3209-AA68 202304 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3209 Office of Government Ethics OGE 2023 Increase of Gifts and Travel Reimbursements Reporting Thresholds for Financial Disclosure Reports and Nonsponsor Widely Attended Gatherings Gift Exception Ceiling

Under the Ethics in Government Act (5 U.S.C. 13104(a)(2)(A) & (B)), the gifts and travel reimbursements reporting thresholds for public financial disclosure reporting are tied to the minimal value threshold for foreign gifts, which is revised by the General Services Administration (GSA) every three years. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) regulations extend the same thresholds to confidential financial disclosure reporting and OGE’s Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch link the exception ceiling for nonsponsor gifts of free attendance at widely attended gatherings to the same thresholds. GSA updated the minimal value threshold in March 2023. Accordingly, OGE plans to issue corresponding technical amendments to its regulations.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 5 CFR 2634 5 CFR 2635 5 U.S.C. 7342 5 U.S.C. ch. 131 No Final Rule Increase of Reporting Thresholds and Exception Ceiling 06/00/2023 No Federal No No No Christopher Swartz Acting Chief, Ethics Law and Policy Branch 3209 Office of Government Ethics OGE 202 482-9267 cjswartz@oge.gov Suite 750, 250 E Street, SW, Washington DC 20024