[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 5, Volume 3] [Revised as of January 1, 2009] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 5CFR3101.101] [Page 693] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER XXI--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PART 3101_SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY--Table of Contents Sec. 3101.101 General. Sec. 3101.101 General. 3101.102 Designation of separate agency components. 3101.103 Prohibition on purchase of certain assets. 3101.104 Outside employment. 3101.105 Additional rules for Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms employees. 3101.106 Additional rules for Internal Revenue Service employees. 3101.107 Additional rules for Legal Division employees. 3101.108 Additional rules for Office of the Comptroller of the Currency employees. 3101.109 Additional rules for Office of Thrift Supervision employees. 3101.110 Additional rules for United States Customs Service employees. 3101.111 Additional rules for United States Secret Service employees. [Reserved] Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 7301, 7353; 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 18 U.S.C. 212, 213; 26 U.S.C. 7214(b); 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; 5 CFR 2635.105, 2635.203(a), 2635.403(a), 2635.803, 2635.807(a)(2)(ii). Source: 60 FR 22251, May 5, 1995, unless otherwise noted. (a) Purpose. In accordance with 5 CFR 2635.105, the regulations in this part apply to employees of the Department of the Treasury and supplement the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch contained in 5 CFR part 2635. Employees are required to comply with 5 CFR part 2635, this part, and bureau guidance and procedures established pursuant to this section. Department employees are also subject to any additional rules of conduct that the Department or their employing bureaus are authorized to issue. See 31 CFR part 0, Department of the Treasury Employee Rules of Conduct. (b) Bureau instructions. With the concurrence of the Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO), bureaus of the Department of the Treasury are authorized to issue instructions or manual issuances providing explanatory guidance and establishing procedures necessary to implement this part and part 2635 of this title. See 5 CFR 2635.105(c). (c) Definition of ``agency designee''. As used in this part and in part 2635 of this title, the term ``agency designee'' refers to any employee who has been delegated authority by an instruction or manual issuance issued by a bureau under paragraph (b) of this section to make a determination, give an approval, or take other action required or permitted by this part or part 2635 of this title with respect to another employee. See 5 CFR 2635.102(b).