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[Rules and Regulations]
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Rules and Regulations
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
5 CFR Ch. XXVIII
28 CFR Part 45
RIN 3209-AA15
Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the
Department of Justice
AGENCY: Department of Justice (Department).
ACTION: Interim rule, with request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice, with the concurrence of the Office
of Government Ethics (OGE), is issuing an interim rule for Department
employees as a supplement to the uniform standards of ethical conduct
for employees of the executive branch (Uniform Standards) issued by
OGE. The regulations established by the interim rule are a necessary
supplement to the Uniform Standards because they address statutory
requirements and issues that are unique to the Department.
DATES: Interim rule effective November 25, 1996. Comments are invited
and must be received on or before January 9, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the U.S. Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Departmental Ethics Office, Main Justice Building,
Room 6316, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530,
Attention: Mary Braden.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Braden, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice Management Division,
Departmental Ethics Office, (202) 514-8196.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On August 7, 1992, the Office of Government Ethics published the
Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch
(Uniform Standards). See 57 FR 35006-35067, as corrected at 57 FR
48557, 57 FR 52583, and 60 FR 51667, and amended at 61 FR 42965-42970
(as corrected at 61 FR 48733) and 61 FR 50689-50691, with additional
grace period extensions at 59 FR 4779-4780, 60 FR 6390-6391, 60 FR
66857-66858, and 61 FR 40950-40952. The Uniform Standards, codified at
5 CFR part 2635 and effective February 3, 1993, established uniform
standards of ethical conduct for executive branch personnel. Pursuant
to 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) and 5 CFR 2635.105,
executive branch agencies may issue agency-specific regulations, with
the concurrence of OGE, that supplement the Uniform Standards. After
considering its unique operations, the Department, with the concurrence
of OGE, has determined that the regulations established by the interim
rule are necessary to implement the Department's ethics program
successfully.
II. Analysis of the Regulations
The interim rule establishes the following regulations in new 5 CFR
XXVIII:
Section 3801.101 General
Section 3801.101 of the interim rule explains that the regulations
established by the interim rule apply to all Departmental Employees and
are supplemental to the Uniform Standards, and that all employees must
comply with the regulations established by the interim rule as well as
the Uniform Standards. In addition employees are subject to the
regulations regarding conduct in part 735 of the title and part 45 of
chapter I of 28 CFR as revised in this document.
Section 3801.102 Detailed or Assigned Special Agents of Certain
Departmental Components
Section 2635.104 of the Uniform Standards sets forth certain
circumstances under which an employee detailed or assigned to another
entity may be subject to the conduct regulations of that entity rather
than those of his employing agency. However, special agents of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA), even if on detail or special assignment usually
retain their special law enforcement powers, are generally subject to
recall to their department components at all times, and are sometimes
required to provide services on an occasional or overtime basis to
those components. See, e.g., 5 U.S.C. 5545(c); 5 CFR 550.151-550.164;
and DOJ Order No. 1551.4A (available from the agency designee which,
for purposes of this rule, shall be the Deputy Designated Agency Ethics
Official for the component). Where a detail or assignment of these
special agents does not explicitly sever the obligations of service to
their Department components, Sec. 3801.102 of the interim rule makes
clear that these special agents who become subject to the conduct
regulations of another entity pursuant to Sec. 2635.104 (a) or (b) of
this title shall also remain subject to the supplemental regulations
established by the interim rule. In particular, the standards governing
outside employment and activities of these special agents must conform
to the same standards that are required of other agents of their
employing components with whom they may continue to work side-by-side
on an occasional or overtime basis. To do otherwise would undermine the
efficiency of the service and would create unnecessary internal
discipline and administrative efficiency problems.
