Nominee Report U.S. Office of Government Ethics; 5 C.F.R. part 2634 Form Approved: OMB No. (3209-0001) (March 2014) Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278e) Filer's Information Carson, Benjamin S Secretary of HUD, Department of Housing and Urban Development Other Federal Government Positions Held During the Preceding 12 Months: None Names of Congressional Committees Considering Nomination: ● Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Electronic Signature - I certify that the statements I have made in this form are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge. /s/ Carson, Benjamin S [electronically signed on 01/04/2017 by Carson, Benjamin S in Integrity.gov] Agency Ethics Official's Opinion - On the basis of information contained in this report, I conclude that the filer is in compliance with applicable laws and regulations (subject to any comments below). /s/ CRUCIANI, LINDA M, Certifying Official [electronically signed on 01/10/2017 by CRUCIANI, LINDA M in Integrity.gov] Other review conducted by /s/ Allen, Lindsey, Ethics Official [electronically signed on 01/10/2017 by Allen, Lindsey in Integrity.gov] U.S. Office of Government Ethics Certification /s/ Shaub, Walter M, Certifying Official [electronically signed on 01/10/2017 by Shaub, Walter M in Integrity.gov] 1. Filer's Positions Held Outside United States Government # ORGANIZATION NAME CITY, STATE ORGANIZATION TYPE POSITION HELD FROM TO 1 Carson Scholars Fund, Inc. Towson, Maryland Non-Profit Co-Founder, President 5/1994 Present 2 Kellogg Company Battle Creek, Michigan Corporation Member, Board of Directors 8/1997 5/2015 3 Costco Wholesale Corp. Issaquah, Washington Corporation Member, Board of Directors 5/1999 5/2015 4 Academy of Achievement Washington, District of Columbia Non-Profit Member, Board of Directors 1/2003 Present 5 BenCan, LLC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Corporation Manager and Member 1/2007 Present 6 American Business Collaborative, LLC West Palm Beach, Florida Corporation Manager and Member 6/2013 Present 7 Berg, LLC Framingham, Massachusetts Corporation Member, Advisory Board 1/2013 5/2015 8 Vaccinogen, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland Corporation Chairman, Board of Directors 8/2014 5/2015 9 HomeCentris Healthcare, LLC Baltimore, Maryland Corporation Member, Advisory Board 3/2015 5/2015 EIF VALUE INCOME TYPE INCOME AMOUNT N/A $100,001 $250,000 N/A $1,000,001 $5,000,000 See Endnote See Endnote See Endnote 2. Filer's Employment Assets & Income and Retirement Accounts # DESCRIPTION 1 Kellogg Company, stock options 2 Kellogg Company See Endnote None (or less than $201) Dividends $100,001 $1,000,000 # DESCRIPTION EIF VALUE INCOME TYPE INCOME AMOUNT 3 Costco Wholesale Corp. N/A $1,000,001 $5,000,000 Dividends $15,001 $50,000 4 Vaccinogen, Inc. N/A $1,001 - $15,000 5 American Business Collaborative, LLC N/A 6 IRA #1 No 6.1 Schwab Advisor Cash Reserves Fund Premier Sweep Share Yes $1,001 - $15,000 None (or less than $201) 6.2 First Eagle Overseas Fund Yes $100,001 $250,000 $2,501 - $5,000 6.3 GS Fin Corp Medium Term Note N/A $100,001 $250,000 None (or less than $201) 6.4 Harbor International Fund Yes $50,001 $100,000 $1,001 - $2,500 6.5 Invesco Convertible Securities Fund Yes $100,001 $250,000 $2,501 - $5,000 6.6 PIMCO Commodity Real Return Strategy Fund Yes $15,001 $50,000 $201 - $1,000 6.7 Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund Yes $50,001 $100,000 $201 - $1,000 6.8 PIMCO Income Fund Yes $100,001 $250,000 $5,001 - $15,000 6.9 Stone Ridge High Yield Reinsurance Risk Premium Fund Yes $100,001 $250,000 $5,001 - $15,000 6.10 USAA Short Term Bond Fund Yes $50,001 $100,000 $1,001 - $2,500 6.11 AIP Absolute Return Fund STS Yes $250,001 $500,000 None (or less than $201) 7 American Business Collaborative, LLC (self employed passthrough entity for public speaking and book royalties) None (or less than $201) Salary $600,000 # DESCRIPTION EIF VALUE INCOME TYPE INCOME AMOUNT 7.1 American Business Collaborative, LLC, cash balance pension plan No 7.1.1 Allianz GI NFJ Small Cap Value Fund Yes $50,001 $100,000 $2,501 - $5,000 7.1.2 American Century