Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 55 — Defense Production
§ 4587. Penalties
Statutory text
In general
The regulations issued under section 4581 or 4582 of this title shall provide for the imposition of civil penalties described in subsection (b).
Penalties described
Unlawful acts
It shall be unlawful for a person to violate, attempt to violate, conspire to violate, or cause a violation of any order, regulation, notification requirement, or prohibition issued under this subchapter.
Civil penalty
The Secretary may impose civil penalties on any person who commits an unlawful act described in paragraph (1) in amounts equivalent to amounts provided for under section 206(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705(b)) for violations under that Act.
Divestment
The Secretary may compel the divestment of a covered national security transaction in a prohibited technology determined to be in violation of section 4581(a) of this title or regulations issued thereunder.
Relief
The President may direct the Attorney General of the United States to seek appropriate relief, including divestment relief for violations of the prohibition set forth in subsection 1 4581(a) of this title, in the district courts of the United States, in order to implement and enforce this subchapter.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. Probably should be “section”.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 119–60 div. H title LXXXV § 8521 · 139 Stat. 1930
Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 4587
(Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title VIII, § 807, as added Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXV, § 8521, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1930.)
Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–60 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title VIII, § 807, as added Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXV, § 8521, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1930.)
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is title II of Pub. L. 95–223, , 91 Stat. 1626, which is classified generally to chapter 35 (§ 1701 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1701 of this title and Tables.
Credits
(Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title VIII, § 807, as added Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXV, § 8521, , 139 Stat. 1930.)