Section 3801.103 Designation of Separate Departmental Components
Pursuant to Sec. 2635.203(a) of the Uniform Standards, an executive
department, with the concurrence of OGE, may designate any component
that exercises distinct and separate functions as a separate agency for
the purpose of applying the rules governing the solicitation or
acceptance of gifts from prohibited sources or given because of
official position. See 5 CFR 2635.201-2635.205. Pursuant to
Sec. 2635.807(a)(2)(ii) of the Uniform Standards, any component so
designated is also considered a separate agency for the purpose of
applying the rules governing the receipt of compensation by an employee
for
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teaching, speaking, and writing. The Department has determined that the
divisions and offices (``components'') set forth in section 3801.103 of
the interim rule exercise distinct and separate functions for purposes
of applying Secs. 2635.201-2635.205 and Sec. 2635.807(a)(2)(ii).
Employees serving in positions within the Department but outside of
the components designated by this section serve in positions or offices
with cross-component duties and responsibilities. This section of the
interim rule makes clear that those employees must continue to treat
the entire department as their employing agency for purposes of
applying the gifts and the teaching, speaking and writing provisions of
the Uniform Standards.
Section 3801.104 Purchase or Use of Certain Forfeited and Other
Property
Section 3801.104(a) of the interim rule is a slight revision of the
prohibition contained in the Department's former conduct regulations at
28 CFR 45.735-18. The chief principle served by that prohibition--that
performance of official duties and the use of nonpublic information
should not further an employee's private interests--is also found in
two related provisions of the Uniform Standards. See 5 CFR 2635.702 and
2635.703. The Department's unique role in asset forfeiture and the
public sale of forfeited property has led it to determine, on the basis
of significant concerns about internal discipline, the possible
appearance of misuse of nonpublic information and official position,
administrative efficiency, and the enforcement of the Departmental
conduct regulations, that any Departmental employee seeking to buy
forfeited property from the Department or its agents (or to use such
property if it was purchased from the Department or its agents by his
spouse or dependent) should first obtain written approval from his
agency designee. Consequently, Sec. 3801.104(a) bars any employee who
does not have such prior written approval from purchasing forfeited
property from the Department or its agents, and from using any such
property if it was purchased from the Department or its agents by his
spouse or minor child. Additionally, Sec. 3801.104(a) sets forth the
criteria to be applied in determining whether or not to approve a
request to purchase or use such property.
Section 3801.104(b) of the interim rule is an extension of the
principle that performance of official duties and the use of nonpublic
information should not further an employee's private interests. The
Department has determined that the employees of the United States
Marshals Service (USMS), FBI, and DEA typically have a high degree of
control over valuable property used by their components. To address
significant Departmental concerns about the actual or apparent use of
nonpublic information regarding the condition of the property at the
time of sale and the use of position in that property's maintenance in
anticipation of its sale, Sec. 3801.105(b) prohibits any USMS, FBI or
DEA employee from purchasing from his component, the General Services
Administration (GSA), or the agents of either of them, any property
formerly used by his component, and from using any such property if it
was purchased from his component, GSA, or the agents of either of them,
by his spouse or minor child.
Section 3801.105 Personal Use of Government Property
Section 3801.105 references Department of Justice internal policy
issued by the Designated Agency Ethics Official on April 21, 1995,
which authorized limited personal use of Department of Justice office
and library equipment and facilities by its employees. Employees with
questions concerning this policy may seek advice and obtain a copy of
the policy from their agency designee, who for this purpose, shall be
the Deputy Designated Agency Ethics Official for the employee's
component. This section is included strictly for ease of reference. The
Department does not require OGE's concurrence when exercising its
authority under 5 U.S.C. 301 to prescribe regulations for the use of
Department property.
Section 3801.106 Outside Employment
The Uniform Standards, at 5 CFR 2635.802, provide that an employee
shall not engage in outside employment if it is prohibited by agency
supplemental regulation. To much the same effect, 5 CFR 2635.403
permits an agency, by supplemental regulation, to prohibit compensated
outside employment on the same basis that it may prohibit employees
from holding other financial interests. Under the Department's previous
standards of conduct regulations at 28 CFR part 45, a Department
employee has been prohibited from engaging in ``the private practice of
his profession, including the practice of law * * *.'' Despite this
prohibition those regulations also stated that ``employees are
encouraged to provide public interest professional services so long as
such services do not interfere with their official responsibilities.''
