---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2634.1004"
title: "5"
number: "2634.1004"
heading: "General rule."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2634.1004"
---

# §2634.1004. General rule.

- (a) The Director of the Office of Government Ethics may issue a Certificate of Divestiture for specific property in accordance with the procedures of [§ 2634.1005](/cfr/5/2634.1005.md) if:
  - (1) The Director determines that divestiture of the property by an eligible person is reasonably necessary to comply with [18 U.S.C. 208](/usc/18/208.md), or any other Federal conflict of interest statute, regulation, rule, or Executive order; or
  - (2) **A congressional committee requires divestiture as a condition of confirmation.**
- (b) The Director of the Office of Government Ethics cannot issue a Certificate of Divestiture for property that already has been sold.

## Notes

### Authority

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.

### Source

Source: 83 FR 33981, July 18, 2018, unless otherwise noted.