PUBLIC LAW 95-521—OCT. 26, 1978
92 STAT. 1845
against such individual a civil penalty in any amount not to exceed $1,000. (7) Any trust which is in existence prior to the date of the enactment of this Act shall be considered a qualified blind trust if— (A) the supervising ethics office determines that the trust was a good faith effort to establish a blind trust; (B) the previous trust instrument is amended or, if such trust instrument does not by its terms permit amendment, all parties to the trust instrument, including the reporting individual and the trustee, agree in writing that the trust shall be administered in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (3)(C) and a trustee is (or has been) appointed who meets the requirements of paragraph (3); and (C) a copy of the trust instrument (except testamentary provisions), a list of the assets previously transferred to the trust by an interested party and the category of value of each such asset at the time it was placed in the trust, and a list of assets previously placed in the trust by an interested party which have been sold is filed and made available to the public as provided under paragraph (5) of this subsection. (g) Political campaign funds, including campaign receipts and expenditures, need not be included in any report filed pursuant to this title. FILING o r
REPORTS
SEC. 203. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the 5 USC app. reports required under this title shall be filed by the reporting individual with the designated agency official at the agency by which he is employed or in which he will serve. The date any report is received (and the date of receipt of any supplemental report) shall be noted on such report by such official. (b) The President and the Vice President shall file reports required under this title with the Director of the Office of Government Ethics. (c) Copies of the reports required to be filed under this title by the Postmaster General, the Deputy Postmaster General, the Governors of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service, designated agency officials, candidates for the office of President or Vice President and officers and employees in (and nominees to) offices or positions which require confirmation by the Senate or by both Houses of Congress other than those referred to in subsection (f) shall be transmitted to the Director of the Office of Government Ethics. The Director shall forward a copy of the report of each nominee to the congressional committee considering the nomination. (d) Reports required to be filed under this title by the Director shall be filed in the Office of Government Ethics and, immediately after being filed, shall be made available to the public in accordance with this title. (e) Each individual identified in section 201(c) shall file the reports required by this title with the Federal Elections Commission. (f) Reports required of members of the uniformed services shall be filed with the Secretary concerned. (g) The Office of Government Ethics shall develop and make available forms for reporting the information required by this title.
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