Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

29 U.S.C. § 1131

Criminal penalties

(a)
Any person who willfully violates any provision of part 1 of this subtitle, or any regulation or order issued under any such provision, shall upon conviction be fined not more than $100,000 or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both; except that in the case of such violation by a person not an individual, the fine imposed upon such person shall be a fine not exceeding $500,000.
(b)
section 1149 of this title Any person that violates shall upon conviction be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined under title 18, or both.

Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 50188 Stat. 891Pub. L. 107–204, title IX, § 904116 Stat. 805Pub. L. 111–148, title VI, § 6601(b)124 Stat. 779(, , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 111–1482010— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Pub. L. 107–2042002— substituted “$100,000” for “$5,000”, “10 years” for “one year”, and “$500,000” for “$100,000”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Regulations

section 1031 of this titleSecretary authorized, effective , to promulgate regulations wherever provisions of this subchapter call for the promulgation of regulations, see .