[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3431 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3431

 To improve the administration of the Minerals Management Service, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 26, 2010

  Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Nelson of Florida) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve the administration of the Minerals Management Service, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Cozy Relationships with Big Oil 
Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Mineral.--The term ``mineral'' has the meaning given 
        the term ``minerals'' in section 2 of the Outer Continental 
        Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331).
            (2) Mineral mining.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``mineral mining'' 
                means--
                            (i) any activity carried out on Federal 
                        land on or off a claim (with or without a 
                        discovery) for mineral leasing, preleasing, any 
                        related activity, prospecting, exploration, 
                        development, mining, extraction, milling, 
                        beneficiation, processing, or storage of mined 
                        or processed materials with respect to any 
                        mineral that is under the jurisdiction of the 
                        Service; and
                            (ii) any reclamation activity for any 
                        mineral.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``mineral mining'' 
                includes the construction and use of roads, 
                transmission lines, pipelines, utility corridors, and 
                other means of access across Federal land for an 
                ancillary facility.
            (3) Service.--The term ``Service'' means the Minerals 
        Management Service or a successor agency.

SEC. 3. EMPLOYEE ETHICAL STANDARDS.

    (a) Gifts.--
            (1) Prohibition.--
                    (A) In general.--An employee of the Service may not 
                knowingly accept a gift from an entity that is engaged 
                in the business of mineral mining.
                    (B) Exceptions.--Except for the value exception, 
                the regulations providing exceptions to the gift rules 
                for Federal employees for gifts from outside sources 
                under part 2635 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations 
                (or successor regulations), shall apply to subparagraph 
                (A).
            (2) Violation.--Any person that violates paragraph (1) 
        shall be guilty of a felony and fined under title 18, United 
        States Code, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.
    (b) Financial Disclosure.--The filing requirements of section 
101(f) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) shall 
apply to an employee of the Service in a position classified at an 
annual income equivalent to a position at or above GS-13 of the 
Executive Schedule.
    (c) Divestiture Requirement.--An employee of the Service may not 
own stock or any other interest in an entity that is engaged in the 
business of mineral mining during the period of employment of the 
employee by the Service.
    (d) Outside Employment.--An employee of the Service may not be 
employed by any entity that is engaged in the business of mineral 
mining during the period of employment of the employee by the Service.
    (e) Revolving Door.--
            (1) Any work for the industry.--An employee of the Service 
        shall not work for an entity engaged in the business of mineral 
        mining during the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
        termination of employment of the employee by the Service.
            (2) Violation.--Any person that violates paragraph (1) 
        shall be guilty of a felony and punished as provided in section 
        216 of title 18, United States Code.

SEC. 4. FRAUDULENT STATEMENTS BY EMPLOYEES OF THE MINERALS MANAGEMENT 
              SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1041. Fraudulent statements by employees of the Minerals 
              Management Service
    ``Any officer, employee, or agent of the Minerals Management 
Service (or a successor agency) that knowingly and willfully makes any 
materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation 
in the conduct of activities relating to oil and gas regulation shall 
be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or 
both.''.
    (b) Table of Sections.--The table of sections for chapter 47 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``1041. Fraudulent statements by employees of the Minerals Management 
                            Service.''.
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