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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2023-06-09.xml --- 88 111 Friday, June 9, 2023 Contents Agriculture Agriculture Department See Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement See Rural Housing Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 37846 2023-12368 Request for Information: 2023 Update to Technical Guidelines for Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Carbon Sequestration at the Entity-Scale for Agriculture and Forestry, 37846-37847 2023-12312 Centers Disease Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 37880-37888 2023-12356 2023-12357 2023-12358 2023-12359 2023-12360 2023-12361 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services RULES Medicare Program: Treatment of Medicare Part C Days in the Calculation of a Hospital's Medicare Disproportionate Patient Percentage, 37772-37793 2023-12308 Children Children and Families Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Medical Health Assessment Form and Public Health Investigation Forms, Tuberculosis and Non-Tuberculosis Illness;

Correction, 37888 2023-12334 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Safety Zone: Laguna Madre, South Padre Island, TX, 37764-37766 2023-12418 Marysville Funfest Fireworks, St. Clair River; Marysville, MI, 37762-37764 2023-12344 NOTICES Request for Membership Applications: National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee, 37893 2023-12408 Commerce Commerce Department See Foreign-Trade Zones Board See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency NOTICES Annual Consumer Trust in Banking Survey, 37917-37920 2023-12301 Guidance:

Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management, 37920-37937 2023-12340 Defense Acquisition Defense Acquisition Regulations System RULES Acquisition Regulation: Management of the Procurement Technical Assistance Agreement Program, 37798-37799 2023-12018 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, 37794-37798 2023-12020 Technical Amendments, 37793-37794 2023-12021 PROPOSED RULES Acquisition Regulation: Buy American Act Requirements, 37942-37973 2023-12019 Defense Department Defense Department See Defense Acquisition Regulations System See Navy Department NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability, etc.: Enhanced Integrated Air and Missile Defense System on Guam, 37870 2023-12203 O'Brien Road Access Modernization, Fort Meade, MD, 37869-37870 2023-12350 Education Department Education Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Report of the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility Program, 37871-37872 2023-12348 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings: International Energy Agency, 37872-37873 2023-12316 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans;

Approvals and Promulgations: Michigan; Air Plan Approval; Michigan Nonattainment New Source Review Certification for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard, 37766-37769 2023-12304 Pesticide Tolerances: Sedaxane, 37769-37772 2023-12321 PROPOSED RULES Addressing Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Environment, 37841-37842 2023-12410 Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Michigan; Air Plan Approval; Michigan Nonattainment New Source Review Certification for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard, 37841 2023-12303 NOTICES Access to Confidential Business Information:

Agile Decision Sciences, LLC, 37877-37878 2023-12319 Permits; Applications, Issuances, etc.: Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit for the Eastern Portion of the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico; Availability of Draft National Environmental Policy Categorial Exclusion, 37878-37880 2023-12292 Pesticide Product Registration: Chlorpyrifos; Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations to Terminate Certain Uses, 37875-37877 2023-12354 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness Directives:

Engine Alliance Engines, 37760-37762 2023-12287 The Boeing Company Airplanes, 37755-37760 2023-12405 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Criteria: Special Class Airworthiness Criteria: AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corporation Model AW609 Powered-Lift, 37805-37807 2023-12310 Airworthiness Directives: General Electric Company Engines, 37812-37815 2023-12286 Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters, 37810-37812 2023-12335 Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH Gliders, 37807-37810 2023-12302 NOTICES Airport Property:

Waiver; Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, Wichita, KS, 37916 2023-12298 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission PROPOSED RULES Incarcerated People's Communications Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, 37843 2023-12191 Petition for Reconsideration of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding, 37842 2023-12365 NOTICES Meetings, 37880 2023-12355 Federal Deposit Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NOTICES Guidance:

Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management, 37920-37937 2023-12340 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 37893-37895 2023-12345 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Combined Filings, 37873-37875 2023-12363 2023-12371 Effectiveness of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status: Fresno Cogeneration Partners, LP, Fifth Standard Solar PV, LLC, San Jacinto Grid, LLC, et al., 37874 2023-12369 Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:

Antelope Valley BESS, LLC, 37874-37875 2023-12362 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Guidance: Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management, 37920-37937 2023-12340 Federal Trade Federal Trade Commission PROPOSED RULES Health Breach Notification, 37819-37839 2023-12148 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Permits; Applications, Issuances, etc.: Incidental Take; Participation in the General Conservation Plan for Oil and Gas Activities; Draft Categorical Exclusion for the Conoco Philips Soil Remediation Project;

