---identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s2636.101"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "5 CFR § 2636.101 - Purpose."title_number: 5title_name: "Administrative Personnel"section_number: "2636.101"section_name: "Purpose."chapter_name: "OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS"subchapter_number: "B"subchapter_name: "GOVERNMENT ETHICS"part_number: "2636"part_name: "LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME, EMPLOYMENT AND AFFILIATIONS FOR CERTAIN NONCAREER EMPLOYEES"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; 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; 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: "56 FR 1723, Jan. 17, 1991, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "2636"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t5/s2636.101
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Office of Government Ethics
Authority
5 U.S.C. ch. 131; 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; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp... 5 U.S.C. ch. 131; 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; 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.
# 2636.101 Purpose.This part is issued under authority of title VI of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101-194, as amended), to implement the 15 percent outside earned income limitation at 5 U.S.C. app. 501(a) and the limitations at 5 U.S.C. app. 502 on outside employment and affiliations, which are applicable to certain noncareer employees.[63 FR 43068, Aug. 12, 1998]