{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s4367","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4367.","heading":"Reporting requirements of financial interests of officers and employees of Environmental Protection Agency","text":"\u00a7\u202f4367.\nReporting requirements of financial interests of officers and employees of Environmental Protection Agency\n(a)\nCovered officers and employees\nEach officer or employee of the Environmental Protection Agency who\u2014\n(1) performs any function or duty under this Act; and\n(2) has any known financial interest in any person who applies for or receives grants, contracts, or other forms of financial assistance under this Act,\nshall, beginning on\nFebruary 1, 1978\n(b)\nImplementation of requirements by Administrator\nThe Administrator shall\u2014\n(1) act within ninety days after\n(A) to define the term \u201cknown financial interest\u201d for purposes of subsection (a) of this section; and\n(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 provision for the filing by such officers and employees of such statements and the review by the Administrator of such statements; and\n(2) Omitted.\n(c)\nExemption of positions by Administrator\nIn the rules prescribed under subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator may identify specific positions of a nonpolicymaking nature within the Administration and provide that officers or employees occupying such positions shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.\n(d)\nViolations; penalties\nAny 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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s4367.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4367","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4367."},{"t":"heading","text":"Reporting requirements of financial interests of officers and employees of Environmental Protection Agency"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4367/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Covered officers and employees"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Each officer or employee of the Environmental Protection Agency who\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4367/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" performs any function or duty under this Act; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4367/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" has any known financial interest in any person who applies for or receives grants, contracts, or other forms of financial assistance under this Act,","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"shall, beginning on ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"February 1, 1978","tail":", annually file with the Administrator 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."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4367/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Implementation of requirements by Administrator"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Administrator shall\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4367/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" act within ninety days after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"November 8, 1977","tail":"\u2014"}]},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4367/b/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" to define the term \u201cknown financial interest\u201d for purposes of subsection (a) of this section; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4367/b/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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 provision for the filing by such officers and employees of such statements and the review by the Administrator of such statements; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4367/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" Omitted.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4367/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Exemption of positions by Administrator"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In the rules prescribed under subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator may identify specific positions of a nonpolicymaking nature within the Administration and provide that officers or employees occupying such positions shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4367/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Violations; penalties"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}