§6906 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

Officers and employees who work under this law and who have a known financial interest in anyone applying for or getting financial help must file written disclosure statements. The Administrator must, within 90 days after October 21, 1976, define "known financial interest" and create rules for filing, reviewing, and enforcing those statements. The Administrator must report to Congress on June 1, 1978, and every year after about the disclosures and actions taken. The Administrator may exempt nonpolicy jobs. Knowingly breaking this rule can bring a fine up to $2,500, up to one year in jail, or both.

Title 42, §6906

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(a)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

(b)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)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)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.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of reporting provisions in subsec. (b)(2) of this section, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and the 14th item on page 164 of House Document No. 103–7.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of certain

Enforcement

functions of Administrator or other official of Environmental Protection Agency under this chapter to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary of Energy, then to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, see note set out under section 6903 of this title.

§6906 Financial disclosure