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§ 3105. —  Enforcement.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC3105]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
    CHAPTER 46--INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AND TRADE IN SERVICES SURVEY
 
Sec. 3105. Enforcement


(a) Civil penalty for failure to furnish information

    Whoever fails to furnish any information required under this 
chapter, whether required to be furnished in the form of a report or 
otherwise, or to comply with any rule, regulation, order, or instruction 
promulgated under this chapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty of 
not less than $2,500, and not more than $25,000, in a proceeding brought 
under subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Civil action for failure to furnish information

    Whenever it appears that any person has failed to furnish any 
information required under this chapter, whether required to be 
furnished in the form of a report or otherwise, or has failed to comply 
with any rule, regulation, order, or instruction promulgated under this 
chapter, a civil action may be brought in an appropriate district court 
of the United States, or the appropriate United States court of any 
territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States, and such court may enter a restraining order or a permanent or 
temporary injunction commanding such person to furnish such information 
or to comply with such rule, regulation, order, or instruction, as the 
case may be, or impose the civil penalty provided in subsection (a) of 
this section, or both.

(c) Criminal penalty for failure to submit information

    Whoever willfully fails to submit any information required under 
this chapter, whether required to be furnished in the form of a report 
or otherwise, or willfully violates any rule, regulation, order, or 
instruction promulgated under this chapter, upon conviction, shall be 
fined not more than $10,000 and, if an individual, may be imprisoned for 
not more than one year, or both, and any officer, director, employee, or 
agent of any corporation who knowingly participates in such violation, 
upon conviction, may be punished by a like fine, imprisonment, or both.

(Pub. L. 94-472, Sec. 6, Oct. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 2063; Pub. L. 101-533, 
Sec. 7(b), Nov. 7, 1990, 104 Stat. 2349.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-533 substituted ``shall be subject to 
a civil penalty of not less than $2,500, and not more than $25,000,'' 
for ``may be subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $10,000''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3104 of this title.



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