25 CFR § 900.235 - What personal conflicts of interest must the standards of conduct regulate?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s900.235"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 900.235 - What personal conflicts of interest must the standards of conduct regulate?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "900.235"
section_name: "What personal conflicts of interest must the standards of conduct regulate?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, AND INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
part_number: "900"
part_name: "CONTRACTS UNDER THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 450f"
regulatory_source: "61 FR 32501, June 24, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "900"
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# 900.235 What personal conflicts of interest must the standards of conduct regulate?
The standards must prohibit an officer, employee, or agent (including a subcontractor) from participating in the review, analysis, or inspection of trust transactions involving an entity in which such persons have a direct financial interest or an employment relationship. It must also prohibit such officers, employees, or agents from accepting any gratuity, favor, or anything of more than nominal value, from a party (other than the Indian tribe) with an interest in the trust transactions under review. Such standards must also provide for sanctions or remedies for violation of the standards.