[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: 5CFR3101.105]

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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 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 3101.105  Additional rules for Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms employees.

    The following rules apply to the employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco and Firearms and are in addition to Sec. Sec. 3101.101 through 
3101.104:
    (a) Prohibited financial interests. Except as provided in this 
section, no employee of the ATF, or spouse or minor child of an ATF 
employee, shall have, directly or indirectly, any financial interest, 
including compensated employment, in the alcohol, tobacco, firearms

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or explosives industries. The term financial interest is defined in 
Sec. 2635.403(c) of this title.
    (b) Waiver. An agency designee, with the advice and legal clearance 
of the DAEO or Office of the Chief Counsel, may grant a written waiver 
of the prohibition in paragraph (a) of this section on a determination 
that the financial interest is not prohibited by 26 U.S.C. 7214(b) and 
that, in the mind of a reasonable person with knowledge of the 
particular circumstances, the financial interest will not create an 
appearance of misuse of position or loss of impartiality, or call into 
question the impartiality and objectivity with which the ATF's programs 
are administered. A waiver under this paragraph may require appropriate 
conditions, such as execution of a written disqualification.