[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR200.735-114]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                            TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 200--EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C--Provisions Governing Statements of Employment and Financial 
                                Interests
 
Sec.  200.735-114  Employees required to submit statements.


    Except as provided in Sec.  200.735-114a, the following employees 
shall submit confidential statements of employment and financial 
interests:
    (a)(1) Employees in grade GS-13 or above under section 5332 of title 
5, United States Code, or in comparable or higher positions not subject 
to that section, other than those employees who are required to file 
public financial disclosure reports by title II of the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978.
    (2) The Director of Personnel shall list all such positions, shall 
include the listing in the chapter of the Commission's Policy Manual 
pertaining to the filing of confidential statements of employment and 
financial interests, and shall furnish copies thereof to the Deputy DAEO 
and to affected employees.
    (3) The Director of Personnel shall update the listing required by 
paragraph (a)(2) of this section and shall take all other steps required 
by paragraph (a)(2) as of January 1 and July 1 of each year.
    (b)(1) Employees classified below GS-13 under section 5332 of title 
5, United States Code, or at a comparable pay

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level under other authority, other than those employees who are required 
to file public financial disclosure reports by title II of the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978, who are: (i) Responsible for making a decision 
or taking an action in regard to Commission contracting or procurement, 
(ii) responsible for conducting investigative and research activities 
where the decision to be made or action to be taken could have an 
economic impact on any non-Federal enterprise, or (iii) responsible for 
exercising the authority of any supervisory or investigative employee in 
the absence of such employee.
    (2) The Director of Personnel, upon obtaining the advice of the 
General Counsel, shall be responsible for determining which positions 
below GS-13 meet the criteria of paragraph (b)(1) of this section. The 
Director of Personnel shall justify his or her determination in writing 
and shall submit it to the Office of Personnel Management for its 
approval. Upon obtaining the approval of the Office of Personnel 
Management, the Director of Personnel shall include the listing of these 
positions in the chapter of the Commission's Policy Manual pertaining to 
the filing of confidential statements of employment and financial 
interests and shall furnish copies thereof to the Deputy DAEO and to 
affected employees.
    (3) The Director of Personnel shall evaluate the determination under 
paragraph (b)(2) of this section as of January 1 and July 1 of each 
year. When organizational changes or personnel actions indicate that 
positions should be either added to or taken from the list of positions 
which the Director of Personnel has determined meet the criteria of 
paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the Director of Personnel shall make a 
new determination under paragraph (b)(2) of this section and shall take 
all other steps required by paragraph (b)(2) immediately upon the 
implementation of said organizational changes or personnel actions.

[46 FR 17543, Mar. 19, 1981, as amended at 56 FR 36726, Aug. 1, 1991]