Sec. 7102. Authority to impose civil money penalties
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Section 8 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended ( 22 U.S.C. 618 ), is amended by inserting after subsection
(c)the following: A person who fails to file timely, or to complete, a registration statement in accordance with section 2(a) shall be subject to a civil money penalty of not more than $10,000 per violation. A person who fails to file timely, or to complete, any supplement in accordance with section 2(b) shall be subject to a civil money penalty of not more than $1,000 per violation. In this paragraph, the term covered person means a person that knowingly fails— to remedy a defective filing by the date that is 60 days after the date of receipt of a notice from the Attorney General describing the defect; or to comply with any other applicable provision of this Act. On proof, by a preponderance of the evidence, of a knowing failure described in subparagraph (A), the applicable covered person shall be subject to a civil money penalty of not more than $200,000, as determined based on the extent and gravity of the failure. A civil money penalty under paragraph (1), (2), or
(3)may not be paid, directly or indirectly, by a foreign principal. All civil money penalties collected under this subsection shall be used to pay the costs of the enforcement unit established under subsection (i)(1). . The amendment made by subsection
(a)shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
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Authority to impose civil money penalties
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