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is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(3) The Secretary may pay the travel expenses of a
military officer of a developing country involved in coali-
tion operations while temporarily assigned to the head-
quarters of a combatant command, component command,
or subordinate operational command for the mission-related
roundtrip travel of such officer, upon the direction of the
commander of such command, from such headquarters to
one or more locations specified by the commander of such
command if such travel is determined to be in support of
United States national interests.’’.
(b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PAY TRAVEL EX-
PENSES.—Subsection (e) of such section is amended by
striking ‘‘September 30, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘September
30, 2009’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on October, 1, 2005.
SEC. 1205. PROHIBITION ON ENGAGING IN CERTAIN TRANS-
ACTIONS.
(a) APPLICATION OF IEEPA PROHIBITIONS TO THOSE
ATTEMPTING TO EVADE OR AVOID THE PROHIBITIONS.—
Section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘PENALTIES
‘‘SEC. 206. (a) It shall be unlawful for—
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‘‘(1) a person to violate or attempt to violate any
license, order, regulation, or prohibition issued under
this title;
‘‘(2) a person subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States to take any action to evade or avoid,
or attempt to evade or avoid, a license, order, regula-
tion, or prohibition issued this title; or
‘‘(3) a person subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States to approve, facilitate, or provide fi-
nancing for any action, regardless of who initiates or
completes the action, if it would be unlawful for such
person to initiate or complete the action.
‘‘(b) A civil penalty of not to exceed $250,000 may be
imposed on any person who commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a).
‘‘(c) A person who willfully commits, or willfully at-
tempts to commit, an unlawful act described in paragraph
(1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) shall, upon conviction, be
fined not more than $500,000, or a natural person, may
be imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both; and any
officer, director, or agent of any person who knowingly par-
ticipates, or attempts to participate, in such unlawful act
may be punished by a like fine, imprisonment, or both.’’.
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(b) PRODUCTION OF RECORDS.—Section 203(a)(2) of
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1702(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) In exercising the authorities granted by
paragraph (1), the President may require any person
to keep a full record of, and to furnish under oath,
in the form of reports, testimony, answers to ques-
tions, or otherwise, complete information relative to
any act or transaction referred to in paragraph (1),
either before, during, or after the completion thereof,
or relative to any interest in foreign property, or rel-
ative to any property in which any foreign country
or any national thereof has or has had any interest,
or as may be otherwise necessary to enforce the provi-
sions of such paragraph. The President may require
by subpoena or otherwise the production under oath
by any person of all such information, reports, testi-
mony, or answers to questions, as well as the produc-
tion of any required books of accounts, records, con-
tracts, letters, memoranda, or other papers, in the
custody or control of any person. The subpoena or
other requirement, in the case of contumacy or refusal
to obey, shall be enforceable by order of any appro-
priate United States district court.’’.