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sunshine in government Sec. 605. (a) Each officer or employee of the Department of the Interior who— (1) performs any function or duty under this Act or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended by this Act; and (2) has any known financial interest in any person who (A) 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 preceeding 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 purposes 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 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. 92 STAT. 696 (c) In the rules prescribed in subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary may identify specific positions within the Department of the Interior 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) 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.