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[CITE: 42USC4367]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 55--NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 4367. Reporting requirements of financial interests of 
        officers and employees of Environmental Protection Agency
        

(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

    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) report to the 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.

(c) Exemption of positions by Administrator

    In the rules prescribed under subsection (b) of this section, the 
Administrator may identify specific positions of a nonpolicymaking 
nature within the Administration and provide that officers or employees 
occupying such positions shall be exempt from the requirements of this 
section.

(d) Violations; penalties

    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.

(Pub. L. 95-155, Sec. 12, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1263.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), (2), is Pub. L. 95-155, 
Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1257, as amended, known as the Environmental 
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978, 
which to the extent classified to the Code enacted sections 300j-3a, 
4361a, 4361b, and 4363 to 4367 of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

                          Codification

    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.