Mid Cap Value Fund Yes $100,001 $250,000 $2,501 - $5,000 7.1.3 Baron Growth Fund Yes $50,001 $100,000 $5,001 - $15,000 7.1.4 Deutsche Global Real Estate Securities Fund Yes $50,001 $100,000 $2,501 - $5,000 7.1.5 First Eagle Overseas Fund Yes $100,001 $250,000 $2,501 - $5,000 7.1.6 GS Fin Corp Medium Term Note N/A $100,001 $250,000 None (or less than $201) 7.1.7 Harbor International Fund Yes $100,001 $250,000 $2,501 - $5,000 7.1.8 Invesco Balanced Risk Allocation Fund Yes $50,001 $100,000 $5,001 - $15,000 7.1.9 Invesco Convertible Securities Fund Yes $15,001 $50,000 $201 - $1,000 7.1.10 U.S. bank Certificates of Deposit #1 N/A $100,001 $250,000 None (or less than $201) 7.1.11 JP Morgan Strategic Income Opportunities Fund Yes $100,001 $250,000 $2,501 - $5,000 7.1.12 Metropolitan West High Yield Bond Fund Yes $100,001 $250,000 $2,501 - $5,000 7.1.13 Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund Yes $15,001 $50,000 None (or less than $201) 7.1.14 PIMCO Commodity Real Return Strategy Fund Yes $50,001 $100,000 $201 - $1,000 7.1.15 Stone Ridge All Asset VRP Fund Yes $250,001 $500,000 $15,001 $50,000 # DESCRIPTION EIF VALUE INCOME TYPE INCOME AMOUNT 7.1.16 Stone Ridge Reinsurance Risk Premium Fund Yes $250,001 $500,000 $5,001 - $15,000 7.1.17 Undiscovered Managers Behavorial Value Fund Yes $100,001 $250,000 None (or less than $201) 7.1.18 USAA Short Term Bond Fund Yes $100,001 $250,000 $2,501 - $5,000 7.1.19 WFC Holdings Corp Note N/A $250,001 $500,000 None (or less than $201) 7.2 TMA Direct managed subscription-based web forum (no longer active) N/A Rent or Royalties Interest $50,001 $100,000 7.3 Review & Herald Publishing Association TITLE: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (Value not readily ascertainable) N/A Rent or Royalties $15,001 $50,000 7.4 Penguin Group USA - TITLE: One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future (Value not readily ascertainable) N/A Rent or Royalties $100,001 $1,000,000 7.5 Penguin Group USA - TITLE: A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties (Value not readily ascertainable) N/A Rent or Royalties None (or less than $201) 7.6 Global Evangelism Inc - 10/1/16 N/A Honorarium $25,000 7.7 John Sanders - Revive US - 10/18/16 N/A Honorarium $5,000 7.8 Washington Speakers Bureau - Grove City College - 5/14/16 N/A Honorarium $33,000 7.9 Washington Speakers Bureau - Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers - 6/1/16 N/A Honorarium $41,000 7.10 Washington Speakers Bureau - The Siegfried Group, LLP - 7/23/16 N/A Honorarium $33,000 7.11 Washington Speakers Bureau - University of Texas - 9/27/16 N/A Honorarium $45,000 7.12 Washington Speakers Bureau - Law office of George Martin - 10/8/16 N/A Honorarium $40,500 # DESCRIPTION EIF 7.13 Washington Speakers Bureau Cooperatieve Rabobank UA - 10/20/16 7.14 VALUE INCOME TYPE INCOME AMOUNT N/A Honorarium $41,000 Washington Speakers Bureau - Teen Challenge International - 10/24/16 N/A Honorarium $29,000 7.15 Washington Speakers Bureau - The Women's Board of Wolfson Children's Hospital - 10/25/16 N/A Honorarium $35,700 7.16 Washington Speakers Bureau - Lutheran Church Extension Fund - 11/18/16 N/A Honorarium $29,000 7.17 American Business Collaborative, LLC 401k Plan No 7.17.1 Undiscovered Managers Behavioral Value Fund Yes $15,001 $50,000 $1,001 - $2,500 7.17.2 Schwab Advisor Cash Reserves Fund Premier Sweep Share Yes $1,001 - $15,000 None (or less than $201) 7.17.3 Invesco Convertible Securities Fund Yes $100,001 $250,000 $2,501 - $5,000 7.17.4 PIMCO Commodity Real Return Strategy Fund Yes $15,001 $50,000 $201 - $1,000 7.18 Schwab Advisor Cash Reserves Fund Yes $250,001 $500,000 $201 - $1,000 7.19 HarperCollins Christian Publishing - TITLE: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence (Value not readily ascertainable) N/A Rent or Royalties $2,501 - $5,000 7.20 HarperCollins Christian Publishing - TITLE: The Big Picture (Value not readily ascertainable) N/A Rent or Royalties $5,001 - $15,000 7.21 HarperCollins Christian Publishing: TITLE: Take the Risk: Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk (Value not readily ascertainable) N/A Rent or Royalties $5,001 - $15,000 7.22 HarperCollins Christian Publishing - TITLE: America The Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great (Value not readily ascertainable) N/A Rent or Royalties $1,001 - $2,500 # DESCRIPTION EIF 7.23 HarperCollins Christian Publishing - TITLE: You Have a Brain: A Teen's Guide to T.H.I.N.K. B.I.G. (Value not readily ascertainable) 7.24 7.25 VALUE INCOME TYPE INCOME AMOUNT N/A Rent or Royalties $15,001 $50,000 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. - TITLE: One Vote: Make Your Voice Heard (Value not readily ascertainable) N/A Rent or Royalties None (or less than $201) Southeastern University - 4/29/16 N/A Honorarium $5,000 3. Filer's Employment Agreements and Arrangements # EMPLOYER OR PARTY CITY, STATE STATUS AND TERMS DATE 1 American Business Collaborative, LLC 401k Plan West Palm Beach, Florida I will continue to participate in this defined contribution plan. Neither I nor the plan sponsor will make contributions after I am confirmed. 6/2013 2 American Business Collaborative, LLC Cash Balance Pension Plan West Palm Beach , Florida The plan terminated as of Dec. 31, 2016. I will receive a lump sum distribution of my cash balance pension plan. 6/2013 3 Kellogg Company Battle Creek, Michigan Options expire as originally scheduled (2017 and 2018). FIler exercsied options Jan. 5, 2017. 1/2007 4 Carson Scholars Fund, Inc. Towson, Maryland Currently on leave of absence and will resign upon confirmation. 5/2015 4. Filer's Sources of Compensation Exceeding $5,000 in a Year # SOURCE NAME CITY, STATE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES 1 Kellogg Company Battle Creek, Michigan Member, Board of Directors 2 Costco Wholesale Corp. Issaquah, Washington Member, Board of Directors 3 Vaccinogen, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland Member, Board of Directors # SOURCE NAME CITY, STATE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES 4 American Business Collaborative, LLC West Palm Beach, Florida Public Speaker and Author 5 Spencer Stuart Washington, District of Columbia Public Speaker 6 Texas Hospital Association Austin, Texas Public Speaker 7 Louisiana Association of Business and Industry Baton Rouge, Louisiana Public Speaker 8 Palmer Home for Children Columbus, Mississippi Public Speaker 9 Oklahoma Christian Home Educators Consociation Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Public Speaker 10 Boyle County of Kentucky Republican Party Danville, Kentucky Public Speaker 11 Great Homeschool Conventions Maineville, Ohio Public Speaker 12 Parkgate Pregnancy Clinic Tupelo, Mississippi Public Speaker 13 Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation Lawrenceville, Georgia Public Speaker 14 Hoover Institution Washington, District of Columbia Public Speaker 15 University of the Southwest Hobbs, New Mexico Public Speaker 16 American Farm Bureau Federation Washington, District of Columbia Public Speaker 17 International Cooperating Ministries Hampton, Virginia Public Speaker 18 National Association for Developmental Education Kinnelon, New Jersey Public Speaker 19 National Association of Realtors Washington, District of Columbia Public Speaker # SOURCE NAME CITY, STATE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES 20 H.I.S. BridgeBuilders Dallas, Texas Public Speaker 21 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach, Florida Public Speaker 22 World Leaders Group, Inc. Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Public Speaker 23 Matson Money Scottsdale, Arizona Public Speaker 24 Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center Paudcah, Kentucky Public Speaker 25 Lifehouse Maternity Center Louisville, Kentucky Public Speaker 26 New Hope Academy Hyattsville, Maryland Public Speaker 27 Community Pregnancy Clinics Naples, Florida Public Speaker 28 Covenant Health System Lubbock, Texas Public Speaker 29 Conestoga Christian School Morgantown, Pennsylvania Public Speaker 30 CSP Business Media Phoenix, Arizona Public Speaker 31 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Washington, District of Columbia Public Speaker 32 John W. Pope Civitas Institute Raleigh, North Carolina Public