Sec. 204. Criminal penalties
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Section 30170 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: A person who violates any of section 30112, 30115, 30117 through 30122, 30123(a), 30125(c), 30127, 30141 through 30147, or 30166, or a regulation prescribed thereunder shall be subject to criminal penalties of— if death of an individual results, a fine under title 18, or imprisonment for any term of years or for life, or both; if serious bodily injury to any individual results, a fine under title 18 or imprisonment for not more than 15 years, or both; and in any other case, a fine under title 18, or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
Any individual director, officer, or agent of a corporation who authorizes, orders, or performs any of the acts or practices constituting in whole or in part a violation of any of the sections described under subsection (a), shall be subject to penalties under this section without regard to any penalties to which that corporation may be subject under subsection (a). In addition to the penalties provided by subsection (a), the penalty for a criminal violation of any of the sections described under subsection
(a)may include a forfeiture of assets associated with the violation. In this section: The term criminal violation means a violation of any of the sections described under subsection
(a)for which the violator is sentenced to pay a fine, be imprisoned, or both. The term serious bodily injury has the meaning given the term in section 1365 of title 18. .