July 31, 1996
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is issuing a final rule for Commission employees that supplements the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch issued by OGE. This final rule is a necessary supplement to the Standards because it addresses ethical issues unique to the Commission. The final rule prohibits the acquisition or holding of certain financial interests and requires certain employees to obtain prior approval for outside employment. The Commission also is repealing, except for a regulatory waiver provision, its old standards of conduct regulations that are superseded by the Standards, OGE’s executive branch-wide financial disclosure regulations, and this final rule. In their place, the Commission is adding a crossreference section to the current ethics provisions and a section specifying the Chairman’s authority to appoint the Commission’s ethics officials.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-07-31/pdf/96-19393.pdf