Speaker 33 Operation HOPE Washington, District of Columbia Public Speaker 34 American Bakers Association Washington, District of Columbia Public Speaker 35 Alma College Alma, Michigan Public Speaker 36 Scholarship Foundation of Indian River County Vero Beach, Florida Public Speaker # SOURCE NAME CITY, STATE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES 37 Sunbird Conservatives Fresno, California Public Speaker 38 Right to Life of Southwest Indiana Evansville, Indiana Public Speaker 39 Texas Energy Museum Beaumont, Texas Public Speaker 40 Michael W. Haley Foundation Greensboro, North Carolina Public Speaker 41 Taylors Free Medical Clinic Taylors, South Carolina Public Speaker 42 Hays County Republican Party San Marcos, Texas Public Speaker 43 Cornell University Ithaca, New York Public Speaker 44 Summit Educational Association Milwaukee, Wisconsin Public Speaker 45 Fort Worth Christian School North Richland Hills, Texas Public Speaker 46 Mason Classical Academy Naples, Florida Public Speaker 47 University of Mobile Mobile, Alabama Public Speaker 48 Second Baptist Church Houston, Texas Public Speaker 49 Save Our Youth Denver, Colorado Public Speaker 50 Meals on Wheels Plus Abilene, Texas Public Speaker 51 Phil Waldrep Ministries Decatur, Alabama Public Speaker 52 Dayton Right to Life Dayton, Ohio Public Speaker 53 YMCA of the Suncoast Clearwater, Florida Public Speaker 54 YPO Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Public Speaker # SOURCE NAME CITY, STATE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES 55 Global Evangelism San Antonio, Texas Public Speaker 56 Grove City College Grove City, Pennsylvania Public Speaker 57 Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers Washington, District of Columbia Public Speaker 58 The Siegfried Group, LLP Wilmington, Delaware Public Speaker 59 University of Texas Tyler, Texas Public Speaker 60 Law Office of George Martin Bakersfield, California Public Speaker 61 Cooperatieve Rabobank UA Utrecht, Netherlands Public Speaker 62 Teen Challenge International Milwaukee, Wisconsin Public Speaker 63 The Women's Board of Wolfson Children's Hospital Jacksonville, Florida Public Speaker 64 Lutheran Church Extension Fund St. Louis, Missouri Public Speaker 65 The Washington Times Washington, District of Columbia columnist 66 TMA Direct Reston, Virginia produced content for subscription-based web forum 5. Spouse's Employment Assets & Income and Retirement Accounts # DESCRIPTION 1 American Business Collaborative, LLC EIF VALUE INCOME TYPE Salary INCOME AMOUNT # DESCRIPTION EIF VALUE INCOME TYPE INCOME AMOUNT 1.1 HarperCollins Christian Publishing: Title: America The Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great (value not readily ascertainable) N/A Rent or Royalties None (or less than $201) 1.2 American Business Collaborative, LLC 401k Plan 1.2.1 Harbor International Fund Yes $50,001 $100,000 $1,001 - $2,500 1.2.2 Invesco Convertible Securities Fund Yes $15,001 $50,000 $1,001 - $2,500 1.2.3 Schwab Advisor Cash Reserves Fund Premier Sweep Share Yes $1,001 - $15,000 None (or less than $201) EIF VALUE 6. Other Assets and Income # DESCRIPTION INCOME TYPE 1 BenCan, LLC - investment holding company 1.1 Deutsche Bank Note Due 09/19/19 N/A $250,001 $500,000 None (or less than $201) 1.2 U.S. bank Certificates of Deposit #2 N/A $50,001 $100,000 None (or less than $201) 1.3 Thornburg Ltd Term Muni Yes $100,001 $250,000 $2,501 - $5,000 1.4 Schwab Advisor Cash Reserves Fund Premier Sweep Share Yes $15,001 $50,000 None (or less than $201) 1.5 Commerical Rental Property, Pittsburgh, PA N/A None (or less than $1,001) 1.6 Receivable from 1721 Partners, LLC N/A $1,001 - $15,000 2 INBS, LLC - investment holding company Rent or Royalties INCOME AMOUNT $100,001 $1,000,000 None (or less than $201) # DESCRIPTION EIF VALUE 2.1 Schwab Advisor Cash Reserves Fund Premier Sweep Share Yes $500,001 $1,000,000 2.2 Commercial Rental Property, Pittsburgh, PA N/A None (or less than $1,001) 2.3 Receivable from 1721 Partners, LLC N/A $1,001 - $15,000 None (or less than $201) 3 Pruco Life Insurance Co. Variable Annuity No 3.1 AST Advanced Strategies Portfolio Yes $500,001 $1,000,000 None (or less than $201) 4 U.S. bank account #1 (cash) N/A $100,001 $250,000 None (or less than $201) 5 U.S. bank account #2 (cash) N/A $1,001 - $15,000 None (or less than $201) 6 Vanguard VII-A LP No $1,001 - $15,000 6.1 Receivable from Dfine, Inc. N/A 6.2 Receivable from Vormetric N/A 7 Schwab Advisor Cash Reserves Fund Premier Sweep Share Yes $500,001 $1,000,000 $201 - $1,000 8 U.S. bank Certificates of Deposit #3 N/A $100,001 $250,000 None (or less than $201) 9 Stone Ridge US Variance Risk Premium Master Fund Yes $250,001 $500,000 $5,001 - $15,000 10 Schwab Advisor Cash Reserves Fund Premier Sweep Share Yes $250,001 $500,000 $201 - $1,000 11 Quiet Valley Farm (Upperco, MD) N/A $100,001 $250,000 12 American Funds New Perspective Fund (529 Plan) Yes $1,001 - $15,000 See Endnote INCOME TYPE INCOME AMOUNT $201 - $1,000 Rent or Royalties Partnership Distribution Rent or Royalties $100,001 $1,000,000 $58,023 $2,501 - $5,000 None (or less than $201) 7. Transactions (N/A) - Not required for this type of report 8. Liabilities # CREDITOR NAME TYPE AMOUNT YEAR INCURRED RATE TERM 1 S&T Bank Mortgage on Personal Residence $250,001 $500,000 2013 3.125 30 2 Flagstar Bank Mortgage on Personal Residence $250,001 $500,000 2011 4.0 10 9. Gifts and Travel Reimbursements (N/A) - Not required for this type of report Endnotes PART # ENDNOTE 1. 1 I have been on a leave of absence since May 2015. 1. 4 The listed start date is approximate and is based on a good-faith estimate. 1. 7 The listed start date is approximate and is based on a good-faith estimate. 2. 1 Filer exercised options on Jan. 5, 2017. 6. 11 Rental income received from granting use of a section of farmland on residence. Summary of Contents 1. Filer's Positions Held Outside United States Government Part 1 discloses positions that the filer held at any time during the reporting period (excluding positions with the United States Government). Positions are reportable even if the filer did not receive compensation. This section does not include the following: (1) positions with religious, social, fraternal, or political organizations; (2) positions solely of an honorary nature; (3) positions held as part of the filer's official duties with the United States Government; (4) mere membership in an organization; and (5) passive investment interests as a limited partner or non-managing member of a limited liability company. 2. Filer's Employment Assets & Income and Retirement Accounts Part 2 discloses the following: ● ● Sources of earned and other non-investment income of the filer totaling more than $200 during the reporting period (e.g., salary, fees, partnership share, honoraria, scholarships, and prizes) Assets related to the filer's business, employment, or other income-generating activities that (1) ended the reporting period with a value greater than $1,000 or (2) produced more than $200 in income during the reporting period (e.g., equity in business or partnership, stock options, retirement plans/accounts and their underlying holdings as appropriate, deferred compensation, and intellectual property, such as book deals and patents) This section does not include assets or income from United States Government employment or assets that were acquired separately from the filer's business, employment, or other income-generating activities (e.g., assets purchased through a brokerage account). Note: The type of income is not required if the amount of income is $0 - $200 or if the asset qualifies as an excepted investment fund (EIF). 3. Filer's Employment Agreements and Arrangements Part 3 discloses agreements or arrangements that the filer had during the reporting period with an employer or former employer (except the United States Government), such as the following: ● ● ● ● ● Future employment Leave of absence Continuing payments from an employer, including severance and payments not yet received for previous work (excluding ordinary salary from a current employer) Continuing participation in an employee welfare, retirement, or other benefit plan, such as pensions or a deferred compensation plan Retention or disposition of employer-awarded equity, sharing