{"identifier":"/us/usc/t7/s1638b","title":7,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1638b.","heading":"Enforcement","text":"\u00a7\u202f1638b.\nEnforcement\n(a)\nWarnings\nIf the Secretary determines that a retailer or person engaged in the business of supplying a covered commodity to a retailer is in violation of\n(1) notify the retailer\n1\n1 So in original. Probably should be \u201cretailer or person\u201d.\n(2) provide the retailer\n1\n1\n1\nsection 1638a of this title\n(b)\nFines\nIf, on completion of the 30-day period described in subsection (a)(2), the Secretary determines that the retailer or person engaged in the business of supplying a covered commodity to a retailer has\u2014\n(1) not made a good faith effort to comply with\nsection 1638a of this title\n(2) continues to willfully violate\nsection 1638a of this title\nafter providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing before the Secretary with respect to the violation, the Secretary may fine the retailer or person in an amount of not more than $1,000 for each violation.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t7/s1638b.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s1638b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1638b."},{"t":"heading","text":"Enforcement"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s1638b/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Warnings"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"If the Secretary determines that a retailer or person engaged in the business of supplying a covered commodity to a retailer is in violation of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1638a of this title","href":"/us/usc/t7/s1638a","tail":", the Secretary shall\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s1638b/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" notify the retailer\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be \u201cretailer or person\u201d."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be \u201cretailer or person\u201d.","tail":" of the determination of the Secretary; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s1638b/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" provide the retailer\u202f","children":[{"t":"text","text":"1","tail":" a 30-day period, beginning on the date on which the retailer\u202f"},{"t":"text","text":"1","tail":" receives the notice under paragraph (1) from the Secretary, during which the retailer\u202f"},{"t":"text","text":"1","tail":" may take necessary steps to comply with "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 1638a of this title","href":"/us/usc/t7/s1638a","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t7/s1638b/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Fines"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"If, on completion of the 30-day period described in subsection (a)(2), the Secretary determines that the retailer or person engaged in the business of supplying a covered commodity to a retailer has\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s1638b/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" not made a good faith effort to comply with ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1638a of this title","href":"/us/usc/t7/s1638a","tail":", and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t7/s1638b/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" continues to willfully violate ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1638a of this title","href":"/us/usc/t7/s1638a","tail":" with respect to the violation about which the retailer or person received notification under subsection (a)(1),"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing before the Secretary with respect to the violation, the Secretary may fine the retailer or person in an amount of not more than $1,000 for each violation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}