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

16 U.S.C. § 825o

Penalties for violations; applicability of section

(a)

Statutory violations

Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes or suffers to be done any act, matter, or thing in this chapter prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who willfully and knowingly omits or fails to do any act, matter, or thing in this chapter required to be done, or willfully and knowingly causes or suffers such omission or failure, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.

(b)

Rules violations

Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any rule, regulation, restriction, condition, or order made or imposed by the Commission under authority of this chapter, or any rule or regulation imposed by the Secretary of the Army under authority of subchapter I of this chapter shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, be punished upon conviction thereof by a fine of not exceeding $25,000 for each and every day during which such offense occurs.

June 10, 1920, ch. 285Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 68749 Stat. 862July 26, 1947, ch. 34361 Stat. 501Pub. L. 102–486, title VII, § 725(a)106 Stat. 2920Pub. L. 109–58, title XII, § 1284(d)119 Stat. 980(, pt. III, § 316, as added , title II, § 213, ; amended , title II, § 205(a), ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 109–58, § 1284(d)(1)2005—Subsec. (a). , substituted “$1,000,000” for “$5,000” and “5 years” for “two years”.

Pub. L. 109–58, § 1284(d)(2)Subsec. (b). , substituted “$25,000” for “$500”.

Pub. L. 109–58, § 1284(d)(3)lSubsec. (c). , struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: “This subsection shall not apply in the case of any provision of section 824j, 824k, 824, or 824m of this title or any rule or order issued under any such provision.”

Pub. L. 102–4861992—Subsec. (c). added subsec. (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II61 Stat. 501act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 641Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of , . Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , . Section 1 of act , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.

State Authorities; Construction

Pub. L. 102–486section 731 of Pub. L. 102–486section 796 of this titleNothing in amendment by to be construed as affecting or intending to affect, or in any way to interfere with, authority of any State or local government relating to environmental protection or siting of facilities, see , set out as a note under .