(2) PRELICENSE CHECKS.—A prelicense check
that may be required to establish the identity and
reliability of the recipient of items controlled under
this title, if—
(A) the need for the prelicense check is de-
termined by the Secretary, or by another de-
partment or agency if the request for the
prelicense check is made by such department or
agency;
(B) the request for the prelicense check is
sent by the Secretary within 5 days after the
determination that the prelicense check is re-
quired; and
(C) the analysis of the result of the
prelicense check is completed by the Secretary
within 5 days.
(3) REQUESTS FOR GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERN-
MENT ASSURANCES.—Any request by the Secretary
or another department or agency for government-to-
government assurances of suitable end uses of items
approved for export, when failure to obtain such as-
surances would result in rejection of the application,
if—
(A) the request for such assurances is sent
to the Secretary of State within 5 days after
the determination that the assurances are re-
quired;
(B) the Secretary of State initiates the re-
quest of the relevant government within 10
days thereafter; and
(C) the license is issued within 5 days
after the Secretary receives the requested assur-
ances.
Whenever a prelicense check described in paragraph
(2) and assurances described in this paragraph are
not requested within the time periods set forth
therein, then the time expended for such prelicense
check or assurances shall be included in calculating
the time periods established by this section.
(4) MULTILATERAL REVIEW.—Multilateral re-
view of a license application to the extent that such
multilateral review is required by a relevant multilat-
eral regime.
(5) 
CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Such
time as is required for mandatory congressional noti-
fications under this title.
(6) CONSULTATIONS.—Consultation with other
governments, if such consultation is provided for by
a relevant multilateral regime as a precondition for
approving a license.
(g) APPEALS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish
appropriate procedures for any applicant to appeal
to the Secretary the denial of an export license ap-
plication or other administrative action under this
title.
(2) FILING OF PETITION.—In any case in which
any action prescribed in this section is not taken on
a license application within the time periods estab-
lished by this section (except in the case of a time
period extended under subsection (f) of which the
applicant is notified), the applicant may file a peti-
tion with the Secretary requesting compliance with
the requirements of this section. When such petition
is filed, the Secretary shall take immediate steps to
correct the situation giving rise to the petition and
shall immediately notify the applicant of such steps.
(3) BRINGING COURT ACTION.—If, within 20
days after a petition is filed under paragraph (2),
the processing of the application has not been
brought into conformity with the requirements of
this section, or the application has been brought into
conformity with such requirements but the Secretary
has not so notified the applicant, the applicant may
bring an action in an appropriate United States dis-
trict court for an order requiring compliance with
the time periods required by this section. The Unit-
ed States district courts shall have jurisdiction to
provide such relief, as appropriate.
(h) CLASSIFICATION REQUESTS AND OTHER INQUIR-
IES.—
(1) CLASSIFICATION REQUESTS.—In any case
in which the Secretary receives a written request
asking for the proper classification of an item on the
control index, the Secretary shall, within 14 days
after receiving the request, inform the person mak-
ing the request of the proper classification.
(2) OTHER INQUIRIES.—In any case in which
the Secretary receives a written request for informa-
tion about the applicability of licensing requirements
under this title to a proposed export transaction or
series of transactions, the Secretary shall, within 30
days after receiving the request, reply with that in-
formation to the person making the request.
SEC. 110. VIOLATIONS.
(a) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—
(1) VIOLATIONS BY AN INDIVIDUAL.—Except as
provided in paragraph (3), any individual who know-
ingly violates or conspires to or attempts to violate
any provision of this title or any regulation, license,
or order issued under this title shall be fined not
more than 5 times the value of the exports involved
or $500,000, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not
more than 10 years, or both.
(2) VIOLATIONS BY A PERSON OTHER THAN AN
INDIVIDUAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (3),
any person other than an individual who knowingly
violates or conspires to or attempts to violate any
provision of this title or any regulation, license, or
order issued under this title shall be fined not more
than 10 times the value of the exports involved or
$1,000,000, whichever is greater.
(3) ANTIBOYCOTT VIOLATIONS.—
(A) Any individual who knowingly violates
or conspires to or attempts to violate any regu-
lation or order issued under section 108 shall
be fined, for each violation, not more than 5
times the value of the exports involved or
$250,000, whichever is greater, or imprisoned
not more than 10 years, or both.
(B) Any person other than an individual
who knowingly violates or conspires to or at-
tempts to violate any regulation or order issued
under section 108 shall be fined, for each viola-
tion, not more than 5 times the value of the ex-
ports involved or $500,000, whichever is great-
er.
(b) FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY INTEREST AND PRO-
CEEDS.—
(1) FORFEITURE.—Any person who is convicted
under subsection (a)(1) or (2) shall, in addition to
any other penalty, forfeit to the United States—
(A) any of that person’s interest in, secu-
rity of, claim against, or property or contractual
rights of any kind in the commodities or tan-
gible items that were the subject of the viola-
tion;
(B) any of that person’s interest in, secu-
rity of, claim against, or property or contractual
rights of any kind in tangible property that was
used in the export or attempt to export that
was the subject of the violation; and
(C) any of that person’s property con-
stituting, or derived from, any proceeds ob-
tained directly or indirectly as a result of the
violation.
(2) PROCEDURES.—The procedures in any for-
feiture under this subsection, and the duties and au-
thority of the courts of the United States and the
Attorney General with respect to any forfeiture ac-