(b) To influence, directly or indirectly, the passage or defeat of any legislation by the Council of the District of Columbia.

REGISTRATION OF LOBBYISTS WITH DIRECTOR; COMPILATION OF

INFORMATION

SEC. 507. (a) Any person who shall engage himself for pay or for any consideration for the purpose of attempting to influence the passage or defeat of any legislation by the Council of the District of Columbia shall, before doing anything in furtherance of such object, register with the Director and shall give to him in writing and under oath, his name and business address, the name and address of the person by whom he is employed, and in whose interest he appears or works, the duration of such employment, how much he is paid and is to receive, by whom he is paid or is to be paid, how much he is to be paid for expenses, and what expenses are to be included. Each such person so registering shall, between the first and tenth day of each calendar quarter, so long as his activity continues, file with the Director a detailed report under oath of all money received and extended by him during the preceding calendar quarter in carrying on his work; to whom paid; for what purposes; and the names of any papers, periodicals, magazines, or other publications in which he has caused to be published any articles or editorials; and the proposed legislation he is employed to support or oppose. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who merely appears before the Council of the District of Columbia, or a committee thereof, in support of or opposi tion to legislation; nor to any public official acting in his official ca pacity; nor in the case of any newspaper or other regularly published periodical (including any individual who owns, publishes, or is employed by any such newspaper or periodical) which in the ordinary course of business publishes news items, editorials, or other comments, or paid advertisements, which directly or indirectly urge the passage or defeat of legislation, if such newspaper, periodical, or individual, engages in no further or other activities in connection with the passage or defeat of such legislation, other than to appear before a committee of the Council of the District of Columbia in support of or in opposition to such legislation.

(b) All information required to be filed under the provisions of this section with the Director shall be compiled by the Director as soon as practicable after the close of the calendar quarter with respect to which such information is filed and shall be printed in the District of Columbia Register.

REPORTS AND STATEMENTS UNDER OATH

SEC. 508. All reports and statements required under this title shall be made under oath, before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths.

PENALTIES AND PROHIBITIONS

SEC. 509. (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than twelve months, or both.

(b) In addition to the penalties provided for in subsection (a) of this section, any person convicted of the misdemeanor specified therein is prohibited, for a period of three years from the date of such conviction, from attempting to influence, directly or indirectly, the passage or defeat of any proposed legislation or from appearing before a committee of the Council of the District of Columbia in support of or opposition to proposed legislation; and any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.

EXEMPTION

SEC. 510. The provisions of this title shall not apply to—

(1) any Member of the United States House of Representatives or any Senator;

(2) any member of a staff of any person specified in paragraph (1) while operating within the scope of his employment; (3) any member of an Advisory Neighborhood Council; (4) any person who receives less than $500 during the calendar year as compensation for performing services relating to the influencing of legislation; or

(5) any entity specified in section 1(d) of title II of the District of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947 (D.C. Code, sec. 47-1554(d)), no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation.

TITLE VI-CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND DISCLOSURE

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

SEC. 601. (a) The Congress declares that elective and public office is a public trust, and any effort to realize personal gain through official conduct is a violation of that trust.

(b) No public official shall use his official position or office to obtain financial gain for himself, any member of his household, or any business with which he or a member of his household is associated, other than that compensation provided by law for said public official.

(c) No person shall offer or give to a public official or a member of a public official's household, and no public official shall solicit or receive anything of value, including a gift, favor, service, loan gratuity, discount, hospitality, political contribution, or promise of future employment, based on any understanding that such public official's official actions or judgment or vote would be influenced thereby, or where it could reasonably be inferred that the thing of value would influence the public official in the discharge of his duties, or as a reward, or which would cause the total value of such things received from the same person not a member of such public official's household to exceed $100 during any single calendar year.

(d) No person shall offer or pay to a public official, and no public official shall solicit or receive any money, in addition to that lawfully received by the public official in his official capacity, for advice or assistance given in the course of the public official's employment or relating to his employment.

(e) No public official shall use or disclose confidential information given in the course of or by reason of his official position or activities in any way that could result in financial gain for himself or for any other person.

(f) No member or employee of the Council of the District of Columbia or Board of Education of the District of Columbia shall accept assignment to serve on a committee the jurisdiction of which consists of matters (other than of a de minimis nature) in which he or a member of his family or a business with which he is associated, has financial interest.

(g) Any public official who, in the discharge of his official duties, would be required to take an action or make a decision that would affect directly or indirectly his financial interests or those of a member of his household, or a business with which he is associated, or must take an official action on a matter as to which he has a conflict situation created by a personal, family, or client interest, shall

(1) prepare a written statement describing the matter requiring action or decision, and the nature of his potential conflict of interest with respect to such action or decision;

(2) cause copies of such statement to be delivered to the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics (referred to in this title as the "Board"), and to his immediate superior, if any;

(3) if he is a member of the Council of the District of Columbia or member of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, or employee of either, delivery a copy of such statement to the Chairman thereof, who shall cause such statement to be printed in the record of proceedings, and, upon request of said member or employee, shall excuse the member from votes, deliberations, and other action on the matter on which a potential conflict exists;

