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[CITE: 42USC6906]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 6906. Financial disclosure


(a) Statement

    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

shall, beginning on February 1, 1977, 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) Action by Administrator

    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) Exemption

    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) Penalty

    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. 89-272, title II, Sec. 1007, as added Pub. L. 94-580, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2802.)

                          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, see note set out under section 6903 of this title.