in profits or carried interests (e.g., vested and unvested stock options, restricted stock, future share of a company's profits, etc.) 4. Filer's Sources of Compensation Exceeding $5,000 in a Year Part 4 discloses sources (except the United States Government) that paid more than $5,000 in a calendar year for the filer's services during any year of the reporting period. The filer discloses payments both from employers and from any clients to whom the filer personally provided services. The filer discloses a source even if the source made its payment to the filer's employer and not to the filer. The filer does not disclose a client's payment to the filer's employer if the filer did not provide the services for which the client is paying. 5. Spouse's Employment Assets & Income and Retirement Accounts Part 5 discloses the following: ● ● ● Sources of earned income (excluding honoraria) for the filer's spouse totaling more than $1,000 during the reporting period (e.g., salary, consulting fees, and partnership share) Sources of honoraria for the filer's spouse greater than $200 during the reporting period Assets related to the filer's spouse's employment, business activities, other income-generating activities that (1) ended the reporting period with a value greater than $1,000 or (2) produced more than $200 in income during the reporting period (e.g., equity in business or partnership, stock options, retirement plans/accounts and their underlying holdings as appropriate, deferred compensation, and intellectual property, such as book deals and patents) This section does not include assets or income from United States Government employment or assets that were acquired separately from the filer's spouse's business, employment, or other income-generating activities (e.g., assets purchased through a brokerage account). Note: The type of income is not required if the amount of income is $0 - $200 or if the asset qualifies as an excepted investment fund (EIF). Amounts of income are not required for a spouse's earned income (excluding honoraria). 6. Other Assets and Income Part 6 discloses each asset, not already reported, that (1) ended the reporting period with a value greater than $1,000 or (2) produced more than $200 in investment income during the reporting period. For purposes of the value and income thresholds, the filer aggregates the filer's interests with those of the filer's spouse and dependent children. This section does not include the following types of assets: (1) a personal residence (unless it was rented out during the reporting period); (2) income or retirement benefits associated with United States Government employment (e.g., Thrift Savings Plan); and (3) cash accounts (e.g., checking, savings, money market accounts) at a single financial institution with a value of $5,000 or less (unless more than $200 of income was produced). Additional exceptions apply. Note: The type of income is not required if the amount of income is $0 - $200 or if the asset qualifies as an excepted investment fund (EIF). 7. Transactions Part 7 discloses purchases, sales, or exchanges of real property or securities in excess of $1,000 made on behalf of the filer, the filer's spouse or dependent child during reporting period. This section does not include transactions that concern the following: (1) a personal residence, unless rented out; (2) cash accounts (e.g., checking, savings, CDs, money market accounts) and money market mutual funds; (3) Treasury bills, bonds, and notes; and (4) holdings within a federal Thrift Savings Plan account. Additional exceptions apply. 8. Liabilities Part 8 discloses liabilities over $10,000 that the filer, the filer's spouse or dependent child owed at any time during the reporting period. This section does not include the following types of liabilities: (1) mortgages on a personal residence, unless rented out (limitations apply for PAS filers); (2) loans secured by a personal motor vehicle, household furniture, or appliances, unless the loan exceeds the item's purchase price; and (3) revolving charge accounts, such as credit card balances, if the outstanding liability did not exceed $10,000 at the end of the reporting period. Additional exceptions apply. 