---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2634.501"
title: "5"
number: "2634.501"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2634.501"
---

# §2634.501. Purpose and scope.

- (a) **Purpose.** This subpart establishes the procedures of the Office of Government Ethics for enforcement of the qualified blind trust, qualified diversified trust, and independent trustee provisions of title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended, and the regulation issued thereunder ([subpart D](/cfr/5/subpartD.md) of this part).
- (b) **Scope.** This subpart applies to all trustee approvals and trust certifications pursuant to §§ [2634.405](/cfr/5/2634.405.md) and [2634.407](/cfr/5/2634.407.md), respectively.

## 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.