§ 1912. — Financial disclosure by officer or employee of Secretary.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1912]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 39--MINING ACTIVITY WITHIN NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM AREAS
Sec. 1912. Financial disclosure by officer or employee of
Secretary
(a) Filing and availability of written statements; contents
Each officer or employee of the Secretary of the Interior who--
(1) performs any function or duty under this Act, or any Acts
amended by this Act concerning the regulation of mining within the
National Park System; and
(2) has any known financial interest (A) in any person subject
to such Acts, or (B) in any person who holds a mining claim within
the boundaries of units of the National Park System;
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) Enforcement procedures
The Secretary shall--
(1) act within ninety days after September 28, 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
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) Exemptions
In the rules prescribed in subsection (b) of this section, the
Secretary may identify specific positions within such agency 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) Violation; penalty
Any officer or employee who is subject to, and knowingly violates,
this section or any regulation issued thereunder, shall be fined not
more than $2,500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(Pub. L. 94-429, Sec. 13, Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1344.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 94-429, which
enacted this chapter, amended sections 123 and 450y-2 of this title, and
repealed sections 350, 350a, 447, and 450z of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of reporting provisions in
subsec. (b)(2) of this section, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as
amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and
Finance, and page 110 of House Document No. 103-7.
