§ 1355. — Restrictions on employment of former officers or employees of Department of the Interior.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1355]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 29--SUBMERGED LANDS
SUBCHAPTER III--OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS
Sec. 1355. Restrictions on employment of former officers or
employees of Department of the Interior
No full-time officer or employee of the Department of the Interior
who directly or indirectly discharged duties or responsibilities under
this subchapter, and who was at any time during the twelve months
preceding the termination of his employment with the Department
compensated under the Executive Schedule or compensated at or above the
annual rate of basic pay for grade GS-16 of the General Schedule shall--
(1) within two years after his employment with the Department
has ceased--
(A) knowingly act as agent or attorney for, or otherwise
represent, any other person (except the United States) in any
formal or informal appearance before;
(B) with the intent to influence, make any oral or written
communication on behalf of any other person (except the United
States) to; or
(C) knowingly aid or assist in representing any other person
(except the United States) in any formal or informal appearance
before,
any department, agency, or court of the United States, or any
officer or employee thereof, in connection with any judicial or
other proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other
determination, regulation, order, lease, permit, rulemaking, or
other particular matter involving a specific party or parties in
which the United States is a party or has a direct and substantial
interest which was actually pending under his official
responsibility as an officer or employee within a period of one year
prior to the termination of such responsibility or in which he
participated personally and substantially as an officer or employee;
or
(2) within one year after his employment with the Department has
ceased--
(A) knowingly act as agent or attorney for, or otherwise
represent, any other person (except the United States) in any
formal or informal appearance before; or
(B) with the intent to influence, make any oral or written
communication on behalf of any other person (except the United
States) to,
the Department of the Interior, or any officer or employee thereof,
in connection with any judicial, rulemaking, regulation, order,
lease, permit, regulation, or other particular matter which is
pending before the Department of the Interior or in which the
Department has a direct and substantial interest.
(Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, Sec. 29, as added Pub. L. 95-372, title II,
Sec. 208, Sept. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 668.)
References in Text
The Executive Schedule, referred to in text, is set out in section
5311 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
References in Other Laws to GS-16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates
References in laws to the rates of pay for GS-16, 17, or 18, or to
maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered
references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I,
Sec. 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509, set out in a note under section 5376
of Title 5.
