Federal · Title 42 — Public Health and Welfare

42 U.S.C. § 4367: Reporting requirements of financial interests of officers and employees of Environmental Protection Agency

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

EPA officers and employees must disclose financial interests in entities receiving grants or contracts. Knowing violations are punishable by fine up to $2,500, imprisonment up to one year, or both.

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performs any function or duty under this Act; and has any known financial interest in any person who applies for or receives grants, contracts, or other forms of financial assistance under this Act, to define the term “known financial interest” for purposes of subsection (a) of this section; and 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 Omitted. 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. 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.

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