 
Final Rule                      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) 
Final Rule                      08/23/96                    61 FR 43411
BGFRS Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LVIII) Final Rule               10/16/96                    61 FR 53827
FCC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXIX) 
Final Rule (Including Financial 
Disclosure Rule)                10/31/96                    61 FR 56109
GSA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LVII) 
Final Rule                      11/01/96                    61 FR 56399
DOL Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLII) 
Interim Final Rule              11/06/96                    61 FR 57281
DOJ Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXVIII) 
Interim Final Rule              11/25/96                    61 FR 59811
NSF Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLIII) 
Interim Final Rule              11/25/96                    61 FR 59815
CPSC Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXXI) 
Final Rule                      12/13/96                    61 FR 65457
FDIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXII) 
Final Rule Amendments           01/27/97                     62 FR 3771
NLRB Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXI) 
Interim Final Rule              02/12/97                     62 FR 6445
DOJ Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXVIII) 
Final Rule                      05/02/97                    62 FR 23941
DOJ Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXVIII) 
Final Rule Correction           06/11/97                    62 FR 31865
OPM Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXXV) 
Interim Final Rule Correction   06/17/97                    62 FR 32859
EEOC Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXII) 
Final Rule                      07/08/97                    62 FR 36447
OPM Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXXV) 
Final Rule                      08/11/97                    62 FR 42897
DOI Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXV) 
Interim Final Rule              10/16/97                    62 FR 53713
DOI Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXV) 
Interim Final Rule Correction   04/15/98                    63 FR 18501
DOI Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXV) 
Interim Final Rule Correction   04/24/98                    63 FR 20447
DOI Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXV) 
Final Rule                      06/24/98                    63 FR 34258
FTC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLVII) 
Final Rule Amendments           08/12/98                    63 FR 43069
BGFRS Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LVIII) Final Rule Amendments    12/08/99                    64 FR 68615
DOL Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLII) 
Final Rule                      12/30/99                    64 FR 73852
USDA Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIII) Interim Final Rule      03/24/00                    65 FR 15825
USDA Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIII) Interim Final Rule 
Correction                      04/20/00                    65 FR 21239
USDA Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIII) Final Rule              10/02/00                    65 FR 58635
Treasury Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
XXI) Final Rule Amendments      02/01/01                     66 FR 8505
NASA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LIX) 
Final Rule Amendments           11/27/01                    66 FR 59135
DOT (FAA) Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
L) Final Rule Amendments        12/03/01                    66 FR 60139
Treasury (OCC) Employees (5 CFR 
Ch. XXI) Final Rule Amendments  07/17/02                    67 FR 46840
USDA (FSA) Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIII) Final Rule Amendments   09/16/02                    67 FR 58319
USDA (FSA) Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIII) Final Rule Amendments 
Correction                      11/04/02                    67 FR 67089
FDIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXII) 
Final Rule Amendments           11/29/02                    67 FR 71069
IMLS Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXVII) 
Interim Final Rule              04/14/03                    68 FR 17877
EEOC Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXII) 
Final Rule Amendments           09/04/03                    68 FR 52485
NEA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LV) 
Interim Final Rule              09/05/03                    68 FR 52681
NEH Employees (5 CFR Ch. LVI) 
Interim Final Rule              09/05/03                    68 FR 52682
DOD Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXVI) 
Final Rule Amendments           11/18/03                    68 FR 64979
HHS Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLV) 
Interim Final Rule Amendments 
(Including New Financial 
Disclosure Rule)                02/03/05                     70 FR 5543

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SSA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXXXI) 
NPRM                            02/11/05                     70 FR 7192
SSA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXXXI) 
NPRM, Reopening of Comment 
Period                          05/04/05                    70 FR 23065
HHS Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLV) 
Interim Final Rule Amendments 
(Financial Disclosure Rule)     06/28/05                    70 FR 37009
HHS Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLV) 
Final Rule Amendments (Including 
Financial Disclosure Rule)      08/31/05                    70 FR 51559
HHS Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLIV) 
Final Rule Amendments 
Corrections (Financial 
Disclosure Rule)                10/26/05                    70 FR 61713
DOE Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXIII) 
Final Rule                      08/21/06                    71 FR 48447
CCR Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXVIII) 
NPRM                            08/30/06                    71 FR 51533
FDIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXII) 
Proposed Amendments             12/04/06                    71 FR 70325
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: William E. Gressman, Senior Associate General Counsel, 
Office of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20005-3917
Phone: 202 482-9300
TDD Phone: 202 482-9293
Fax: 202 482-9237

RIN: 3209-AA15
[FR Doc. 07-01261 Filed 04-27-07; 8:45 am]
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