49 U.S.C. § 70115 : US Code - Section 70115: Enforcement and penalty

Search 49 U.S.C. § 70115 : US Code - Section 70115: Enforcement and penalty

(a) Prohibitions. - A person may not violate this chapter, a
regulation prescribed under this chapter, or any term of a license
issued or transferred under this chapter.
(b) General Authority. - (1) In carrying out this chapter, the
Secretary of Transportation may -
(A) conduct investigations and inquiries;
(B) administer oaths;
(C) take affidavits; and
(D) under lawful process -
(i) enter at a reasonable time a launch site, reentry site,
production facility, assembly site of a launch vehicle or
reentry vehicle, crew or space flight participant training
site, or site at which a payload is integrated with a launch
vehicle or reentry vehicle to inspect an object to which this
chapter applies or a record or report the Secretary requires be
made or kept under this chapter; and
(ii) seize the object, record, or report when there is
probable cause to believe the object, record, or report was
used, is being used, or likely will be used in violation of
this chapter.
(2) The Secretary may delegate a duty or power under this chapter
related to enforcement to an officer or employee of another
executive agency with the consent of the head of the agency.
(c) Civil Penalty. - (1) After notice and an opportunity for a
hearing on the record, a person the Secretary finds to have
violated subsection (a) of this section is liable to the United
States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $100,000. A
separate violation occurs for each day the violation continues.
(2) In conducting a hearing under paragraph (1) of this
subsection, the Secretary may -
(A) subpena witnesses and records; and
(B) enforce a subpena in an appropriate district court of the
United States.
(3) The Secretary shall impose the civil penalty by written
notice. The Secretary may compromise or remit a penalty imposed, or
that may be imposed, under this section.
(4) The Secretary shall recover a civil penalty not paid after
the penalty is final or after a court enters a final judgment for
the Secretary.