(4) if he is not a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, his superior, if any, shall assign the matter to another cmployee who does not have a potential conflict of interest, or, if he has no immediate superior, he shall take such steps as the Board prescribes through rules and regulations to remove himself from influence over actions and decisions on the matter on which potential conflict exists; and

(5) during a period when a change of conflict of interest is under investigation by the Board, if he is not a member of the Council of the District of Columbia or a member of the Board of Education, his superior, if any, shall have the arbitrary power to assign the matter to another employee who does not have a potential conflict of interest, or if he has no immediate superior, he shall take such steps as the Board shall prescribe through rules and regulations to remove himself from influence over actions and decisions on the matter on which there is a conflict of interest. (h) Neither the Mayor nor any member of the Council of the District of Columbia may represent another person before any regulatory agency or court of the District of Columbia while serving in such office. The preceding sentence does not apply to an appearance by such an official before any such agency or court in his official capacity. (i) As used in this section, the term

(1) "public official" means the office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, or member of the Council of the District of Columbia,

or Chairman or member of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, or each officer or employee of the District of Columbia government who performs duties of the type generally performed by an individual occupying grade GS-15 of the General Schedule or any higher grade or position (as determined by the Board regardless of the rate of compensation of such individual); (2) "business" means any corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual, holding company, joint stock, trust, and any legal entity through which business is conducted for profit; (3) "business with which he is associated" means any business of which the person or member of his household is a director, officer, owner, employee, or older of stock worth $1,000 or more at fair market value, and any business which is a client of that person;

(4) "household" means the public official and his immediate family; and

(5) "immediate family" means the public official's spouse and any parent, brother, or sister, or child of the public official, and the spouse of any such parent, brother, sister, or child.

DISCLOSURe of finaNCIAL INTEREST

SEC. 602. Any candidate for nomination for election, or election, to public office who at the time he becomes a candidate, does not occupy any such office, shall file within one month after he becomes a candidate for such office, and the Mayor, and the Chairman and each member of the Council of the District of Columbia holding office under the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, and the Chairman and each member of the Board of Education, shall file annually, with the Board a report containing a full and complete statement of

(1) the amount and source of each item of income, each item of reimbursement for any expenditure, and each gift or aggregate of gifts from one source (other than gifts received by him or by him and his spouse jointly during the preceding calendar year) which exceeds $100 in amount or value, including any fee or other honorarium received by him for or in connection with the preparation or delivery of any speech or address, attendance at any convention or other assembly of individuals, or the preparation of any article or other composition for publication, and the monetary value of subsistence, entertainment, travel, and other facilities received by him in kind;

(2) the identity of each asset held by him, or by him and his spouse jointly which has a value in excess of $1,000, and the identity and amount of each liability owned by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, which is in excess of $1,000 as of the close of the preceding calendar year;

(3) any transactions in securities of any business entity by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf or pursuant to his direction during the preceding calendar year if the aggregate amount involved in transactions in the securities of such business entity exceeds $5,000 during such

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(4) all transactions in commodities by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf, or pursuant to his direction during the preceding calendar year if the aggregate amount involved in such transactions exceeds $5,000;

(5) any purch use or sale, other than the purchase or sale of his personal residence, or real property or any interest therein by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf or pursuant to his direction, during the preceding calendar year if the value of property involved in such purchase or sale exceeds $5,000; and

(6) the amount of each tax paid by the individual, or by the individual and the individual's spouse filing jointly, for the preceding calendar year, except in the case of candidates filing reports during calendar year 1974, who shall file reports for the preceding three calendar years.

(b) Any candidate for nomination for, or election to, office who at the time he becomes a candidate, does not occupy any such office, shall file within one month after he becomes a candidate for such office, and the Chairman and each member of the Council and the Mayor holding mental Reorganization Act, and the Chairman and each member of the Board of Education, and each officer and employee of the District of Columbia government who performs duties of the type generally performed by an individual occupying grade GS-15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or any higher grade or position (as determined by the Board regardless of the rate of compensation of such individual), shall file with the Board in a sealed envelope marked "Confidential Personal Financial Discloure of (name)", before the fifteenth day of May in each year, the following reports of his personal financial interests:

(1) a copy of the returns of taxes, declarations, statements, or other documents which he, or he and his spouse jointly, made for the preceding year in compliance with the income tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954;

(2) the name and address of each business or professional corporation, firm, or enterprise in which he was an officer, director, partner, proprietor, or employee who received compensation during the preceding year and the amount of such compensation;

(3) the identity of each trust or other fiduciary relation in which he held a beneficial interest having a value of $10,000 or more, and the identity, if known, of each interst of the other fiduciary relation in real or personal property in which the candidate, officer, or employee held a beneficial interest having a value of $10,000 or more, at any time during the preceding year. If he cannot obtain the identity of the fiduciary interests, the candidate, officer, or employee shall request the fiduciary to report that information to the Board in the same manner that reports are filed under this rule.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by this section, all papers filed under this section shall be kept by the Board in the custody of the Director for not less than seven years, and while so kept shall remain sealed. Upon receipt of a request by any member of the Board adopted by a recorded majority vote of the full Board requesting the