50 U.S.C. § 4587 — Penalties
submitted 76 years ago by Pub. L. 119-60 to r/title-50-WAR-AND-NATIONAL-DEFENSE · 194 words · no verdicts yet
This section addresses penalties. It sets the rules and duties stated in the section.
(a) Regulations under sections 4581 or 4582 must provide for the civil penalties in (b). (b)(1) It is unlawful to violate, try to violate, conspire to violate, or cause a violation of an order, regulation, notice requirement, or prohibition under this subchapter. (2) The Secretary may impose civil penalties on a person* committing such an act in amounts equal to those authorized by section 206(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. (3) The Secretary may require divestment of a covered national security transaction* involving prohibited technology that violates section 4581(a) or its regulations. (4) The President may direct the Attorney General to seek appropriate relief, including divestment, in federal district court to enforce this subchapter.
The regulations issued under section 4581 or 4582 of this title shall provide for the imposition of civil penalties described in subsection (b).
It shall be unlawful for a person* to violate, attempt to violate, conspire to violate, or cause a violation of any order, regulation, notification requirement, or prohibition issued under this subchapter.
The Secretary may impose civil penalties on any person who commits an unlawful act described in paragraph (1) in amounts equivalent to amounts provided for under section 206(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705(b)) for violations under that Act.
The Secretary may compel the divestment of a covered national security transaction* in a prohibited technology determined to be in violation of section 4581(a) of this title or regulations issued thereunder.
The President may direct the Attorney General of the United States to seek appropriate relief, including divestment relief for violations of the prohibition set forth in subsection 1 4581(a) of this title, in the district courts of the United States, in order to implement and enforce this subchapter.
Source credit: (Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title VIII, § 807, as added Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXV, § 8521, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1930.)
- 1950Enacted · Pub. L. 119-60 · 139 Stat. 1930
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