{"identifier":"/us/usc/t2/s1606","title":2,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1606.","heading":"Penalties","text":"\u00a7\u202f1606.\nPenalties\n(a)\nCivil penalty\nWhoever knowingly fails to\u2014\n(1) remedy a defective filing within 60 days after notice of such a defect by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives; or\n(2) comply with any other provision of this chapter;\nshall, upon proof of such knowing violation by a preponderance of the evidence, be subject to a civil fine of not more than $200,000, depending on the extent and gravity of the violation.\n(b)\nCriminal penalty\nWhoever knowingly and corruptly fails to comply with any provision of this chapter shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years or fined under title 18, or both.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t2/s1606.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t2/s1606","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1606."},{"t":"heading","text":"Penalties"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t2/s1606/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Civil penalty"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Whoever knowingly fails to\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t2/s1606/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" remedy a defective filing within 60 days after notice of such a defect by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t2/s1606/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" comply with any other provision of this chapter;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"shall, upon proof of such knowing violation by a preponderance of the evidence, be subject to a civil fine of not more than $200,000, depending on the extent and gravity of the violation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t2/s1606/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Criminal penalty"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Whoever knowingly and corruptly fails to comply with any provision of this chapter shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years or fined under title 18, or both.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}