Also, such services were required to be uncompensated. Pursuant to
Sec. 45.735-9 of those regulations, Justice Department employees were
also prohibited from engaging ``in any professional practice or any
other outside employment if [t]he activity involves any criminal matter
or proceeding whether Federal, State or local * * *.''
Section 3801.106(b)(1) has the effect of continuing substantially
similar prohibitions, based on the Department's determination that it
is necessary to ensure public confidence in the impartiality and
objectivity with which the Department carries out its mission, and to
avoid any appearance of misuse of position. In addition to continuing
the tradition of generally prohibiting outside employment that involves
the practice of law, and prohibiting participation in criminal or
habeas corpus matters, whether Federal, State or local, paragraph
(b)(1) further prohibits Department employees from participating, even
behind the scenes, in a matter in which the Department is, or
represents, a party.
While the provisions in Sec. 3801.106(b)(1) prohibiting the
practice of law by Departmental attorneys is based generally upon the
public perception that the Department is the Federal Government's ``law
firm,'' and the primary loyalty of Department attorneys should lie only
with the Government as client, the section also recognizes the
professional obligations of attorneys to the community. Since 1980,
each Department of Justice Appropriations Act has contained a provision
which states, ``None of the sums authorized to be appropriated by this
Act may be used to pay the compensation of any person employed after
the date of the enactment of this Act as an attorney (except foreign
counsel employed in special cases) unless such person shall be duly
licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of a
State, territory or the District of Columbia.'' The State bars of
thirty-four States have a goal or official statement urging members to
devote time to the provision of pro bono legal services, some
stipulating 50 hours a year of such service in accord with the American
Bar Association's Model Rule 6.1. On March 6, 1996, the Attorney
General issued a policy statement on pro bono legal and volunteer
services in order to encourage Department attorneys to meet the goals
of the bar in which they are licensed. That policy also responds to
Executive Order 12988 of February 5, 1996, in which the President
required all Federal agencies to develop appropriate
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programs to encourage and facilitate pro bono legal and other volunteer
services by Government employees. Consequently, Sec. 3801.106(b) of the
interim rule contains an exception for the uncompensated practice of
law in the nature of community service as well as continuing an
exception for practicing law on behalf of certain family members. In
order that such practice not otherwise violate any statute or Federal
regulation, Sec. 3801.106(c) requires that prior approval must be
obtained for all practice of law under this exception.
Where the restrictions of Sec. 3801.106(b)(1) would cause undue
personal or family hardship, unduly prohibit an employee from
completing a professional obligation entered into prior to government
service, or unduly restrict the Department from securing necessary and
uniquely specialized services, particularly from a special Government
employee, the restrictions may be waived in writing if it is determined
that the activities covered by the waiver are not expected to involve
conduct prohibited by statute or Federal regulation. While the waiver
standard of such a restriction normally would only require a finding
that the activity would not otherwise be expected to violate the
interim rule, part 2635 or a statute, waivers under section
3801.106(b)(2) will also suffice as prior approval under paragraph (c)
of Sec. 3801.106 and therefore must meet the standard of that paragraph
which requires consideration of any Federal regulation.
In order to further ensure against the kinds of conflicts addressed
by the prohibition of paragraph (b), paragraph (c) requires a Justice
Department employee to obtain written approval before engaging in
outside employment not otherwise prohibited that involves: (1) The
practice of law; or (2) a subject matter, policy, or program that is in
his component's area of responsibility. The approval requirement will
supplement the prohibitions in paragraph (b)(1) by allowing managers
and ethics officials an additional check to ensure that employees do
not engage in outside employment related to the Department's mission
that would violate applicable laws and regulations.
28 CFR Part 45
By a separate instrument in this rulemaking document, the
Department is repealing those of its agency conduct regulations,
currently found at 28 CFR part 45, which are superseded by the Uniform
Standards, the regulations established by the interim rule, DOJ Order
1735.1 on procedures for complying with ethics requirements, and the
uniform, executive branch financial disclosure regulations (Uniform
Financial Disclosure Regulations) at 5 CFR part 2634. Sections 45.735-
4,\1\ 45.735-5(b), and 45.735-7a of 28 CFR of the Department's old
conduct standards are being preserved and redesignated and a new cross-
reference section to the current ethics provisions is being added.
