[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR3101.110]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                 CHAPTER XXI--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 3101_SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE 
 
Sec. 3101.110  Additional rules for United States Customs Service employees.

    The following rules apply to the employees of the United States 
Customs Service and are in addition to Sec. Sec. 3101.101 through 
3101.104:
    (a) Prohibition on outside employment. No employee of the USCS shall 
work for a customs broker, international carrier, bonded warehouse, 
foreign trade zone, cartman, law firm engaged in the practice of customs 
law or importation department of a business, nor be employed in any 
private capacity related to the importation or exportation of 
merchandise.
    (b) Restrictions arising from employment of relatives. If the spouse 
of a USCS employee, or other relative who is dependent on or resides 
with a USCS employee, is employed in a position that the employee would 
be prohibited from occupying by paragraph (a) of this section, the 
employee shall file a report of family member employment with his or her 
supervisor. Supervisors

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shall forward such reports to the appropriate Regional Counsel for 
transmittal to the Chief Counsel. The employee shall be disqualified 
from participation in any matter involving the relative or the 
relative's employer unless an agency designee, with the advice and legal 
clearance of the DAEO or Office of the Chief Counsel, authorizes the 
employee to participate in the matter using the standard in Sec. 
2635.502(d) of this title.