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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Office of Government Ethics</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>OGE</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>2026 Increase of Gifts and Travel Reimbursements Reporting Thresholds for Financial Disclosure Reports and Nonsponsor Widely Attended Gatherings Gift Exception Ceiling</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>Under the Ethics in Government Act (5 U.S.C. 13104(a)(2)(A) &amp; (B)), the gifts and travel reimbursements reporting thresholds for public financial disclosure reporting are tied to the &lsquo;&lsquo;minimal value&rsquo;&rsquo; threshold for foreign gifts, which is revised by the General Services Administration (GSA) every three years.&nbsp;Office of Government Ethics (OGE)&nbsp;regulations extend the same thresholds to confidential financial disclosure reporting and OGE&rsquo;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 is expected to update the minimal value threshold in 2026 and OGE plans to issue corresponding technical amendments to its regulations once GSA has done so.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Not subject to, not significant</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>5 CFR 2634</CFR>
            <CFR>5 CFR 2635</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 U.S.C. 7342</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 U.S.C. chapter 131 Ethics in Government Act of 1978</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/00/2026</TTBL_DATE>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Christopher</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Swartz</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Acting Chief, Ethics Law and Policy Branch</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>3209</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Government Ethics</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OGE</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 482-9267</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>cjswartz@oge.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Suite 750, 250 E Street, SW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20024</ZIP>
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