August 9, 1993
DO-93-023
MEMORANDUM
TO: Designated Agency Ethics Officials,
General Counsels and Inspectors General
FROM: Stephen D. Potts
Director
SUBJECT: Attorney General's Statement of Covered Activities
Required by Section 4(d) of Executive Order 12834
On January 20, 1993, President Clinton signed Executive Order
12834 entitled "Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees."
See 58 Fed. Reg. 5911-5916 (Jan. 22, 1993). One of the
administrative requirements of the Executive order (sec. 4(d)) was
for the Attorney General to publish within six months of the
issuance of the order a--
'Statement of Covered Activities,' based on
the statute, applicable regulations and
published guidelines, and any other material
reflecting the Attorney General's current
interpretation of the law, describing in
sufficient detail to provide adequate guidance
the activities on behalf of a foreign
government or foreign political party which,
if undertaken as of January 20, 1993, would
require a person to register as an agent for
such foreign government or political party
under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of
1938, as amended.
The Department of Justice recently published this Statement of
Covered Activities. See 58 Fed. Reg. 39444-39445 (July 23, 1993).
A copy of this Statement is attached for your use. Please provide
a copy of this Statement to every senior appointee in your agency
who has been required or, in the future, who will be required to
execute a pledge pursuant to Executive Order 12834. Any questions
of interpretation of the Statement should be directed to the
Internal Security Section, Criminal Division, Department of
Justice. The phone number for that section is 202-514-1231.
As a reminder, this Office issued the pledge forms that must
be executed by both senior appointees and trade negotiators covered
by E.O. 12834 as an attachment to a memorandum to all Designated
Agency Ethics Officials dated January 22, 1993.
(TEBBS Note: The Federal Register attachment was not available in "Text"
format because the orginator was the Department of Justice.)