PUBLIC LAW 95-372—SEPT. 18, 1978 (c) For purposes of this section, the term— (1) "local distribution company" means any person— (A) engaged in the distribution of natural gas at retail, including any subsidiary or affiliate thereof engaged in the exploration and production of natural gas; and (B) regulated, or operated as a public utility, by a State or local government or agency thereof; (2) "interstate commerce" shall have the same meaning as such term has under section 2(7) of the Natural Gas Act; and (3) "Commission" means the Federal Energy Eegulatory Commission. ANTroiSCRIMINATION
Definitions.
15 USC 717a.
PROVISIONS
SEC. 604. Each agency or department given responsibility for the romulgation or enforcement of regulations under this Act or the uter Continental Shelf Lands Act shall take such affirmative action as deemed necessary to prohibit all unlawful employment practices and to assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex, be excluded from receiving or participating in any activity, sale, or employment, conducted pursuant to the provisions of this Act or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The agency or department shall promulgate such rules as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, and any rules promulgated under this section, whether through agency and department provisions or rules, shall be similar to those established and in effect under title VI and title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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SUNSHINE IN
92 STAT. 695
43 USC 1863.
43 USC 1331 et seq.
Rules,
42 USC 200(>d, 2000e.
GOVERNMENT
SEC. 605. (a) Each officer or employee of the Department of the 43 USC 186^1 Interior who— (1) performs any function or duty under this Act or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended by this Act; and 43 USC 1331 (2) has any known financial interest in any person who (A) note. applies for or receives any permit or lease under, or (B) is otherwise subject to the provisions of this Act or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, shall, beginning on February 1, 1979, annually file with the Secretary of the Interior 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) The Secretary of the Interior shall— (1) within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act— (A) define the term "known financial interest" for pur- "Known financial interest." poses of subsection (a) of this section; and (B) 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 filling by such officers and emplovees 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 Report to respect to such disclosures and the actions taken in regard thereto Congress. during the preceding calendar year.
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