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15 U.S.C. 2069: Civil penalties
Created in 1972 by Public Law 92-573. Changed by 5 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
3 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Consumer Product Safety Commission (3).
- past change
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
2008
- Pub. L. 110–314, §217(a)(1)(A), (B), substituted "$100,000" for "$5,000" and substituted "$15,000,000" for "$1,250,000" in two places. Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 110–314, §217(a)(1)(C), which directed amendment of subsec. (a)(1) by substituting "December 1, 2011," for "December 1, 1994," in par. (3)(B), was executed by making the substitution in subsec. (a)(3)(B) to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 110–314, §217(b)(1)(A)(i), inserted "the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation, including" after "shall consider", substituted "products distributed," for "products distributed, and", and inserted ", including how to mitigate undue adverse economic impacts… Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 110–314, §217(b)(1)(A)(ii)(II), inserted ", and such other factors as appropriate" after "products distributed". Law text · (c)
- Pub. L. 110–314, §217(b)(1)(A)(ii)(I), which directed amendment of subsec. (c) by inserting ", including how to mitigate undue adverse economic impacts on small businesses, the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation, including" after "person charged", was executed by making the… Law text · (c)
1990
- Pub. L. 101–608, §§112(e), 115(a)(1), (2), substituted "$5,000" for "$2,000", and "(10), or (11)" for "or (10)", and substituted "$1,250,000" for "$500,000" in two places. · (a)
- Pub. L. 101–608, §115(a)(3), added par. (3). · (a)
1981
- Pub. L. 97–35 added subsec. (b), redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c), substituted "the Commission shall consider the appropriateness of such penalty to the size of the business of the person charged, the nature of the product defect, the severity of the risk of injury, the o… · (b), (c), (d)
1978
- Pub. L. 95–631 made violation of section 2068(a)(10) of this title a separate offense. · (a)
1976
- Pub. L. 94–284 inserted reference to pars. (8) and (9). · (a)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.