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\1\ Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 528, the Department is obligated to
issue regulations that require an employee to disqualify himself
from participation in certain investigations or prosecutions if such
participation may result in a financial, political, or personal
conflict of interest. Section 45.735-4 of title 28 CFR satisfies the
requirements of 28 U.S.C. 528 relating to political or personal
conflicts and is being retained. However, in the Department's view,
subparts D and F of 5 CFR part 2635 satisfy the requirements of the
statute relating to financial conflicts of interest. Therefore, the
Department is repealing Sec. 45.735-5(a) of title 28 of the CFR.
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III. Matters of Regulatory Procedure
Administrative Procedure Act
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b), as Assistant Attorney General for
Administration of the Department of Justice, I have found good cause
for waiving, as unnecessary and contrary to the public interest, the
general notice of proposed rulemaking and the thirty-day delay in entry
into effect of the interim rule and repeal. This determination is based
on the fact that: (1) The rulemaking is related to the internal
organization, procedure, and practice of the Department of Justice; (2)
the rulemaking pertains to agency management and personnel; and (3)
there is a need for a smooth and speedy transition to the Uniform
Standards from the prior Departmental conduct regulations, which were
essentially superseded on Februry 3, 1993, when the Uniform Standards
entered into effect. As a result of this supersession and the recent
expiration of the extended grace period for certain regulatory
prohibited financial interest and prior approval for outside
employment/activities provisions, the Department currently has no
agency-specific standards of conduct in place that address statutory
requirements and issues unique to the Department. Given the special
nature of the Department's functions, it is imperative that the
Department issue supplemental conduct regulations to fill this void as
soon as possible. Because this is an interim rulemaking, with provision
for a forty-five day public comment period, the Department of Justice
will review all comments received during the comment period and, with
the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics, will consider any
modifications that may appear to be appropriate in adopting the rule as
final.
Executive Order 12866
In promulgating this interim regulation, the Department of Justice
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. This regulation has not been reviewed
by the Office of Management and Budget under the Executive order, it
deals with agency organizational, management, and personnel matters and
is not in any event, deemed ``significant'' thereunder.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. chapter 6, as
Assistant Attorney General for Administration of the Department of
Justice, I have determined that this regulation will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities,
because it affects only Department of Justice employees.
Paperwork Reduction Act
As Assistant Attorney General for Administration of the Department
of Justice, I have determined that the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44
U.S.C. chapter 35, does not apply to the regulation established by the
interim rule, because the regulation does not contain any information
collection requirements that require the approval of the Office of
Management and Budget.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 3801 and 28 CFR Part 45
Conflict of interests, Executive branch standards of conduct,
Government employees.
Dated: November 12, 1996.
Stephen R. Colgate,
Assistant Attorney General for Administration, Department of Justice.
Approved: November 15, 1996.
Stephen D. Potts,
Director, Office of Government Ethics.
Accordingly, for the reasons set forth in the preamble, the
Department of Justice, with the concurrence of the Office of Government
Ethics, is amending title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations and is
also amending title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:
TITLE 5--[AMENDED]
1. A new chapter XXVIII, consisting of part 3801, is added to 5 CFR
to read as follows:
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CHAPTER XXVIII--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
PART 3801--SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Sec.
3801.101 General.
3801.102 Detailed or assigned special agents of certain
Departmental components.
3801.103 Designation of separate Departmental components.
3801.104 Purchase or use of certain forfeited and other property.
3801.105 Personal use of Government property.
3801.106 Outside employment.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 7301; 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; E.O. 12988, 61 FR 4729; 5 CFR 2635.105, 2635.203(a),
2635.403(a), 2635.701-2635.705, 2635.803, 2635.807(a)(2)(ii); and
DOJ Order 1735.1.
