Executive Order 12731

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish fair and exacting standards of ethical conduct for all executive branch employess, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12674 of April 12, 1989, is henceforth modified to read as follows:

{{SECTION|PART I|PART I}} — PRINCIPLES OF ETHICAL CONDUCT
 .  Principles of Ethical Conduct .


 * To ensure that every citizen can have complete confidence in the integrity of the Federal Government, each Federal employee shall respect and adhere to the fundamental principles of ethical service as implemented in regulations promulgated under sections 201 and 301 of this order:

 .  Limitations on Outside Earned Income .

{{SECTION|PART II|PART II}} — THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS AUTHORITY
 .  The Office of Government Ethics .


 * The Office of Government Ethics shall be responsible for administering this order by:

 .  Executive Office of the President .


 * In that the agencies within the Executive Office of the President (EOP) currently exercise functions that are not distinct and separate from each other within the meaning and for the purposes of section 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, those agencies shall be treated as one agency under section 207(c) of title 18, United States Code.

{{SECTION|PART III|PART III}} — AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES
 .  Agency Responsibilities .


 * Each agency head is directed to:

{{SECTION|PART IV|PART IV}} — DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY
 .  Delegations to Agency Heads .


 * Except in the case of the head of an agency, the authority of the President under sections 203(d), 205(e), and 208(b) of title 18, United States Code, to grant exemptions or approvals to individuals, is delegated to the head of the agency in which an individual requiring an exemption or approval is employed or to which the individual (or the committee, commission, board, or similar group employing the individual) is attached for purposes of administration.

 .  Delegations to the Counsel to the President .

 .  Delegation Regarding Civil Service .


 * The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Government Ethics, as appropriate, are delegated the authority vested in the President by 5 U.S.C. 7301 to establish general regulations for the implementation of this Executive order.

{{SECTION|PART V|PART V}} — GENERAL PROVISIONS
 .  Revocations .


 * The following Executive orders are hereby revoked:

 .  Savings Provisions .

 .  Definitions .


 * For purposes of this order, the term:

 .  Judicial Review .


 * This order is intended only to improve the internal management of the executive branch and is not intended to create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its agencies, its officers, or any person.

, October 17, 1990.