; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (12), by striking and the Office of Personnel Management in each instance; and (B) in paragraph (15), by striking in consultation with the Office of Personnel Management, . (h) Limitation on legal defense funds (1) Legal defense funds (A) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics shall issue final regulations regarding the acceptance by any officer or employee of the executive branch (not including the President or Vice President) of reimbursement for, or payment of, legal fees incurred in connection with the employee’s service in the executive branch or in connection with the employee’s participation in, assistance to, or association with, a presidential campaign or president-elect transition team. (B) Such regulations shall prohibit any executive branch officer or employee covered by subparagraph (A) from receiving any reimbursement or payment of fees as described in such subparagraph, except that the regulations may authorize, to the extent otherwise permitted by applicable law and regulation (including regulations under paragraph (16) of section 402(b) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as added by subsection (f)(3)), such a reimbursement or payment by a relative of the officer or employee or by a legal expense fund approved (in writing) by the Director that— (i) exists solely to reimburse or pay the legal fees of one individual and owes that individual an exclusive fiduciary duty, with all unused funds going to charity; (ii) makes comprehensive disclosure, as defined by the Director and including the disclosures required under section 102(f) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (as added by subsection (c)), of all receipts and distributions by the fund