---identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s2634.1004"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "5 CFR § 2634.1004 - General rule."title_number: 5title_name: "Administrative Personnel"section_number: "2634.1004"section_name: "General rule."chapter_name: "OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS"subchapter_number: "B"subchapter_name: "GOVERNMENT ETHICS"part_number: "2634"part_name: "EXECUTIVE BRANCH FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, QUALIFIED TRUSTS, AND CERTIFICATES OF DIVESTITURE"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "5 U.S.C. ch. 131; 26 U.S.C. 1043; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended by sec. 31001, Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 and sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74; Pub. L. 112-105, 126 Stat. 291; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306."regulatory_source: "83 FR 33981, July 18, 2018, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "2634"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t5/s2634.1004
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Office of Government Ethics
Authority
5 U.S.C. ch. 131; 26 U.S.C. 1043; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended by sec. 31001, Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 and sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74; Pub. L. 112-105, 126 Stat... 5 U.S.C. ch. 131; 26 U.S.C. 1043; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended by sec. 31001, Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 and sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74; Pub. L. 112-105, 126 Stat. 291; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306.
# 2634.1004 General rule.(a) The Director of the Office of Government Ethics may issue a Certificate of Divestiture for specific property in accordance with the procedures of § 2634.1005 if:(1) The Director determines that divestiture of the property by an eligible person is reasonably necessary to comply with 18 U.S.C. 208, or any other Federal conflict of interest statute, regulation, rule, or Executive order; or(2) A congressional committee requires divestiture as a condition of confirmation.(b) The Director of the Office of Government Ethics cannot issue a Certificate of Divestiture for property that already has been sold.