TITLE 5 - ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL

CHAPTER XVI - OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

SUBCHAPTER B - GOVERNMENT ETHICS

PART 2634 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, QUALIFIED TRUSTS, AND CERTIFICATES OF DIVESTITURE

subpart b - PERSONS REQUIRED TO FILE PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS

2634.202 - Public filer defined.

The term public filer includes: (a) The President; (b) The Vice President; (c) Each officer or employee in the executive branch, including a special Government employee as defined in 18 U.S.C. 202(a), whose position is classified above GS15 of the General Schedule prescribed by 5 U.S.C. 5332, or the rate of basic pay for which is fixed, other than under the General Schedule, at a rate equal to or greater than 120% of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS15 of the General Schedule; each member of a uniformed service whose pay grade is at or in excess of O7 under 37 U.S.C. 201; and each officer or employee in any other position determined by the Director of the Office of Government Ethics to be of equal classification; (d) Each employee who is an administrative law judge appointed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3105; (e) Any employee not otherwise described in paragraph (c) of this section who is in a position in the executive branch which is excepted from the competitive service by reason of being of a confidential or policy-making character, unless excluded by virtue of a determination under 2634.203 of this subpart; (f) The Postmaster General, the Deputy Postmaster General, each Governor of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service and each officer or employee of the United States Postal Service or Postal Rate Commission whose basic rate of pay is equal to or greater than 120% of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS15 of the General Schedule; (g) The Director of the Office of Government Ethics and each agency's primary designated agency ethics official; (h) Any civilian employee not otherwise described in paragraph (c) of this section who is employed in the Executive Office of the President (other than a special Government employee, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 202(a)) and holds a commission of appointment from the President; and (i) Anyone whose employment in a position or office described in paragraphs (a) through (h) of this section has terminated, but who has not yet satisfied the filing requirements of 2634.201(e) of this subpart.

Note: References in this section and in 2634.203 and 2634.904 to position classifications have been adjusted to reflect elimination of General Schedule classifications GS16, GS17, and GS18 by the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990, as incorporated in section 529 of Public Law 101509.