[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR719.2]

[Page 182]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 719_ENFORCEMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  719.2  Violations of the Act subject to administrative and criminal 
enforcement proceedings.

    (a) Violations. (1) Refusal to permit entry or inspection. No person 
may willfully fail or refuse to permit entry or inspection, or disrupt, 
delay or otherwise impede an inspection, authorized by the Act.
    (2) Failure to establish or maintain records. No person may 
willfully fail or refuse:
    (i) To establish or maintain any record required by the Act or this 
subchapter; or
    (ii) To submit any report, notice, or other information to the 
United States Government in accordance with the Act or this subchapter; 
or
    (iii) To permit access to or copying of any record that is exempt 
from disclosure under the Act or this subchapter.
    (b) Civil penalties. (1) Civil penalty for refusal to permit entry 
or inspection. Any person that is determined to have willfully failed or 
refused to permit entry or inspection, or to have disrupted, delayed or 
otherwise impeded an authorized inspection, as set forth in paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section, shall pay a civil penalty in an amount not to 
exceed $25,000 for each violation. Each day the violation continues 
constitutes a separate violation.
    (2) Civil penalty for failure to establish or maintain records. Any 
person that is determined to have willfully failed or refused to 
establish or maintain any record or submit any report, notice, or other 
information required by the Act or this subchapter, or to permit access 
to or copying of any record exempt from disclosure under the Act or this 
subchapter as set forth in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, shall pay a 
civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each violation.
    (c) Criminal penalty. Any person that knowingly violates the Act by 
willfully failing or refusing to permit entry or inspection authorized 
by the Act; or by willfully disrupting, delaying or otherwise impeding 
an inspection authorized by the Act; or by willfully failing or refusing 
to establish or maintain any required record, or to submit any required 
report, notice, or other information; or by willfully failing or 
refusing to permit access to or copying of any record exempt from 
disclosure under the Act or CWCR, shall, in addition to or in lieu of 
any civil penalty that may be imposed, be fined under Title 18 of the 
United States Code, be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
    (d) Denial of export privileges. Any person in the United States or 
any U.S. national may be subject to a denial of export privileges after 
notice and opportunity for hearing pursuant to part 720 of this 
subchapter if that person has been convicted under Title 18, section 229 
of the United States Code.