Model Qualified Diversified Trust Provisions [For use in the case of multiple fiduciaries]Trust Agreement • May 31st, 2022
Contract Type FiledMay 31st, 2022The model qualified diversified trust agreement contained in this memorandum is made available by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics to attorneys for their use in drafting proposed trust agreements to be submitted for certification pursuant to section 102(f)(4)(B) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-521, as amended) and subpart D of 5 C.F.R. Part 2634. Under the statutory scheme, a trust agreement is not permitted to be recognized as creating an efficacious blind trust arrangement for any purpose under Federal law unless it had been certified by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics prior to its execution. Proposed trust drafts submitted to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics for consideration must adhere to the language of the model except to the extent, as agreed to by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, that variations are required by the unusual circumstances of a particular case. The fiduciaries’ certificates of independence must be executed in the exact form i
For use in the case of multiple fiduciaries]Trust Agreement • May 5th, 2020
Contract Type FiledMay 5th, 2020The model qualified blind trust agreement contained in this memorandum is made available by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics to attorneys for their use in drafting proposed trust agreements to be submitted for certification pursuant to section 102(f)(3) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-521, as amended) and subpart D of 5 C.F.R. Part 2634.