US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

5 U.S.C. § 13109

Confidential reports and other additional requirements

(a)

In General.—

(1)

Authority to require confidential financial disclosure reports .—

section 202 of title 18section 13103 of this titlesection 13107 of this titleEach supervising ethics office may require officers and employees under its jurisdiction (including special Government employees as defined in ) to file confidential financial disclosure reports, in such form as the supervising ethics office may prescribe. The information required to be reported under this subsection by the officers and employees of any department or agency shall be set forth in rules or regulations prescribed by the supervising ethics office, and may be less extensive than otherwise required by this subchapter, or more extensive when determined by the supervising ethics office to be necessary and appropriate in light of sections 202 through 209 of title 18, regulations promulgated under those sections, or the authorized activities of such officers or employees. Any individual required to file a report pursuant to shall not be required to file a confidential report pursuant to this subsection, except with respect to information which is more extensive than information otherwise required by this subchapter. Subsections (a), (b), and (d) of shall not apply with respect to any such report.
(2)

Confidentiality .—

Any information required to be provided by an individual under this subsection shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to the public.
(3)

No exemption from other reporting requirements .—

Nothing in this subsection exempts any individual otherwise covered by the requirement to file a public financial disclosure report under this subchapter from such requirement.
(b)

Preemption .—

section 7342 of this titleThe provisions of this subchapter requiring the reporting of information shall supersede any general requirement under any other provision of law or regulation with respect to the reporting of information required for purposes of preventing conflicts of interest or apparent conflicts of interest. Such provisions of this subchapter shall not supersede the requirements of .
(c)

No Authorization for Activity Otherwise Prohibited .—

Nothing in this chapter requiring reporting of information shall be deemed to authorize the receipt of income, gifts, or reimbursements; the holding of assets, liabilities, or positions; or the participation in transactions that are prohibited by law, Executive order, rule, or regulation.

Pub. L. 117–286, § 3(c)136 Stat. 4294(, , .)

Amendments Not Shown in Text

Pub. L. 95–521Section 107 of Pub. L. 95–521Pub. L. 117–125, § 2(c)(3)136 Stat. 1207Pub. L. 117–286136 Stat. 4294section 5(b) of Pub. L. 117–286section 101 of this titlesection 107 of Pub. L. 95–521section 105 of Pub. L. 95–521section 13107 of this titleThis section was derived from section 107 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, , which was set out in the former Appendix to this title, and as it existed as of . was amended by , , , prior to being repealed and reenacted as this section by , §§ 3(c), 7, , , 4361. For applicability of those amendments to this section, see , set out in a Transitional and Savings Provisions note preceding . Subsection (a)(1) of was amended in the last sentence by striking “and (d)” and inserting “and (e)”. Such amendment was to conform with an amendment to redesignating subsection (d) as (e), see Amendments Not Shown in Text note set out under .

Historical and Revision Notes

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Source (Statutes at Large)

13109

5 U.S.C. App. (EGA § 107)

Pub. L. 95–521, title I, § 107, Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 96–19, § 9(d), (g), June 13, 1979, 93 Stat. 42, 43; Pub. L. 101–194, title II, § 202, Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1740.