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3 (4) The President may exempt any individual in the 4 Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence 5 Agency, or the National Security Agency, or any individual

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of the United States from the requirement to file a report 8 with the Comptroller General if the President finds that, due 9 to the nature of the office or position occupied by such indi10 vidual, public disclosure of such report would reveal the 11 identity of an undercover agent of the Federal Government. 12 Each individual exempted by the President from such re13 quirements shall file such report with the head of the agency 14 in which he occupies an office or position or, if an individual 15 described in paragraph (3), with the Chairman of the Civil 16 Service Commission.

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(b) (1) Each individual required to file a report under 18 section 3 (b) as a candidate shall file such report with the 19 Comptroller General within one month after such individual 20 becomes a candidate and on May 15 in any succeeding year 21 if such individual is a candidate on such date.

22 (2) Each individual required to file a report under 23 section 3 (b) (5) as a Presidential nomince shall file such 24 report with the Comptroller General and with the appropri25 ate committees of Congress within ten days after the nomi26 nation is submitted.

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any calendar year to occupy the office or position the occu

pancy of which imposes upon him the reporting requirement 4 contained in section 3 (a) shall file such report for the pre5 ceding calendar year and the period of such calendar year 6 for which he occupies such office or position on or before 7 May 15 of such calendar year.

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or position after May 15 of any calendar year shall file such 10 report for the period of such calendar year which he occupies 11 such office or position on the last day he occupies such 12 office or position.

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(d) The Comptroller General may grant one or more 14 reasonable extensions of time for filing any report but the 15 total of such extensions shall not exceed ninety days. 16 (e) The Comptroller General shall promulgate such 17 rules and regulations as are required to carry out the provi18 sions and purposes of this title no later than sixty days after 19 the date of the enactment of this Act.

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20 FAILURE TO FILE OR FALSIFYING REPORTS; PROCEDURE SEC. 6. (a) (1) Any individual who knowingly and 22 willfully falsifies or fails to report any information such 23 individual is required to report under section 4 shall be 24 fined in any amount not exceeding $10,000, or imprisoned 25 for not more than one year, or both.

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any district court of the United States against any individual 3 who fails to file a report which such individual is required to 4 file under section 3 or who fails to report any information 5 which such individual is required to report under section 4. 6 The court in which such action is brought may assess against 7 such individual a penalty in any amount not to exceed 8 $5,000.

9 (b) The head of each agency, the Clerk of the House of 10 Representatives with respect to any Member, officer, or em11 ployee of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the 12 Senate with respect to any Member, officer or employee of 13 the Senate, and the Director of the Administrative Office of 14 the United States Courts with respect to any justice, judge, 15 officer, or employee of any court of the United States shall 16 submit annually to the Comptroller General a complete list 17 of individuals who are required to file a report under sec18 tion 3 and shall submit at the close of each calendar quarter 19 a list of individuals who have begun or have terminated 20 employment with such agency, the House of Representatives 21 or the Senate, or any court in such calendar quarter. 22 (c) The Comptroller General shall refer to the Attorney 23 General the name of any individual the Comptroller General 24 has reasonable cause to believe has failed to file a report or 25 has falsified or failed to file information required to be re

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1 ported. In addition, if such individual is a Member, officer, or 2 employee of the Senate or the House of Representatives, the 3 Comptroller General shall refer the name of such individual 4 to the Senate Select Committee on Standards and Conduct or 5 the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House 6 of Representativès, whichever is appropriate.

7 (d) The President, the Vice President, either House of 8 Congress, the Director of the Administrative Office of the 9 United States Courts, the head of each agency or the Civil 10 Service Commission may take any appropriate personnel 11 or other action against any individual failing to file a report 12 or information or falsifying information.

13 CUSTODY AND AUDIT OF, AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO, REPORTS 14 SEC. 7. (a) The Comptroller General shall make each 15 report filed with him under section 5 available to the 16 public within fifteen days after the receipt of such report 17 from any individual and provide a copy of such report to 18 any person upon a written or oral request.

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(b) The Comptroller General may require any person 20 receiving a copy of such report under subsection (a) to 21 supply his name and address and the name of the person or 22 organization, if any, on whose behalf he is requesting such 23 copy and to pay a reasonable fee in any amount which the 24 Comptroller General finds necessary to recover the cost of 25 reproduction or mailing of such report excluding any salary

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1 of any employee involved in such reproduction or mailing. 2 The Comptroller General may furnish any copy of such 3 report without charge or at a reduced charge if he deter4 mines that waiver or reduction of the fee is in the public 5 interest because furnishing the information can be considered 6 as primarily benefiting the public.

7 (c) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to inspect or 8 obtain a copy of any report

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(A) for any commercial purpose;

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(C) for use directly or indirectly in the solicitation

money for any political, charitable, or other purpose.

(2) The Attorney General may bring a civil action 15 in any district court of the United States against any per16 son who inspects or obtains such report for any purpose 17 prohibited in paragraph (1). The court in which such ac18 tion is brought may assess against such individual a penalty 19 in any amount not to exceed $1,000.

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(d) Any report received by the Comptroller General 21 shall be held in his custody and made available to the public 22 for a period of five years after receipt by the Comptroller 23 General of such report. After such five-year period, the

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(e) The House of Representatives, the Senate, the