§ 6009. — 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: 22USC6009]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 69--CUBAN DEMOCRACY
Sec. 6009. Enforcement
(a) Enforcement authority
The authority to enforce this chapter shall be carried out by the
Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury shall exercise
the authorities of the Trading With the Enemy Act [50 App. U.S.C. 1 et
seq.] in enforcing this chapter. In carrying out this subsection, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall take the necessary steps to ensure that
activities permitted under section 6004 of this title are carried out
for the purposes set forth in this chapter and not for purposes of the
accumulation by the Cuban Government of excessive amounts of United
States currency or the accumulation of excessive profits by any person
or entity.
(b) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the
Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.
(c) Omitted
(d) Applicability of penalties
The penalties set forth in section 16 of the Trading With the Enemy
Act [50 App. U.S.C. 16] shall apply to violations of this chapter to the
same extent as such penalties apply to violations under that Act [50
App. U.S.C. 1 et seq.].
(e) Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Department of the Treasury shall establish and maintain a branch
of the Office of Foreign Assets Control in Miami, Florida, in order to
strengthen the enforcement of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title XVII, Sec. 1710, Oct. 23, 1992, 106
Stat. 2580.)
References in Text
The Trading With the Enemy Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (d),
is act Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, 40 Stat. 411, as amended, which is
classified to sections 1 to 6, 7 to 39 and 41 to 44 of Title 50,
Appendix, War and National Defense. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
Section is comprised of section 1710 of Pub. L. 102-484. Subsec. (c)
of section 1710 of Pub. L. 102-484 amended section 16 of the Appendix to
Title 50, War and National Defense.
