---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 264b.9"
title: "12"
number: "264b.9"
heading: "Enforcement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/264b.9"
---

# §264b.9. Enforcement.

- (a) The Administrative Governor, after consultation with the General Counsel, must report to the Attorney General cases in which there is reason to believe that a Board employee has violated the Act.
- (b) The Attorney General may bring a civil action in any district court of the United States against a Board employee who knowingly solicits or accepts a gift from a foreign government in violation of the Act, or who fails to deposit or report such a gift as required by the Act. The court may assess a maximum penalty of the retail value of a gift improperly solicited or received plus $5,000.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 7342; 12 U.S.C. 248(i).

### Source

Source: 68 FR 68721, Dec. 10, 2003, unless otherwise noted.