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the official duties that the officer performs for the Government.
the proposed trustee and the trust instrument to qualify the blind trust for ethics purposes.
Background: Conflicts of Interest, Disclosure and Disqualification.
regulation under federal law are disqualification and disclosure.
1 United States v. Mississippi Valley Generating Co., 364 U.S. 520, 549 (1960).
2 H.Rept. 87-748, 87th Congress, 1st Session, at 3 (1961), on revised conflict of interest laws.
Bar of the City of New York, Conflict of Interest and Federal Service, at 3-4 (1960).
4 18 U.S.C. § 208.
5 18 U.S.C. § 202(c) now expressly exempts the President and Vice President from § 208.
6 5 C.F.R. §§ 2635.501, 2635.502.
required from certain rank-and-file federal employees. 5 C.F.R. § 2634.901 et seq.
Remedial Measures for Conflicting Assets.
“qualified diversified trust.” 5 U.S.C. app. §§ 102(f)(2), (3)-(7), and (8).
tantamount to a disenfranchisement and loss of representation for the Members’ constituents.
10 5 U.S.C. app. §106(b)(3); 5 C.F.R. § 2634.605(b)(5)(ii).
particular assets and holdings of certain individuals in or to be appointed to such positions.
12 5 U.S.C. app. § 106(b)(3); see also 5 C.F.R. § 2634.605(b)(4),(5).
Blind Trust as Remedial or Voluntary Measure.
overall income from it, as opposed to all individual underlying assets and transactions.
Requirements of a Qualified Blind Trust.
capital gains taxes. 5 C.F.R. §§ 2635.403(d),(e), and 2634.1001 et. seq.
14 5 U.S.C. app. § 101(b); 5 C.F.R § 2634.602(a),(c)(1)(vi); 5 C.F.R § 2634.605(c).
“conditional.” Riddick and Fruman, Riddick’s Senate Procedure, S. Doc. 101-28, at 940 (1992).
an original asset “due to the subsequent assumption of duties” of the reporting official.
at the insistence of a Senate committee as a requirement for approval of a nomination.
17 5 U.S.C. app. §102(f)(2)(A).
18 5 U.S.C. app. § 102(f)(4)(A); 5 C.F.R. § 2634.401(ii).
Trusts,” at 2-5, 13 (1978); 5 C.F.R. § 2634.401(b).
requirements for this exception at 5 U.S.C. app. § 102(f)(4)(B)(i)(I) - (V).
21 S.Rept. 95-639, supra at 6-7. See also OGE Opinion 86 x 12, September 8, 1986.
Committee on Ethics or the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
categories of value, to the supervisory ethics office. 5 U.S.C. app. §102(f)(5)(A).
official or any interested party to the trust. 5 U.S.C. app. § 102(f)(3)(A).
by the supervisory ethics office. 5 U.S.C. app. §102(f)(3)(B).
OGE Advisory Opinion 86 x 12, September 8, 1986.
assumption of duties” of the reporting official. 5 U.S.C. app. § 102(f)(3)(C)(vi).
blind trusts beneficiaries. 5 U.S.C. app. §102(f)(6)(c).

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