Sec. 3. Conflicts of interest
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Title 18, United States Code, is amended— in section 202(a), in the first sentence, by inserting and who has been designated as a special Government employee on a Notification of Personnel Action (Standard Form 50 or equivalent) of the officer or employee, after basis, ; and in section 208— in subsection (a)— by striking
(a)Except and inserting (a)(1) Except ; and by adding at the end the following: In the case of a special Government employee who is not on an advisory committee or who serves as the chair or vice chair of an advisory committee, paragraph
(1)shall apply to a discrete and identifiable component of a matter that on its own would constitute a particular matter in which, to the knowledge of the special Government employee, the organization in which the special Government employee is serving as officer, director, trustee, general partner, or employee has a financial interest. ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by inserting , with the concurrence of a designated official at the Office of Government Ethics if the officer or employee is a special Government employee, after such official ; and in paragraph (3), by inserting , other than the chair or vice chair of the committee, after committee ; in subsection (d)— in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by striking Upon and inserting Except as provided in paragraph (2), upon ; by redesignating paragraph
(2)as paragraph (3); and by inserting after paragraph
(1)the following: In the case of a special Government employee who is not serving on an advisory committee within the meaning of chapter 10 of title 5 or a special Government employee who is serving as chair or vice chair on such an advisory committee, any waiver or exemption granted under subsection (b)(1) shall be proactively made publicly available via a searchable online database not later than 14 days after the date on which the waiver is issued. .