Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/814

 91 STAT. 780

PUBLIC LAW 95-95—AUG. 7, 1977 -Sih

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

SEC. 308. Title III of the Clean Air Act is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof: "FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Statement, filing. 42 USC 7618.

Ante, p. 691.

Availability to public.

Known financial interest, definition requirement. Review.

Annual report to Congress.

Ante, pp. 697, 699, 701, 703; Post, p. 791. Ante, pp. 701, 703; Post, p. 796.

"SEC. 318. (a) Each person who— "(1) has any known financial interest in (A) any person subject to this Act, or (B) any person who applies for or receives any grant, contract, or other form of financial assistance pursuant ^ to this Act. and "(2) is (A) an officer or employee of the Environmental Protection Agency who performs any function of duty under this Act, (B) a member of the National Commission on Air Quality appointed as a member of the public, or (C) a member of the scientific review committee under section 109(d) shall, beginning six months after the date of enactment of this section, annually file with the Administrator a written statement concerning all such interests held by such officer, employee, or member during the preceding calendar year. Such statement shall be available to the public. "(b) The Administrator shall— "(1) act within ninety days after the date of enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977— "(A) to define the term 'known financial interest' for purposes of subsection (a) of this section; "(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, employees and members of such statements and the review by the Administrator (or the Commission in the case of members of the Commission) of such statements; and "(2) report to the Congress on June 1 of each calendar year with respect to such statements to the Administrator and the actions taken in regard thereto during the preceding calendar year. "(c) After the date one year after the date of the enactment of this section, no person who— "(1) is employed by, serves as attorney for, acts as a consultant for, or holds any other official or contractual relationship to— "(A) the owner or operator of any major stationary source or any stationary source which is subject to a standard of performance or emission standard under section 111 or 112, "(B) any manufacturer of any class or category of mobile sources if such mobile sources are subject to regulation under this Act, "(C) any trade or business association of which such owner or operator referred to in subparagraph (A) or such manu'• facturer referred to in subparagraph (B) is a member or "(D) any organization (whether or not nonprofit) which i is a party to litigation, or engaged in political, educational, or informational activities, relating to air quality, or "(2) owns, or has any financial interest in, any stock, bonds, or other financial interest which ownership or interest may be inconsistent with a position as an officer or employee of the Environ-

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