§ 2634.606 - Updated disclosure of advice-and-consent nominees.

§ 2634.606 Updated disclosure of advice-and-consent nominees.

(a) General rule. Each individual described in § 2634.201(c) who is nominated by the President for appointment to a position that requires advice and consent of the Senate , shall, at or before the commencement of the first Senate committee hearing to consider the nomination, submit to the committee an amendment to must submit a letter updating the information in the report previously filed under § 2634.201(c) and transmit copies of the amendment to the designated agency ethics official referred to in § 2634.605(c)(1) of this subpart and to the Office of Government Ethics, which shall update, through the period ending no more than five days prior to the commencement of the first hearing , the disclosure of of a Senate Committee considering the nomination to all Senate Committees considering the nomination. The letter must update the information required with respect to receipt of:

(1) Outside earned income; and

(2) Honoraria, as defined in § 2634.105(i).

(b) Timing. The nominee's letter must be submitted to the Senate committees considering the nomination by the agency at or before the commencement of the first committee hearing to consider the nomination. The agency must also transmit copies of the nominee's letter to the designated agency ethics official referred to in § 2634.605(c)(1) and to the Office of Government Ethics.

(c) Additional certification. In each case to which this section applies, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics

shall

will, at the request of the committee considering the nomination, submit to the committee an opinion letter of the nature described in § 2634.605(c)(3)

of this subpart

concerning the updated disclosure. If the committee requests such a letter, the expedited procedure provided by § 2634.605(c)

of this subpart shall

will govern review of the updated disclosure, which

shall

will be deemed a report filed for purposes of that paragraph.