August 28, 1995
The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is issuing an interim regulation describing the circumstances under which certain financial interests arising from Federal Government employment in the executive branch are exempt from the prohibition in 18 U.S.C. 208(a). Section 208(a) generally prohibits employees of the executive branch from participating in an official capacity in particular matters in which they have a financial interest. It also bars employees from acting in particular matters in which certain other persons or entities, which are specified in the statute, have a financial interest. Section 208(b)(2) of title 18 permits the Office of Government Ethics to promulgate executive branch-wide regulations describing financial interests that are too remote or inconsequential to warrant disqualification pursuant to section 208(a). This interim regulation exempts, in certain circumstances, disqualifying financial interests that an employee may have in Federal salary and benefits, or in Social Security or veterans' benefits.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1995-08-28/pdf/95-21299.pdf