16 U.S.C. § 825n : US Code - Section 825N: Forfeiture for violations; recovery; applicability

Search 16 U.S.C. § 825n : US Code - Section 825N: Forfeiture for violations; recovery; applicability

(a) Forfeiture
Any licensee or public utility which willfully fails, within the
time prescribed by the Commission, to comply with any order of the
Commission, to file any report required under this chapter or any
rule or regulation of the Commission thereunder, to submit any
information or document required by the Commission in the course of
an investigation conducted under this chapter, or to appear by an
officer or agent at any hearing or investigation in response to a
subpena issued under this chapter, shall forfeit to the United
States an amount not exceeding $1,000 to be fixed by the Commission
after notice and opportunity for hearing. The imposition or payment
of any such forfeiture shall not bar or affect any penalty
prescribed in this chapter but such forfeiture shall be in addition
to any such penalty.
(b) Recovery
The forfeitures provided for in this chapter shall be payable
into the Treasury of the United States and shall be recoverable in
a civil suit in the name of the United States, brought in the
district where the person is an inhabitant or has his principal
place of business, or if a licensee or public utility, in any
district in which such licensee or public utility transacts
business. It shall be the duty of the various United States
attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General of the
United States, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures under
this chapter. The costs and expenses of such prosecution shall be
paid from the appropriations for the expenses of the courts of the
United States.
(c) Applicability
This section shall not apply in the case of any provision of
section 824j, 824k, 824l, or 824m of this title or any rule or
order issued under any such provision.