Santa Barbara County, CA, 37899-37901 2023-12338 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Charter Amendments, Establishments, Renewals and Terminations: Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee, 37890 2023-12293 Guidance: Clinical Drug Interaction Studies with Combined Oral Contraceptives, 37888-37890 2023-12370 Foreign Assets Foreign Assets Control Office NOTICES Sanctions Action, 37937-37939 2023-12352 Foreign Trade Foreign-Trade Zones Board PROPOSED RULES Board Proceedings, 37815-37819 2023-12123 Government Ethics Government Ethics Office RULES Executive Branch Financial Disclosure and Standards of Ethical Conduct Regulations, 37753-37755 2023-12291 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Children and Families Administration See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Federal Emergency Management Agency See U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement NOTICES Request for Membership Applications: Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, 37895-37897 2023-12305 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Operating Fund Energy Incentives: Energy Performance Contracting Program, Rate Reduction Incentive, 37897-37899 2023-12341 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See National Park Service Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Publication of Nonconventional Source Production Credit Reference Price for Calendar Year 2022, 37940 2023-12328 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from India, Indonesia, and the Republic of Korea, 37856-37858 2023-12320 Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's Republic of China, 37851-37852 2023-12337 Chlorinated Isocyanurates from the People's Republic of China, 37854-37855 2023-12329 Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Thailand, 37855-37856 2023-12351 Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea, 37852-37854 2023-12327 Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico, 37849-37851 2023-12332 Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from India, 37858-37859 2023-12330 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigations;

Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Photovoltaic Connectors and Components Thereof, 37905-37906 2023-12314 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 37905 2023-12502 Justice Department Justice Department NOTICES Proposed Consent Decree: CERCLA, 37906 2023-12294 Labor Department Labor Department See Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Benefits Timeliness and Quality Review System, 37906-37907 2023-12317 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability, etc.: Intent to Prepare a Resource Management Plan for the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon/Washington and California, 37901-37904 2023-12311 Maritime Maritime Administration NOTICES Meetings: U.S. Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee, 37916-37917 2023-12307 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Request for Information: Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities in Procurements and Federal Financial Assistance, 37908-37909 2023-12318 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration PROPOSED RULES Side Underride Guards;

Extension of Comment Period, 37843-37845 2023-12296 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: National Eye Institute, 37892 2023-12324 National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute, 37891 2023-12375 National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 37892-37893 2023-12379 National Institute of Mental Health, 37891 2023-12376 National Institute of Nursing Research, 37891 2023-12325 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 37891-37892 2023-12374 2023-12377 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 37890 2023-12326 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Gulf of Mexico Electronic Logbook, 37862-37863 2023-12373 Permits; Applications, Issuances, etc.: Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries, 37863-37864 2023-12290 Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities: Falls Bridge Replacement Project in Blue Hill, Maine, 37864-37868 2023-12343 Taking and Importing Marine Mammals: Incidental to Geophysical Surveys Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico, 37859-37862 2023-12342 National Park National Park Service NOTICES National Register of Historic Places:

Pending Nominations and Related Actions, 37904-37905 2023-12347 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Improving Homeport Facilities for Three NIMITZ-Class Aircraft Carriers in Support of the United States Pacific Fleet, 37870-37871 2023-12228 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 37909 2023-12471 Occupational Safety Health Adm Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes Standard, 37907-37908 2023-12394 OPPE Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers, 37847-37848 2023-12372 Postal Regulatory Postal Regulatory Commission NOTICES New Postal Products, 37909-37910 2023-12309 Rural Housing Service Rural Housing Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Rural Rental Housing Program, 37848-37849 2023-12331 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 37913 2023-12297 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: ICE Clear Credit LLC, 37910-37914 2023-12299 2023-12300 State Department State Department NOTICES Meetings, 37914 2023-12353 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES 2022 Tax Information for Use in the Revenue Shortfall Allocation Method, 37915 2023-12378 Exemption: Discontinuance of Service; CSX Transportation, Inc., Marion County, IN, 37914-37915 2023-12366 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Maritime Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Treasury Treasury Department See Comptroller of the Currency See Foreign Assets Control Office See Internal Revenue Service DFC U S International Development Finance Corporation NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 37868-37869 2023-12346 Immigration U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application for a Stay of Deportation or Removal, 37897 2023-12349 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department PROPOSED RULES Exemption of Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity Program Records, 37839-37841 2023-11606 Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees, 37800-37805 2023-11772 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Defense Department, Defense Acquisition Regulations System, 37942-37973 2023-12019 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, and notice of recently enacted public laws.

