91 STAT. 190
PUBLIC LAW 95-39—JUNE 3, 1977
(2) has any known financial interest— (A) in any person engaged in the business, other than at the retail level, of developing, producing, refining, transporting by pipeline, or converting into synthetic fuel, minerals, wastes, or renewable resources, o" in the generation of energy from such minerals, wastes, or renewable resources, or in conducting research, development, and demonstration with financial assistance under this Act or any other Act amended by this Act, or (B) in property from which minerals are commercially produced, 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 Availability. year. Such statements shall be available to the public, (b) The Administrator shall— (1) act within ninety days after the date of enactment of this section— (A) to define the term "known financial interest" for purposes of paragraph (2) 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 ^t'-.y^' 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 Administrator of such statements; and Report to (2) report to the Congress on June 1 of each calendar year Congress. with respect to such disclosures and the actions taken in regard thereto during the preceding calendar year. Exemption. (c) In the rules prescribed in subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator may identify specific positions within the Administration which are of a nonpolicymaking nature and provide that officers or employees occupying such positions shall be exempt from the requirements of this section. Penalty. (d) 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. SEC, 309. In utilizing the funds which have been made available by 90 Stat. 889. Public Law 94—355, as amended, the Administrator is hereby directed to observe the limitations of clauses (1) through (8) and clauses (12) through (14) of section 202, sections 203 through 207, and section 208 except subsection (e)(5) of the bill H.R. 13350 (Ninety-fourth Congress) as set forth in the conference report thereon (House Report 94^1718). -:
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TITLE IV—ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS SEC. 401. The Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 4901) is amended by adding a new section to read as follows: "SEC. 19. (a) The Administrator shall by regulation require any person proposing to enter into a contract, agreement, or other arrangement, with the Energy Research and Development Administration whether by advertising or negotiation, or for technical consulting and management support services or other such similar services to provide the Administrator, prior to entering into any such contract, agreement, or arrangement, with all relevant information bearing on
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