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103 STAT. 1734 PUBLIC LAW 101-194—NOV. 30, 1989 this subsection, from making public or informing any in- terested party of the sale of any securities; "(IV) the trustee is given power of attorney, notwith- standing the provisions of paragraph (3)(C)(v) of this subsec- tion, to prepare on behsdf of any interested party the personal income tax returns and similar returns which may contain information relating to the trust; and "(V) except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the trust instrument provides (or in the case of a trust estab- lished prior to the effective date of this Act which by its terms does not permit amendment, the trustee, the report- ing individual, and any other interested party agree in writing) that the trust shall be administered in accordance with the requirements of this subsection and the trustee of such trust meets the requirements of paragraph (3)(A). "(ii) In any instance covered by subparagraph (B) in which the reporting individual is an individual whose nomination is being considered by a congressional committee, the reporting individ- ual shall inform the congressional committee considering his nomination before or during the period of such individual's confirmation hearing of his intention to comply with this para- graph. "(5)(A) The reporting individual shall, within thirty days after a qualiHed blind trust is approved by his supervising ethics office, file with such office a copy of— "(i) the executed trust instrument of such trust (other than those provisions which relate to the testamentary disposition of the trust assets), and "(ii) a list of the assets which were transferred to such trust, including the category of value of each asset as determined under subsection (d) of this section. This subparagraph shall not apply with respect to a trust meeting the requirements for being considered a qualified blind trust under paragraph (7) of this subsection. "(B) The reporting individual shall, within thirty days of transfer- ring an asset (other than cash) to a previously established qualified blind trust, notify his supervising ethics office of the identity of each such asset and the category of value of each asset as determined under subsection (d) of this section. "(C) Within thirty days of the dissolution of a qualified blind trust, a reporting individual shall— "(i) notify his supervising ethics office of such dissolution, and "(ii) file with such office a copy of a list of the assets of the trust at the time of such dissolution and the category of value under subsection (d) of this section of each such asset. "(D) Documents filed under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph and the lists provided by the trustee of assets placed in the trust by an interested party which have been sold shall be made available to the public in the same manner as a report is made available under section 105 and the provisions of that section shall apply with respect to such documents and lists. (E) A copy of each written communication with respect to the trust under paragraph (BXCXvi) shall be filed by the person initiat- ing the communication with the reporting individual's supervising ethics office within five days of the date of the communication. "(6)(A) A trustee of a qualified blind trust shall not knowingly or negligently (i) disclose any information to an interested party with