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[FR Doc No: 94-16095]
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[Federal Register: July 7, 1994]
VOL. 59, NO. 129
Thursday, July 7, 1994
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
5 CFR Parts 2610, 2634, 2636 and 2641
RINs 3209-AA00, 3209-AA13, 3209-AA14
Addition of Paperwork Approval Numbers to and Updating and
Correction of Citations in Certain Regulations of the Office of
Government Ethics
AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics (OGE).
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Government Ethics is adding the approval control
numbers assigned by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the
Paperwork Reduction Act to various information collection requirements
set forth in certain portions of its financial disclosure and outside
employment regulations. In addition, OGE is updating a couple of
authority citations and correcting a couple of citation errors in
certain of its regulations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William E. Gressman, Office of
Government Ethics, telephone: 202-523-5757, FAX: 202-523-6325.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Government Ethics is amending
two of its regulations, codified at 5 CFR parts 2634 and 2636, to add
reference to OMB paperwork approval control numbers for the various
executive branch-wide information collections contained therein. The
paperwork approval numbers for pertinent provisions of the financial
disclosure regulation and related forms used to actually collect
information are being added in parenthetical references to the
appropriate sections of part 2634. These approval numbers cover
reporting requirements for executive branch personnel (and certain
members of the public) in part 2634 and the Standard Form (SF) 278
Public Financial Disclosure Report, the OGE Form 201 used to seek
access to SF 278s and certain other covered records under the Ethics in
Government Act, the SF 450 Confidential Financial Disclosure Report and
the various model trust documents and certificates used in connection
with qualified trusts. In addition, OGE is indicating the OMB paperwork
approval number for the as-yet not effective confidential reporting
provision for payments to charitable organizations in lieu of honoraria
at Sec. 2636.205 of its outside employment regulation. Finally, OGE is
updating the authority citations for 5 CFR parts 2636 and 2641 and is
correcting two errors in citations in 5 CFR 2610.201(f) and 2641.101 of
its regulations.
Administrative Procedure Act
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 (b) and (d), as Director of the Office of
Government Ethics, I find good cause exists for waiving the general
notice of proposed rulemaking and 30-day delay in effectiveness as to
these minor revisions. The notice and delayed effective date are being
waived because these technical amendments and corrections to certain
OGE regulations concern matters of agency organization, practice and
procedure and because it is in the public interest that correct and up-
to-date citations and information about paperwork approval numbers for
the respective information collection requirements be contained in the
regulations as soon as possible.
Executive Order 12866
In promulgating these technical amendments to its regulations, OGE
has adhered to the regulatory philosophy and the applicable principles
of regulation set forth in section 1 of Executive Order 12866,
Regulatory Planning and Review. These amendments and corrections have
not been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget under that
Executive order, as they deal with agency organization, management and
personnel matters and are not, in any event, deemed ``significant''
thereunder.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
As Director of the Office of Government Ethics, I certify under the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6) that this rulemaking
will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities.
Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) does not apply
because this technical amendments rulemaking does not itself contain
any new information collection requirements that require the approval
of the Office of Management and Budget (rather, as noted above, in
pertinent part references to existing OMB paperwork control numbers are
being added at appropriate places in OGE's regulations).
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Parts 2610, 2634, 2636, and 2641
Administrative practice and procedure, Certificates of Divestiture,
Conflict of interests, Financial disclosure, Government employees,
Penalties, Privacy, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Trusts
and trustees.
Approved: June 24, 1994.
Stephen D. Potts,
Director, Office of Government Ethics.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Office of Government
Ethics is amending 5 CFR parts 2634 and 2636 and correcting 5 CFR parts
2610 and 2641 as follows:
PART 2610--[CORRECTED]
1. The authority citation for part 2610 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504(c)(1); 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in
Government Act of 1978).
Sec. 2610.201 [Corrected]
2. In Sec. 2610.201, the parenthetical citation to the Paperwork
Reduction Act in paragraph (f) ``(5 U.S.C. chapter 35)'' is revised to
read ``(44 U.S.C. chapter 35)''.
PART 2634--[AMENDED]
3. The authority citation for part 2634 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 26
U.S.C. 1043; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as
modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306.
4. A new Sec. 2634.409 is added to read as follows:
Sec. 2634.409 OMB Control Number.
The various model trust documents and Certificates of Independence
and Compliance referenced in this subpart, together with the underlying
regulatory provisions (and appendixes A, B and C to this part for the
Certificates), are all approved by the Office of Management and Budget
under control number 3209-0007.
Sec. 2634.601 [Amended]
5. Section 2634.601 is amended by adding at the end of the
regulatory text the following parenthetical phrase ``(Approved by the
Office of Management and Budget under control numbers 3209-0001 and
3209-0006)''.
Sec. 2634.603 [Amended]
6. Section 2634.603 is amended by adding at the end of the
regulatory text the following parenthetical phrase ``(Approved by the
Office of Management and Budget under control numbers 3209-0001 and
3209-0002)''.
PART 2636--[AMENDED]
7. The authority citation for part 2636 is revised to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978);
E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by
E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306.
Sec. 2636.205 [Amended]
8. Section 2636.205 is amended by adding at the end of the
regulatory text the following parenthetical phrase ``(Approved by the
Office of Management and Budget under control number 3209-0004)''.
PART 2641--[CORRECTED]
9. The authority citation for part 2641 is revised to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 18
U.S.C. 207; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as
modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306.
Sec. 2641.101 [Corrected]
10. In Sec. 2641.101, the statutory citation in paragraph (2) under
the definition of Senior employee ``5 U.S.C. 5302'' is revised to read
``5 U.S.C. 5304''.
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