54 U.S.C. § 100737
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- (a)Each officer or employee of the Secretary who—shall annually file with the Secretary a written statement concerning all such interests held by the officer or employee during the preceding calendar year. The statement shall be available to the public.
- (b)The Secretary shall—
- (1)define the term “known financial interest” for purposes of subsection (a);
- (2)establish the methods by which the requirement to file written statements specified in subsection (a) will be monitored and enforced, including appropriate provisions for the filing by the officers and employees of the statements and the review by the Secretary of the statements; and
- (3)submit to Congress on June 1 of each year a report with respect to the disclosures and the actions taken in regard to the disclosures during the preceding calendar year.
- (c)In the rules prescribed under subsection (b), the Secretary may identify specific positions within the Department of the Interior that are of a nonregulatory or nonpolicymaking nature and provide that officers or employees occupying those positions shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.
- (d)Criminal penalties for a violation of this section are provided by section 1865 of title 18.