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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission"), after obtaining the concurrence of the OGE, proposes to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for employees of the Commission.  In order to effectuate this interagency concurrence, the Commission would submit a final version of its proposed supplemental ethics regulations to OGE.  After OGE had approved them, the regulations would be put into seriatim review.  The proposed changes would affect regulations in both title 5 and title 17.  First, the Commission is proposing to amend its supplemental standards of ethical conduct at 5 CFR part 5101. This proposal would also add 5 CFR 5101.104 requiring employees to file a written notice of disqualification in certain situations, prescribe new rules at 5 CFR 5101.105 authorizing waivers from the Commission’s supplemental standards of ethical conduct, and set forth ethics official designations at proposed paragraph 5 CFR 5101.106.  Second, the Commission is proposing to amend its conduct regulation in 17 CFR 140.735 subpart C for which the Commission has authority to issue under 5 CFR 2635.403(a). The provisions at 17 CFR 140.735 subpart C would continue to apply to the conduct of Commission employees. This proposal would combine 17 CFR 140.735-2 (Prohibited transactions) and 17 CFR 140.735-2a (Prohibited interests), move 17 CFR 140.735-5, Disclosure of information, to subpart D, 17 CFR 140.736, and delete 17 CFR 140.735-4, Receipt and disposition of foreign gifts and decorations, in its entirety because the substance of the regulation is contained within the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act.