§13106 Failure to File or Filing False Reports

Summary

The Attorney General can sue in federal court anyone who knowingly and willfully lies on or refuses to file the reports required under section 13104. A court can order a civil fine up to $50,000. It is also a crime to knowingly and willfully falsify required reports (punishable by a Title 18 fine, up to 1 year in jail, or both) or to knowingly and willfully fail to file required reports (punishable by a Title 18 fine). Agency heads, the relevant Secretaries, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, congressional ethics committees, and the Judicial Conference must send the Attorney General the name of anyone they reasonably believe willfully failed to file or falsified required information. The Judicial Conference must also tell the judicial council for the judge’s circuit. The President, Vice President, agency heads, OPM, congressional ethics committees, and the Judicial Conference may take personnel or other actions allowed by law. If a required report is filed more than 30 days after the later of the due date or an approved extension under section 13103(g), the filer must pay a $200 late fee to the Treasury, unless the supervising ethics office waives it for extraordinary reasons.