To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents electronic mailing list, go to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGPOOFR/subscriber/new, enter your e-mail address, then follow the instructions to join, leave, or manage your subscription. 88 111 Friday, June 9, 2023 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 5 CFR Parts 2634 and 2635 RIN 3209-AA68 Executive Branch Financial Disclosure and Standards of Ethical Conduct Regulations AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendments. SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Government Ethics

(OGE)is updating its executive branch regulation on financial disclosure to reflect the retroactive statutory increase of the reporting thresholds for gifts and travel reimbursements. OGE is also updating the executive branchwide standards of ethical conduct regulation to raise the widely attended gatherings nonsponsor gifts exception dollar ceiling tied to these thresholds. This change is not retroactive. DATES: *Effective date:* This final rule is effective June 9, 2023. *Applicability date:* The amendments to 5 CFR 2634.304 and 2634.907 are applicable as of January 1, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christie Chung, Assistant Counsel, or Melba Melton, Assistant Counsel; Telephone: 202-482-9300. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The U.S. Office of Government Ethics

(OGE)is amending pertinent sections of its executive branchwide ethics regulations on financial disclosure and standards of ethical conduct, as codified at 5 CFR parts 2634 and 2635, in order to update the thresholds for gifts and travel reimbursements, as well as the widely attended gatherings nonsponsor gifts exception dollar ceiling. Increased Gifts and Travel Reimbursements Reporting Thresholds First, OGE is revising its executive branch financial disclosure regulation at 5 CFR part 2634 to reflect the increased reporting thresholds for gifts, reimbursements, and travel expenses for both the public and confidential executive branch financial disclosure systems. The increased thresholds are applicable as of January 1, 2023. These increases conform to the statutorily mandated public disclosure reporting thresholds under the Ethics in Government Act as amended, 5 U.S.C. 13104(a)(2)(A) and (B), (Ethics Act) and are extended to confidential disclosure reporting by OGE's regulation. Under the Ethics Act, the gifts and travel reimbursements reporting thresholds are tied to the dollar amount for the “minimal value” threshold for foreign gifts as the General Services Administration

(GSA)periodically redefines it. GSA raised the “minimal value” amount under the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, 5 U.S.C. 7342, to $480 for the three-year period 2023-2025 (from the prior level of $415) in a March 6, 2023, Federal Management Regulation Bulletin. See Gen. Servs. Admin., GSA Bull. FMR B-52, Foreign Gift and Decoration Minimal Value

(2023)(revising retroactively to January 1, 2023, the foreign gifts minimal value definition as codified at 41 CFR 102-42.10). Accordingly, applicable as of that same date, OGE is increasing the thresholds for reporting of gifts and travel reimbursements from any one source in 5 CFR 2634.304 and 2634.907(g). The thresholds have been raised to “more than $480” for the gifts and travel reimbursements aggregation thresholds and “$192 or less” for the de minimis exception for gifts and travel reimbursements that do not have to be aggregated. As noted, these regulatory increases implement the underlying statutory increases effective January 1, 2023. OGE is also updating the examples following those sections, including appropriate adjustments to gift values. OGE will continue to adjust the gifts and travel reimbursements reporting thresholds in its part 2634 regulation in the future as needed in light of GSA's redefinition of “minimal value” every three years for foreign gifts purposes. See OGE's prior three-year adjustment of those regulatory reporting thresholds, as published at 85 FR 36715 (June 18, 2020) (for 2020-2022, the aggregate reporting thresholds were more than $415, with a $166 or less de minimis exception). Increased Dollar Ceiling for the Exception for Nonsponsor Gifts of Free Attendance at Widely Attended Gatherings OGE is also increasing the exception ceiling for nonsponsor gifts of free attendance at widely attended gatherings from $415 to $480 in the executive branch standards of ethical conduct regulation, as codified at 5 CFR 2635.204(g)(3) (and as illustrated in the examples following paragraph (g)). This separate regulatory change is effective upon publication in the **Federal Register** , on June 9, 2023. As OGE noted in the preambles to the proposed and final rules on such nonsponsor gifts, that ceiling is tied to the financial disclosure gifts reporting threshold. See 60 FR 31415 (June 15, 1995) and 61 FR 42965 (Aug. 20, 1996). Thus, OGE is again increasing the nonsponsor gift ceiling to match the further increase in the gifts and travel reimbursements reporting thresholds described above. The nonsponsor gift ceiling was last raised June 2020. See 85 FR 36715 (June 18, 2020). The other requirements for acceptance of such nonsponsor gifts, including an agency interest determination and expected attendance by more than 100 persons, remain unchanged. II. Matters of Regulatory Procedure Administrative Procedure Act Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b), as Director of the Office of Government Ethics, I find that good cause exists for waiving the general notice of proposed rulemaking and public comment procedures as to these technical amendments. The notice and comment procedures are being waived because these amendments concern matters of agency organization, procedure and practice. It is also in the public interest that the accurate and up-to-date information be contained in the affected sections of OGE's regulations as soon as possible. The increase in the reporting thresholds for gifts and reimbursements is based on a statutory formula and lessens the reporting burden. Therefore, that regulatory revision is retroactively applicable as of January 1, 2023, when the change became effective under the Ethics Act. Regulatory Flexibility Act As the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, I certify under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6) that this final rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because it primarily affects current Federal executive branch employees. Paperwork Reduction Act The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) does not apply because this regulation does not contain information collection requirements that require approval of the Office of Management and Budget. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act For purposes of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. chapter 25, subchapter II), this final rule would not significantly or uniquely affect small governments and will not result in increased expenditures by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 million or more (as adjusted for inflation) in any one year. Congressional Review Act The Office of Government Ethics has determined that this amendatory rulemaking is a nonmajor rule under the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 8) and will submit a report thereon to the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives and Government Accountability Office in accordance with that law at the same time this rulemaking document is sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication in the **Federal Register** . Executive Order 13563 and Executive Order 12866 Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select the regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility. In promulgating this rulemaking, OGE has adhered to the regulatory philosophy and the applicable principles of regulation set forth in Executive Orders 12866 and 13563. The rule has not been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget because it is not a significant regulatory action for the purposes of Executive Order 12866. Executive Order 12988 As Director of the Office of Government Ethics, I have reviewed this rule in light of section 3 of Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, and certify that it meets the applicable standards provided therein. List of Subjects 5 CFR Part 2634 Certificates of divestiture, Conflict of interests, Government employees, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Trusts and trustees. 5 CFR Part 2635 Conflict of interests, Executive branch standards of ethical conduct, Government employees. Approved: June 5, 2023. Emory Rounds, Director, U.S. Office of Government Ethics. For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics is amending 5 CFR parts 2634 and 2635 as follows: PART 2634—EXECUTIVE BRANCH FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, QUALIFIED TRUSTS, AND CERTIFICATES OF DIVESTITURE 1. The authority citation for part 2634 continues to read as follows: 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. 2. Amend § 2634.304 as follows: a. In paragraphs

