{"abstract":"The Office of Government Ethics is issuing a final rule to amend the regulation that describes financial interests that are exempt from the prohibition in 18 U.S.C. 208(a). These final rule amendments revise the existing exemption regulation by: creating a new exemption for sector mutual funds; raising the de minimis exemption for matters affecting interests in securities from $5,000 to $15,000; and creating an exemption that permits an employee to act in certain particular matters that affect an entity in which the employee owns securities, where the entity is not a party to the matter.","action":"Final rule amendments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS","name":"Government Ethics Office","id":215,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/government-ethics-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/215","parent_id":null,"slug":"government-ethics-office"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2002/03/19/02-6617.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":2640,"title":5}],"citation":"67 FR 12443","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"April 18, 2002.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"02-6617","effective_on":null,"end_page":12446,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2002/03/19/02-6617.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/03/19/02-6617/exemption-amendments-under-18-usc-208b2","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/02-6617?publication_date=2002-03-19","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2002-03-19/02-6617/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":4,"page_views":{"count":756,"last_updated":"2026-10-23 18:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-03-19/pdf/02-6617.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2002-03-19","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2002/03/19/02-6617.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"3209-AA09":{"issue":"201710","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/3209-AA09/interpretation-exemptions-and-waiver-guidance-concerning-acts-affecting-a-personal-financial-interes","title":"Interpretation, Exemptions, and Waiver Guidance Concerning Acts Affecting a Personal Financial Interest","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201710&RIN=3209-AA09&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Other Significant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["3209-AA09"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":true,"signing_date":null,"start_page":12443,"subtype":null,"title":"Exemption Amendments Under 18 U.S.C. 208(b)(2)","toc_doc":"Sector mutual funds, de minimis securities, and securities of affected entities in litigation; financial interests; exemptions","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Government employees"],"type":"Rule","volume":67}