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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1912. Financial disclosure by officer or employee of Secretary
(a) Filing and availability of written statements; contents
Each officer or employee of the Secretary of the Interior who -
(1) performs any function or duty under this Act, or any Acts
amended by this Act concerning the regulation of mining within
the National Park System; and
(2) has any known financial interest (A) in any person subject
to such Acts, or (B) in any person who holds a mining claim
within the boundaries of units of the National Park System;
shall, beginning on February 1, 1977, annually file with the
Secretary a written statement concerning all such interests held by
such officer or employee during the preceding calendar year. Such
statement shall be available to the public.
(b) Enforcement procedures
The Secretary shall -
(1) act within ninety days after September 28, 1976 -
(A) to define the term "known financial interest" for
purposes of subsection (a) of this section; and
(B) to 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) Exemptions
In the rules prescribed in subsection (b) of this section, the
Secretary may identify specific positions within such agency 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) Violation; penalty
Any officer or employee who is subject to, and knowingly
violates, this section or any regulation issued thereunder, shall
be fined not more than $2,500 or imprisoned not more than one year,
or both.
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