106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5239

AN ACT

To provide for increased penalties for violations of

the Export Administration Act of 1979, and forother purposes.

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5239

AN ACT

To provide for increased penalties for violations of the Export

Administration Act of 1979, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Export Administration

3 Modification and Clarification Act of 2000’’.

4 SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF THE EXPORT CONTROL REGU5 LATIONS UNDER IEEPA.

6 To the extent that the President exercises the au7 thorities of the International Emergency Economic Pow8 ers Act to carry out the provisions of the Export Adminis9 tration Act of 1979 in order to continue in full force and

10 effect the export control system maintained by the Export

11 Administration Regulations issued under that Act, includ12 ing regulations issued under section 8 of that Act, the fol13 lowing shall apply:

14 (1)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the pen15 alties for violations of the regulations continued pur16 suant to the International Emergency Economic

17 Powers Act shall be the same as the penalties for

18 violations under section 11 of the Export Adminis19 tration Act of 1979, as if that section were

20 amended—

21 (i) by amending subsection (a) to read as

22 follows:

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection

24 (b), whoever knowingly violates or conspires to or attempts

25 to violate any provision of this Act or any license, order,

26 or regulation issued under this Act—
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1 ‘‘(1) except in the case of an individual, shall be

2 fined not more than $500,000 or 5 times the value

3 of any exports involved, whichever is greater; and

4 ‘‘(2) in the case of an individual, shall be fined

5 not more than $250,000 or 5 times the value of any

6 exports involved, whichever is greater, or imprisoned

7 not more than 5 years, or both.’’;

8 (ii) in subsection (b)—

9 (I) in paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A),

10 by striking ‘‘five times’’ and inserting ‘‘10

11 times’’;

12 (II) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking

13 ‘‘$250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’;

14 and

15 (III) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking

16 ‘‘$250,000, or imprisoned not more than 5

17 years’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000, or impris18 oned not more than 10 years’’;

19 (iii) in subsection (c)(1)—

20 (I) by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘$250,000’’; and

22 (II) by striking ‘‘except that the civil

23 penalty’’ and all that follows through the

24 end of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘except

25 that the civil penalty for a violation of the
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1 regulations issued pursuant to section 8

2 may not exceed $50,000.’’; and

3 (iv) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘or

4 section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22

5 U.S.C. 2778)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 38 of the

6 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778),

7 section 16 of the Trading with the enemy Act

8 (50 U.S.C. 16), or, to the extent the violation

9 involves the export of goods or technology con10 trolled under this or any other Act or defense

11 articles or defense services controlled under the

12 Arms Export Control Act, section 371 of title

13 18, United States Code,’’.

14 (B) The penalties in effect on the day before

15 the date of the enactment of this Act for violations

16 of the Export Administration Regulations, as contin17 ued in effect under the International Emergency

18 Economic Powers Act, shall continue to apply in the

19 case of any penalty assessed for, or violations based

20 on, voluntary disclosures of information made by a

21 person before such date of enactment.

22 (2) The authorities set forth in section 12(a) of

23 the Export Administration Act of 1979 may be exer24 cised in carrying out the regulations continued pur-
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1 suant to the International Emergency Economic

2 Powers Act.

3 (3) The provisions of sections 12(c) and 13 of

4 the Export Administration Act of 1979 shall apply

5 in carrying out the regulations continued pursuant

6 to the International Emergency Economic Powers

7 Act.

8 (4) The continuation of the provisions of the

9 Export Administration Regulations pursuant to the

10 International Emergency Economic Powers Act shall

11 not be construed as not having satisfied the require12 ments of that Act.

13 SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.

14 Paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 2 shall be ap15 plied as if enacted on August 20, 1994.

16 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

17 There are authorized to be appropriated to the De18 partment of Commerce to carry out the Export Adminis19 tration Act of 1979, as continued in effect under the Inter-
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1 national Emergency Economic Powers Act, $72,000,000

2 for fiscal year 2001.

Passed the House of Representatives September 25,

2000.

Attest:

Clerk.