5 U.S.C. § 13109 — Confidential reports and other additional requirements

(a) In general:
(1) Authority to require confidential financial disclosure reports: Each supervising ethics office may require officers and employees under its authority — including special government employees under 18 U.S.C. § 202 — to file confidential financial disclosure reports, in whatever form the ethics office sets. What information gets reported must be set out in rules or regulations, and can be either less detailed than the normal public report requires, or more detailed if the ethics office decides that is necessary given 18 U.S.C. §§ 202–209, their regulations, or the officer's or employee's authorized activities. Anyone who already has to file a public report under section 13103 does not also have to file a confidential report under this subsection, except for information more detailed than what the public report requires. Sections 13107(a), (b), and (d) do not apply to a confidential report.
(2) Confidentiality: Information required under this subsection is confidential and must not be disclosed to the public.
(3) No exemption from other reporting requirements: Nothing in this subsection excuses anyone otherwise required to file a public financial disclosure report under this subchapter from doing so.

(b) Preemption: This subchapter's reporting rules override any other general law or regulation requiring reporting for the purpose of preventing conflicts of interest or apparent conflicts of interest. But this subchapter does not override the requirements of section 7342.

(c) No authorization for activity otherwise prohibited: Nothing in this chapter's reporting requirements should be read as allowing someone to receive income^*, gifts, or reimbursements; hold assets, liabilities, or positions; or take part in transactions that are otherwise banned by law, executive order, rule, or regulation.