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42 U.S. Code § 1437z–1 - Civil money penalties against section 1437f owners | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
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42 U.S. Code § 1437z–1 - Civil money penalties against section 1437f owners
§ 1437z–1.
Civil money penalties against section 1437f owners
(1) Effect on other remedies
(2) Failure of Secretary
(b) Violations of housing assistance payment contracts for which penalty may be imposed
(1) Liable partiesThe Secretary may impose a civil money penalty under this section on—
(2) ViolationsA penalty may be imposed under this section for a knowing and material breach of a housing assistance payments contract, including the following—
(1) EstablishmentThe Secretary shall issue regulations establishing standards and procedures governing the imposition of civil money penalties under subsection (b). These standards and procedures—
may provide for review by the Secretary of any determination or order, or interlocutory ruling, arising from a hearing and judicial review, as provided under subsection (d).
If a hearing is not requested before the expiration of the 15-day period beginning on the date on which the notice of opportunity for hearing is received, the imposition of a penalty under subsection (b) shall constitute a final and unappealable determination.
(B) Effect of review
(C) Failure to review
(3) Factors in determining amount of penaltyIn determining the amount of a penalty under subsection (b), the Secretary shall take into consideration—
(4) Payment of penalty
Judicial review of determinations made under this section shall be carried out in accordance with section 1735f–15(e) of title 12.
(e) Remedies for noncompliance
(1) Judicial intervention
If a person or entity fails to comply with the determination or order of the Secretary imposing a civil money penalty under subsection (b), after the determination or order is no longer subject to review as provided by subsections (c) and (d), the Secretary may request the Attorney General of the United States to bring an action in an appropriate United States district court to obtain a monetary judgment against that person or entity and such other relief as may be available.
(B) Fees and expenses
(2) Nonreviewability of determination or order
(g) Deposit of penalties
(h) DefinitionsIn this section—
(1) the term “agent employed to manage the property that has an identity of interest” means an entity—
(Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, title I, § 29, as added Pub. L. 105–65, title V, § 562(a)(2), Oct. 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 1416.)
Pub. L. 105–65, title V, § 562(b), Oct. 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 1419, provided that:
“The amendments made by subsection (a) [enacting this section and amending section 1437z of this title] shall apply only with respect to—
violations that occur on or after the effective date of final regulations implementing the amendments made by this section; and
in the case of a continuing violation (as determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development), any portion of a violation that occurs on or after such date.”
Pub. L. 105–65, title V, § 562(c), Oct. 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 1419, provided that:
The Secretary shall implement the amendments made by this section [enacting this section and amending section 1437z of this title] by regulation issued after notice and opportunity for public comment.
“(B)Comments sought.—
The notice under subparagraph (A) shall seek comments as to the definitions of the terms ‘ownership interest in’ and ‘effective control’, as such terms are used in the definition of the term ‘agent employed to manage such property that has an identity of interest’.
A proposed rule implementing the amendments made by this section shall be published not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 27, 1997].”