Sec. 3801.101 General.
In accordance with Sec. 2635.105 of this title, the regulations in
this part apply to employees of the Department of Justice and
supplement the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the
Executive Branch in part 2635 of this title. In addition to the
regulations contained in part 2635 of this title and in this part,
employees are subject to the conduct regulations contained in part 735
of this title and 28 CFR part 45.
Sec. 3801.102 Detailed or assigned special agents of certain
Departmental components.
Notwithstanding a detail or assignment to another entity, any
special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or Drug
Enforcement Administration who is subject to the regulations or
standards of ethical conduct of that entity pursuant to Sec. 2635.104
of this title shall also remain subject to the regulations in this
part.
Sec. 3801.103 Designation of separate Departmental components.
(a) Pursuant to Sec. 2635.203(a) of this title, each of the
following components is designated as a separate agency for purposes of
the regulations contained in subpart B of part 2635 of this title
governing gifts from outside sources, and, accordingly, Sec. 2635.807
of this title governing teaching, speaking, and writing:
Antitrust Division
Bureau of Prisons (including Federal Prison Industries, Inc.)
Civil Division
Civil Rights Division
Community Relations Service
Criminal Division
Drug Enforcement Administration
Environment and Natural Resources Division
Executive Office for Immigration Review
Executive Office for United States Attorneys (The Executive Office
for United States Attorneys shall not be considered separate from
any Office of the United States Attorney for a judicial district,
but only from other designated components of the Department of
Justice.)
Executive Office for United States Trustees (The Executive Office
for United States Trustees shall not be considered separate from any
Office of the United States Trustee for a region, but only from
other designated components of the Department of Justice.)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Independent Counsel appointed by the Attorney General
INTERPOL
National Drug Intelligence Center
Justice Management Division
Office of Information and Privacy
Office of Intelligence Policy and Review
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Office of Justice Programs
Office of the Pardon Attorney
Office of Policy Development
Offices of the United States Attorney (94) (Each Office of the
United States Attorney for a judicial district shall be considered a
separate component from each other such office.)
Offices of the United States Trustee (21) (Each Office of the United
States Trustee for a region shall be considered a separate component
from each other such office.)
Tax Division
United States Marshals Service
United States Parole Commission
(b) Employees serving in positions within the Department but
outside of the components designated in paragraph (a) of this section
must continue to treat the entire Department of Justice as their
employing agency for purposes of the gift rules of subpart B of part
2635 of this title and the application of the teaching, speaking and
writing provisions found in Sec. 2635.807 of this title.
Sec. 3801.104 Purchase or use of certain forfeited and other property.
(a) In the absence of prior approval by the agency designee, no
employee shall purchase, directly or indirectly, from the Department of
Justice or its agents property forfeited to the United States and no
employee shall use property forfeited to the United States which has
been purchased, directly or indirectly, from the Department of Justice
or its agents by his spouse or minor child. Approval may be granted
only on the basis of a written determination by the agency designee
that in the mind of a reasonable person with knowledge of the
circumstances, purchase or use by the employee of the asset will not
raise a question as to whether the employee has used his official
position or nonpublic information to obtain or assist in an
advantageous purchase or create an appearance of loss of impartiality
in the performance of the employee's duties. A copy of the written
determination shall be filed with the Deputy Attorney General.
(b) No employee of the United States Marshals Service, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, or Drug Enforcement Administration shall
purchase, directly or indirectly, from his component, the General
Services Administration, or the agent of either, property formerly used
by that component and no such employee shall use property formerly used
by his component which has been purchased, directly or indirectly, by
his spouse or minor child from his component, the General Services
Administration, or the agent of either.
Sec. 3801.105 Personal use of Government property.
Employees are prohibited by part 2635 of this title from using
Government property for other than authorized purposes. On April 21,
1995, the Department issued an internal policy authorizing limited
personal use of Department of Justice office and library equipment and
facilities by its employees. Employees with questions concerning this
policy may seek advice and obtain a copy of the policy from their
agency designee, who for this purpose shall be the Deputy Designated
Agency Ethics Official for the employee's component.
