2026-21997·OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

Executive Branch Financial Disclosure and Standards of Ethical Conduct Regulations

Final RuleEffective

Published: Oct 28, 2026
Effective: Oct 28, 2026
Citation: 91 FR 67765

Final rule; technical amendments.

Summary

The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) has issued a final rule that updates the executive‑branch regulations governing financial disclosure and ethical conduct. The rule raises the dollar thresholds that trigger reporting for gifts and travel reimbursements, matching a recent statutory increase that applies retroactively. It also lifts the dollar limit for “widely attended gatherings” gifts that are exempt from sponsor restrictions, but this change only applies to future transactions and is not retroactive. The regulation applies to all executive‑branch employees, including career civil servants and political appointees, who must now disclose larger gifts and travel reimbursements under the new limits. The rule was published in the Federal Register on October 28, 2026 (91 FR 67765) and became effective the same day, October 28, 2026. Because it is a final rule, the public comment period has already closed; agencies are now required to implement the revised thresholds and the updated gathering‑gift exception in their ethics and financial‑disclosure processes.

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Official abstract

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is updating its executive branch regulation on financial disclosure to reflect the retroactive statutory increase of the reporting thresholds for gifts and travel reimbursements. OGE is also updating the executive branchwide standards of ethical conduct regulation to raise the widely attended gatherings nonsponsor gifts exception dollar ceiling tied to these thresholds. This latter change is not retroactive.