§ 1423. — Records, audits, and public disclosure.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC1423]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 26--DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER I--REGULATION OF EXPLORATION AND COMMERCIAL RECOVERY BY
UNITED STATES CITIZENS
Sec. 1423. Records, audits, and public disclosure
(a) Records and audits
(1) Each licensee and permittee shall keep such records, consistent
with standard accounting principles, as the Administrator shall by
regulation prescribe. Such records shall include information which will
fully disclose expenditures for exploration and commercial recovery,
including processing, of hard mineral resources, and such other
information as will facilitate an effective audit of such expenditures.
(2) The Administrator and the Comptroller General of the United
States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have
access, for purposes of audit and examination, to any books, documents,
papers, and records of licensees and permittees which are necessary and
directly pertinent to verify the expenditures referred to in paragraph
(1).
(b) Submission of data and information
Each licensee and permittee shall be required to submit to the
Administrator such data or other information as the Administrator may
reasonably need for purposes of making determinations with respect to
the issuance, revocation, modification, or suspension of any license or
permit; compliance with the reporting requirement contained in section
1469 \1\ of this title; and evaluation of the exploration or commercial
recovery activities conducted by the licensee or permittee.
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(c) Public disclosure
Copies of any document, report, communication, or other record
maintained or received by the Administrator containing data or
information required under this subchapter shall be made available to
any person upon any request which (1) reasonably describes such record
and (2) is made in accordance with rules adopted by the Administrator
stating the time, place, fees (if any, not to exceed the direct cost of
the services rendered), and procedures to be followed, except that
neither the Administrator nor any other officer or employee of the
United States may disclose any data or information knowingly and
willingly required under this subchapter the disclosure of which is
prohibited by section 1905 of title 18. Any officer or employee of the
United States who discloses data or information in violation of this
subsection shall be subject to the penalties set forth in section
1463(b) of this title.
(Pub. L. 96-283, title I, Sec. 113, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 571.)
References in Text
Section 1469 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was omitted
from the Code.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1428 of this title.
