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119th CONGRESS
2d Session |
To provide for a ten-year statute of limitations for export control violations under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.
Mr. Husted (for himself and Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To provide for a ten-year statute of limitations for export control violations under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Ten-year statute of limitations for export control violations.
Section 1760 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4819) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(1) TIME FOR COMMENCING PROCEEDINGS.—
“(A) IN GENERAL.—An action, suit, or proceeding for the enforcement of any civil fine, penalty, or forfeiture, pecuniary or otherwise, under this section shall not be entertained if commenced later than 10 years after the date of the violation upon which the civil fine, penalty, or forfeiture is based.
“(B) COMMENCEMENT.—For purposes of this paragraph, the commencement of an action, suit, or proceeding includes the issuance of a charging letter.
“(2) TIME FOR INDICTMENT.—No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense under subsection (a) unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within 10 years after the latest date of the violation upon which the indictment or information is based.”.