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43 U.S.C. § 1866 — Disclosure of financial interests by officers and employees of Department of the Interior
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**(a) Annual written statement** Each officer or employee of the Department of the Interior who—
(1) performs any function or duty under this chapter or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [[43 U.S.C. 1331](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1331&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], 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 chapter or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [[43 U.S.C. 1331](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1331&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.],
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 11 So in original. Probably should be “preceding”. calendar year. Such statement shall be available to the public.
**(b) “Known financial interest” defined; enforcement; report to Congress** The Secretary of the Interior shall—
(1) within ninety days after September 18, 1978—
(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.
**(c) Officers and employees in nonregulatory or n
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**(a) Annual written statement** Each officer or employee of the Department of the Interior who—
(1) performs any function or duty under this chapter or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [[43 U.S.C. 1331](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1331&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], 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 chapter or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [[43 U.S.C. 1331](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1331&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.],
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 11 So in original. Probably should be “preceding”. calendar year. Such statement shall be available to the public.
**(b) “Known financial interest” defined; enforcement; report to Congress** The Secretary of the Interior shall—
(1) within ninety days after September 18, 1978—
(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.
**(c) Officers and employees in nonregulatory or nonpolicymaking positions** 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) Penalties** 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.
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**(a)**
(1) When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over receipts or appropriations, the President shall provide the committee with assistance and information.
(2) When requested by a committee of Congress, additional information related to the amount of an appropriation originally requested by an Office of Inspector General shall be submitted to the committee.
**(b)** When requested by a committee of Congress, by the Comptroller General, or by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each executive agency shall—
(1) provide information on the location and kind of available fiscal, budget, and program information;
(2) to the extent practicable, prepare summary tables of that fiscal, budget, and program information and related information the committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office considers necessary; and
(3) provide a program evaluation carried out or commissioned by an executive agency.
**(c)** In cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General shall—
(1) establish and maintain a current directory of sources of, and information systems for, fiscal, budget, and program information and a brief description of the contents of each source and system;
(2) when requested, provide assistance to committees of Congress and members of Congress in obtaining information from the sources in the directory; and
(3) when requested, provide assistance to committees and, to the extent practicable, to members of Congress in evaluating the information obtained from the sources in the directory
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The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a continuing investigation to determine an estimate of the total discovered crude oil and natural gas reserves by fields (including proved and indicated reserves) and undiscovered crude oil and natural gas resources (including hypothetical and speculative resources) of the Outer Continental Shelf.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section, Pub. L. 95–372, title VI, § 602, Sept. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 694, which required the Secretary of the Interior to submit annual reports to Congress on delinquent royalty accounts under leases issued under any Act regulating development of oil and gas on Federal lands, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under [section 1113 of Title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1113&num=0&edition=prelim), Money and Finance. See, also, page 111 of House Document No. 103–7.
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When used in this subchapter and subchapter II—
**(a)** The term “lands beneath navigable waters” means—
(1) all lands within the boundaries of each of the respective States which are covered by nontidal waters that were navigable under the laws of the United States at the time such State became a member of the Union, or acquired sovereignty over such lands and waters thereafter, up to the ordinary high water mark as heretofore or hereafter modified by accretion, erosion, and reliction;
(2) all lands permanently or periodically covered by tidal waters up to but not above the line of mean high tide and seaward to a line three geographical miles distant from the coast line of each such State and to the boundary line of each such State where in any case such boundary as it existed at the time such State became a member of the Union, or as heretofore approved by Congress, extends seaward (or into the Gulf of Mexico) beyond three geographical miles,11 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon. and
(3) all filled in, made, or reclaimed lands which formerly were lands beneath navigable waters, as hereinabove defined;
**(b)** The term “boundaries” includes the seaward boundaries of a State or its boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico or any of the Great Lakes as they existed at the time such State became a member of the Union, or as heretofore approved by the Congress, or as extended or confirmed pursuant to [section 1312 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1312&num=0&edition=prelim) but in no event shall the term “boundaries” or the term “lands beneath navigable waters” be interpreted as extending from the coast line more than three geographical miles into the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean, or more tha
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 94–163, title I, § 103, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 877; Pub. L. 96–72, § 22(b)(1), Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 535, related to domestic use of energy supplies and related materials and equipment.