(a)and (b), remove the dollar amount “$415” and add in its place “$480”; b. Designate the note to paragraph

(a)as note 1 to paragraph

(a)and revise the newly designated note; c. In paragraph (d), remove the dollar amount “$166” and add in its place “$192”; d. In example 1 following paragraph (d): i. Remove the dollar amount “$240” following “Gift 1-Print” and add in its place “$280”; ii. Remove the dollar amount “$185” following “Gift 2-Pen and pencil set” and add in its place “$225”; and iii. Remove the dollar amounts “$415” and “$166” in the sentences following “Gift 3” and add in their places “$480” and “$192”, respectively; and e. In example 2 following paragraph (d), remove “2020” and “$166” and add in their places “2023” and “$192”, respectively; f. In example 3 following paragraph (d), remove the year “2020” and add in its place “2023”; and g. In the example following paragraph (f), remove the dollar amount “$450” and add in its place “$540”. The revision reads as follows: § 2634.304 Gifts and reimbursements.

(a)* * * Note 1 to paragraph (a): Under the Ethics in Government Act, 5 U.S.C. 13104(a)(2)(A) and (B), the reporting thresholds for gifts, reimbursements, and travel expenses are tied to the dollar amount for the “minimal value” threshold for foreign gifts established by the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, 5 U.S.C. 7342(a)(5). The General Services Administration (GSA), in consultation with the Secretary of State, redefines the value every 3 years. In 2023, the amount was set at $480. In paragraph

(d)of this section, the Office of Government Ethics sets the aggregation exception amount and redefines the value every 3 years. In 2023, the amount was set at $192. The Office of Government Ethics will update this part in 2026 and every three years thereafter to reflect the new amounts. 3. Amend § 2634.907 as follows: a. In paragraph (g)(1), remove the dollar amount of “$415” and add in its place “$480”; b. In paragraph (g)(2), remove the dollar amount “$166” and add in its place “$192”; c. Revise the note to paragraph (g)(2); and d. In the example following paragraph (g)(5): i. Remove the dollar amount “$275” following “Gift 3-Cell phone” and add in its place “$340”; and ii. In the last two sentences, remove the dollar amount of “$415” and add in its place “$480” and remove the dollar amount “$166” and add in its place “$192”. The revision reads as follows: § 2634.907 Report contents.

(g)* * *

(2)* * * Note to paragraph (g)(2): The Office of Government Ethics sets these amounts every 3 years using the same disclosure thresholds as those for public financial disclosure filers. In 2023, the reporting thresholds were set at $480 and the aggregation threshold was set at $192. The Office of Government Ethics will update this part in 2026 and every three years thereafter to reflect the new amount. PART 2635—STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH 4. The authority citation for part 2635 continues to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301, 7351, 7353; 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 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. § 2635.204 [Amended] 5. In § 2635.204, in paragraph (g)(3)(iv) and examples 1 and 4 to paragraph (g), remove the dollar amount “$415” and add in its place “$480”. [FR Doc. 2023-12291 Filed 6-8-23; 8:45 am]

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