9. Gifts and Travel Reimbursements This section discloses: ● ● Gifts totaling more than $375 that the filer, the filer's spouse, and dependent children received from any one source during the reporting period. Travel reimbursements totaling more than $375 that the filer, the filer's spouse, and dependent children received from any one source during the reporting period. For purposes of this section, the filer need not aggregate any gift or travel reimbursement with a value of $150 or less. Regardless of the value, this section does not include the following items: (1) anything received from relatives; (2) anything received from the United States Government or from the District of Columbia, state, or local governments; (3) bequests and other forms of inheritance; (4) gifts and travel reimbursements given to the filer's agency in connection with the filer's official travel; (5) gifts of hospitality (food, lodging, entertainment) at the donor's residence or personal premises; and (6) anything received by the filer's spouse or dependent children totally independent of their relationship to the filer. Additional exceptions apply. Privacy Act Statement Title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended (the Act), 5 U.S.C. app. § 101 et seq., as amended by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-105) (STOCK Act), and 5 C.F.R. Part 2634 of the U. S. Office of Government Ethics regulations require the reporting of this information. The primary use of the information on this report is for review by Government officials to determine compliance with applicable Federal laws and regulations. This report may also be disclosed upon request to any requesting person in accordance with sections 105 and 402(b)(1) of the Act or as otherwise authorized by law. You may inspect applications for public access of your own form upon request. 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See also the OGE/GOVT-1 executive branch-wide Privacy Act system of records. Public Burden Information This collection of information is estimated to take an average of three hours per response, including time for reviewing the instructions, gathering the data needed, and completing the form. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Program Counsel, U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE), Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20005-3917. Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act, as amended, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and no person is required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number (that number, 3209-0001, is displayed here and at the top of the first page of this OGE Form 278e). JAN 19 2017 Linda M. Cruciani Deputy General Counsel for Operations Office of General Counsel U.S . Department of Housing and Urban Development 45 I 7t11 St., SW, Room I 0240 Washington, DC 20410 Dear Ms. Cruciani: The purpose of this letter is to supplement my public financial disclosure repo11 signed on January 4, 2017, and my ethics agreement signed on January I 0, 2017. The following information was inadvertently omitted from Patt 1 of my report: -- Organization City, State of Organization Position Type Held Name Entity My Faith Votes Garland, TX Non~profit organization Honorary Chairman From To March 2016 November 2016 I resigned from my position with My Faith Votes in November 2016 . For a period of one year after my resignation, I will not participate personally and substantially in any particular matter involving specific patties in which I know My Faith Votes is a party or represents a party, unless I am first authorized to participate, pursuant to 5 C.F.R. § 2635 .502(d). I have been advised that this supplement to my ethics agreement will be posted publicly, consistent with 5 U.S.C. § 552, on the website of the U.S. Office of Gqvernment Ethics with ethics agreements of other Pres idential nominees who file public financial disclosure reports. I understand that this letter will also be released as an attachment to my financial di sclosure report. ,• , ; ·,