Pub. L. 95-39, tit. III, sec. 308

Sec. 308. (a) Each officer or employee of the Energy Research and Development Administration who— (1) performs any functions or duty under this Act or any other Act amended by this Act; and 91 STAT. 190 (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 f reduced, 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 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 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 (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. (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. (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.