42 U.S.C. § 6906 : US Code - Section 6906: Financial disclosure

Search 42 U.S.C. § 6906 : US Code - Section 6906: Financial disclosure

(a) Statement
Each officer or employee of the Administrator who -
(1) performs any function or duty under this chapter; and
(2) has any known financial interest in any person who applies
for or receives financial assistance under this chapter
shall, beginning on February 1, 1977, 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.
(b) Action by Administrator
The Administrator shall -
(1) act within ninety days after October 21, 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 provision
for the filing by such officers and employees of such
statements and the review by the Administrator of such
statements; and
(2) report to the Congress on June 1, 1978, and of each
succeeding calendar year with respect to such disclosures and the
actions taken in regard thereto during the preceding calendar
year.
(c) Exemption
In the rules prescribed under subsection (b) of this section, the
Administrator may identify specific positions within the
Environmental Protection Agency which are of a nonpolicy-making
nature and provide that officers or employees occupying such
positions shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.
(d) Penalty
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.