Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16 : Section 1912


   
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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