42 U.S.C. § 4367: Reporting requirements of…

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EPA officers and employees who work under the Act and who have any known financial interest in a person that applies for or gets grants, contracts, or other financial help under the Act must file a written report each year with the EPA Administrator. The first report was required starting February 1, 1978, and each report must cover the previous calendar year. These reports must be available for the public to see. The EPA Administrator had 90 days after November 8, 1977 to define "known financial interest" and to set up how reports are filed, checked, and enforced. The Administrator can also exempt specific nonpolicymaking jobs from this rule. Anyone who knowingly breaks this rule can be fined up to $2,500, jailed up to one year, or both.

Title 42, §4367

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(a)Covered officers and employees

Each officer or employee of the Environmental Protection Agency who—

(1)performs any function or duty under this Act; and

(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,

shall, beginning on February 1, 1978, 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)Implementation of requirements by Administrator (c) Exemption of positions by Administrator (d) Violations; penalties

The Administrator shall—

(1)act within ninety days after November 8, 1977—

(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)Omitted.

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This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), (2), is Pub. L. 95–155, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1257, known as the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978, which to the extent classified to the Code enacted section 300j–3a, 4361a, 4361b, and 4363 to 4367 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Subsec. (b)(2) of this section, which required the Administrator to report to 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, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, item 9 on page 164 of House Document No. 103–7. Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.

§4367 Reporting Requirements of Financial Interests of Officers and Employees of Environmental Protection Agency

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Title 42, §4367

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