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In this subchapter:
**(a) Outer Continental Shelf.—** The term “outer Continental Shelf” means—
(1) all submerged lands lying seaward and outside of the area of lands beneath navigable waters as defined in [section 1301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1301&num=0&edition=prelim), and of which the subsoil and seabed appertain to the United States and are subject to its jurisdiction and control or within the exclusive economic zone of the United States and adjacent to any territory of the United States; and
(2) does not include any area conveyed by Congress to a territorial government for administration;
**(b) Secretary.—** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior, except that with respect to functions under this subchapter transferred to, or vested in, the Secretary of Energy or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by or pursuant to the Department of Energy Organization Act ([42 U.S.C. 7101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy, or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as the case may be.
**(c) Lease.—** The term “lease” means any form of authorization which is issued under [section 1337 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1337&num=0&edition=prelim) or maintained under [section 1335 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1335&num=0&edition=prelim) and which authorizes exploration for, and development and production of, minerals.
**(d) Person.—** The term “person” includes, in addition to a natural person, an association, a State, a political subdivision o
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 1331
1 See References in Text note below.
2 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘accordance’’.
waters for the constitutional purposes of com-
merce, navigation, national defense, and inter-
national affairs, all of which shall be paramount
to, but shall not be deemed to include, propri-
etary rights of ownership, or the rights of man-
agement, administration, leasing, use, and de-
velopment of the lands and natural resources
which are specifically recognized, confirmed, es-
tablished, and vested in and assigned to the re-
spective States and others by section 1311 of this
title.
(b) In time of war or when necessary for na-
tional defense, and the Congress or the Presi-
dent shall so prescribe, the United States shall
have the right of first refusal to purchase at the
prevailing market price, all or any portion of
the said natural resources, or to acquire and use
any portion of said lands by proceeding in ac-
cordance with due process of law and paying just
compensation therefor.
(May 22, 1953, ch. 65, title II, § 6, 67 Stat. 32.)
§ 1315. Rights acquired under laws of United
States unaffected
Nothing contained in this subchapter or sub-
chapter I shall affect such rights, if any, as may
have been acquired under any law of the United
States by any person in lands subject to this
subchapter or subchapter I and such rights, if
any, shall be governed by the law in effect at the
time they may have been acquired: Provided,
however, That nothing contained in this sub-
chapter or subchapter I is intended or shall be
construed as a finding, interpretation, or con-
struction by the Congress that the law under
which such rights may be claimed in fact or in
law applies to the lands subject to this sub-
chapter or subchapter I,
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 1865
of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under
section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and the
16th item on page 111 of House Document No. 103–7.
§ 1865. Investigation of reserves of oil and gas in
Outer Continental Shelf
The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a
continuing investigation to determine an esti-
mate of the total discovered crude oil and nat-
ural gas reserves by fields (including proved and
indicated reserves) and undiscovered crude oil
and natural gas resources (including hypo-
thetical and speculative resources) of the Outer
Continental Shelf.
The Secretary of the Interior shall provide a
biennial report to Congress on June 30 of every
odd numbered year on the results of such inves-
tigation.
(Pub. L. 95–372, title VI, § 606, as added Pub. L.
99–367, § 2(c), July 31, 1986, 100 Stat. 774.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 1865, Pub. L. 95–372, title VI, § 606,
Sept. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 696, directed Secretary of the In-
terior to conduct a continuing investigation of reserves
of oil and gas in the Outer Continental Shelf, specified
items to be included in the investigation, provided for
initial and subsequent reports to Congress, and re-
quired consultation with the Federal Trade Commis-
sion and information to be made available to the Fed-
eral Trade Commission, prior to repeal by Pub. L.
99–367, § 2(c).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions
in this section relating to the requirement that the
Secretary of the Interior provide a biennial report to
Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended,
set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money
and
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