Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110
§47–6 Conflicts of Interest Prohibited
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER VI — SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS › § 47–6
Summary
Secretary must prevent any employee from using personal influence over housing for other employees or contractors. For leasing, setting rent, or buying leases, the Secretary must use agents from associations, companies, or individuals who have no material, financial, legal, or ownership interest in the action, except for a reasonable fee.
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Title 16, §47–6
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In carrying out the provisions of sections 47–2 to 47–6 of this title, the Secretary shall take care that there be no opportunity for any personal influence by an employee of the Department of the Interior upon the availability of housing for other such employees or employees of persons in a contractual relationship with the Department. In the selection of lessees and sublessees, the issuance of leases and subleases, the establishment or rental values, and the acquisition of any unexpired term of any lease or sublease, the Secretary shall act through an agent or agents appointed by the Secretary from among associations, corporations, or natural persons having no material, financial, legal, or equitable interest in the action proposed, other than a reasonable fee for their services.
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16 U.S.C. § 47–6
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110