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[CITE: 43USC1743]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
             CHAPTER 35--FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
 
                     SUBCHAPTER III--ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 1743. Disclosure of financial interests by officers or 
        employees
        

(a) Annual written statement; availability to public

    Each officer or employee of the Secretary and the Bureau who--
        (1) performs any function or duty under this Act; and
        (2) has any known financial interest in any person who (A) 
    applies for or receives any permit, lease, or right-of-way under, or 
    (B) applies for or acquires any land or interests therein under, or 
    (C) is otherwise subject to the provisions of, this Act,

shall, beginning on February 1, 1977, annually file with the Secretary 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

    The Secretary shall--
        (1) act within ninety days after October 21, 1976--
            (A) to define the term ``known financial interests'' for the 
        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 
        provisions for the filing by such officers and employees of such 
        statements and the review by the Secretary 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) Exempted personnel

    In the rules prescribed in subsection (b) of this section, the 
Secretary may identify specific positions within the Department of the 
Interior which are of a nonregulatory or nonpolicymaking nature and 
provide that officers or employees occupying such positions shall be 
exempt from the requirements of this section.

(d) Violations; criminal 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. 94-579, title III, Sec. 313, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2768.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), (2), is Pub. L. 94-579, 
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, as amended, known as the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Tables.
