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PUBLIC LAW 101-194—NOV. 30, 1989 103 STAT. 1737 "(II) if such statute does not designate such committee, the Senate Select Committee on Ethics for agencies and commissions established in even numbered calendar years, and the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives for agencies and commissions established in odd numbered calendar years; and "(B) the Judicial Conference of the United States with regard to a judicial officer or employee described under paragraphs (11) and (12) of section 101(f) (including individuals terminating service in such office or position under section 101(e) or imme- diately preceding service in such office or position). "(2) The date any report is received (and the date of receipt of any supplemental report) shall be noted on such report by such committee. "FAILURE TO FILE OR FIUNG FALSE REPORTS "SEC. 104. (a) The Attorney CJeneral may bring a civil action in 5 USC app. 104. any appropriate United States district court against any individual who knowingly and willfully falsifies or who knowingly and will- fully fails to file or report any information that such individual is required to report pursuant to section 102. The court in which such action is brought may assess against such individual a civil penalty in any amount, not to exceed $10,000. "(b) The head of each agency, each Secretary concerned, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, each congressional ethics committee, or the Chairman of the Judicial (Donference of the United States, as the case may be, shall refer to the Attorney General the name of any individual which such official or committee has reasonable cause to believe has willfully failed to file a report or has willfully falsified or willfully failed to file information required to be reported. "(c) The President, the Vice President, the Secretary concerned, the head of each agency, the Office of Personnel Management, a congressional ethics committee, and the Judicial Conference of the United States, may take any appropriate personnel or other action in accordance with applicable law or regulation against any individ- ual failing to file a report or falsifying or failing to report informa- tion required to be reported. "(d)(1) Any individual who files a report required to be filed under this title more than 30 days after the later of— "(A) the date such report is required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of this title and the rules and regulations promul- gated thereunder; or "(B) if a filing extension is granted to such individual under section 101(g), the last day of the filing extension period, shall pay a filing fee of $200 to the miscellaneous receipts of the General Treasury. "(2) The supervising ethics office may waive the filing fee under this subsection in extraordinary circumstances. "CUSTODY OF AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO REPORTS "SEC, 105. (a) Each agency and each supervisory ethics office shall 5 USC app. 105. make each report filed with it under this title available to the public in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, except that this section does not require public availability of a report filed by—