Sec. 3801.106 Outside employment.
(a) Definition. For purposes of this section, outside employment
means any form of employment, business relationship or activity,
involving the provision of personal services whether or not for
compensation, other than in the discharge of official duties. It
includes, but is not limited to, services as a lawyer, officer,
director, trustee, employee, agent, consultant, contractor, or general
partner. Speaking, writing and serving as a fact witness are excluded
from this definition, so long as they are not combined with the
provision of other services that do fall within this definition, such
as the practice of law. Employees who wish to engage in compensated
speaking and writing should review Sec. 2635.807 of this title.
(b) Prohibited outside employment. (1) No employee may engage in
outside employment that involves:
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(i) The practice of law, unless it is uncompensated and in the
nature of community service, or unless it is on behalf of himself, his
parents, spouse, or minor children;
(ii) Any criminal or habeas corpus matter, be it Federal, State, or
local; or
(iii) Litigation, investigations, grants or other matters in which
the Department of Justice is or represents a party, witness, litigant,
investigator or grant-maker.
(2) Where application of the restrictions of paragraph (b)(1) of
this section will cause undue personal or family hardship; unduly
prohibit an employee from completing a professional obligation entered
into prior to Government service; or unduly restrict the Department
from securing necessary and uniquely specialized services, the
restrictions may be waived in writing based upon a determination that
the activities covered by the waiver are not expected to involve
conduct prohibited by statute or Federal regulation. Employees should
refer to DOJ Order 1735.1 on obtaining waivers. The Order is available
from the agency designee which, for purposes of this rule, shall be the
Deputy Designated Agency Ethics Official for the component.
(c) Prior approval for outside employment. (1) An employee must
obtain written approval before engaging in outside employment, not
otherwise prohibited by paragraph (b) of this section that involves:
(i) The practice of law; or
(ii) A subject matter, policy, or program that is in his
component's area of responsibility.
(2) Employees should refer to DOJ Order 1735.1 for procedures on
obtaining prior approval. A waiver granted pursuant to paragraph (b)(2)
of this section will be sufficient to satisfy this prior approval
requirement.
(3) Approval shall be granted only upon a determination that the
outside employment is not expected to involve conduct that is
prohibited by statute or Federal regulation.
TITLE 28--[AMENDED]
CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
PART 45--[AMENDED]
2. The authority citation for part 45 is revised to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 901, 7301; 18 U.S.C. 207, 208; 28
U.S.C. 503, 528; DOJ Order 1735.1.
Secs. 45.735-1--45.735-3, 45.735-6--45.735-45 and the
Appendix [Removed]; Sec. 45.735-5 [Amended]
3. Part 45 is amended by revising the part heading to read
``Employee Responsibilities'' and removing the following sections:
Secs. 45.735-1 through 45.735-3
Sec. 45.735-5(a)
Secs. 45.735-6 through 45.735-7
Secs. 45.735-8 through 45.735-27
Appendix
Sec. 45.735-4 [Redesignated as Sec. 45.2 and amended]
4. Section 45.735-4 is redesignated as Sec. 45.2
Sec. 45.735-5(b) [Redesignated as Sec. 45.3 and amended]
5. Section 45.735-5(b) is redesignated as Sec. 45.3 and the section
heading is revised to read ``Financial interest exemptions.''
Sec. 45.735-7a [Redesignated as Sec. 45.4]
6. Section 45.735-7a is redesignated as Sec. 45.4.
7. A new Sec. 45.1 is added to read as follows:
Sec. 45.1 Cross-reference to ethical standards and financial
disclosure regulations.
Employees of the Department of Justice are subject to the executive
branch-wide Standards of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR part 2635, the
Department of Justice regulations at 5 CFR part 3801 which supplement
the executive branch-wide standards, the executive branch-wide
financial disclosure regulations at 5 CFR part 2634 and the executive
branch-wide employee responsibilities and conduct regulations at 5 CFR
part 735.
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