{"identifier":"/us/usc/t43/s1864","title":43,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1864.","heading":"Disclosure of financial interests by officers and employees of Department of the Interior","text":"\u00a7\u202f1864.\nDisclosure of financial interests by officers and employees of Department of the Interior\n(a)\nAnnual written statement\nEach officer or employee of the Department of the Interior who\u2014\n(1) performs any function or duty under this chapter or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [\n43 U.S.C. 1331\n(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 [\n43 U.S.C. 1331\nshall, beginning on\nFebruary 1, 1979\n1\n1 So in original. Probably should be \u201cpreceding\u201d.\n(b)\n\u201cKnown financial interest\u201d defined; enforcement; report to Congress\nThe Secretary of the Interior shall\u2014\n(1) within ninety days after\n(A) define the term \u201cknown financial interest\u201d for purposes of subsection (a) of this section; and\n(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\n(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.\n(c)\nOfficers and employees in nonregulatory or nonpolicymaking positions\nIn 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.\n(d)\nPenalties\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/t43/s1864.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1864","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1864."},{"t":"heading","text":"Disclosure of financial interests by officers and employees of Department of the Interior"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1864/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Annual written statement"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Each officer or employee of the Department of the Interior who\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1864/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" performs any function or duty under this chapter or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"43 U.S.C. 1331","href":"/us/usc/t43/s1331","tail":" et seq.], as amended by this Act; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1864/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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 [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"43 U.S.C. 1331","href":"/us/usc/t43/s1331","tail":" et seq.],"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"shall, beginning on ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"February 1, 1979","tail":", annually file with the Secretary of the Interior a written statement concerning all such interests held by such officer or employee during the preceeding\u202f"},{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be \u201cpreceding\u201d."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be \u201cpreceding\u201d.","tail":" calendar year. Such statement shall be available to the public."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1864/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"\u201cKnown financial interest\u201d defined; enforcement; report to Congress"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Secretary of the Interior shall\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1864/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" within ninety days after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"September 18, 1978","tail":"\u2014"}]},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1864/b/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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/t43/s1864/b/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1864/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1864/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Officers and employees in nonregulatory or nonpolicymaking positions"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t43/s1864/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"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"}]}]}