§ 1864. — Disclosure of financial interests by officers and 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: 43USC1864]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 36--OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 1864. Disclosure of financial interests by officers and
employees of Department of the Interior
(a) Annual written statement
Each officer or employee of the Department of the Interior who--
(1) performs any function or duty under this chapter or the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.], as
amended by this Act; and
(2) has any known financial interest in any person who (A)
applies for or receives any permit or lease under, or (B) is
otherwise subject to the provisions of this chapter or the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act [43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.],
shall, beginning on February 1, 1979, annually file with the Secretary
of the Interior a written statement concerning all such interests held
by such officer or employee during the preceeding \1\ calendar year.
Such statement shall be available to the public.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``preceding''.
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(b) ``Known financial interest'' defined; enforcement; report to
Congress
The Secretary of the Interior shall--
(1) within ninety days after September 18, 1978--
(A) define the term ``known financial interest'' for
purposes of subsection (a) of this section; and
(B) establish the methods by which the requirement to file
written statements specified in subsection (a) of this section
will be monitored and enforced, including appropriate provisions
for the filing by such officers and employees of such statements
and the review by the Secretary of such statements; and
(2) report to the Congress on June 1 of each calendar year with
respect to such disclosures and the actions taken in regard thereto
during the preceding calendar year.
(c) Officers and employees in nonregulatory or nonpolicymaking positions
In the rules prescribed in subsection (b) of this section, the
Secretary may identify specific positions within the Department of the
Interior which are of a nonregulatory or nonpolicymaking nature and
provide that officers or employees occupying such positions shall be
exempt from the requirements of this section.
(d) Penalties
Any officer or employee who is subject to, and knowingly violates,
this section shall be fined not more than $2,500 or imprisoned not more
than one year, or both.
(Pub. L. 95-372, title VI, Sec. 605, Sept. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 695.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), (2), was in the
original ``this Act'', meaning Pub. L. 95-372, Sept. 18, 1978, 92 Stat.
629, as amended, known as the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
Amendments of 1978, which enacted this chapter, sections 1344 to 1356 of
this title, and section 237 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining,
amended sections 1331 to 1334, 1337, 1340, and 1343 of this title,
sections 1456, 1456a, and 1464 of Title 16, Conservation, and section
6213 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and enacted provisions
set out as notes under sections 1348 and 1811 of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 1801 of this title and Tables.
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 95-372, Sept.
18, 1978, 92 Stat. 629, as amended. See note above.
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, referred to in subsec.
(a)(1), (2), is act Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, 67 Stat. 462, as amended,
which is classified generally to subchapter III (Sec. 1331 et seq.) of
chapter 29 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1331 of this title and
Tables.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec.
(b)(2) of this section relating to the requirement that the Secretary of
the Interior report to Congress on June 1 of each calendar year, see
section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under
section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and the 16th item on page
111 of House Document No. 103-7.
