---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 127.10"
title: "22"
number: "127.10"
heading: "Civil penalty."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/127.10"
---

# §127.10. Civil penalty.

- (a)
  - (1) The Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs is authorized to impose a civil penalty, as follows:
    - (i) For each violation of [22 U.S.C. 2778](/usc/22/2778.md), an amount not to exceed the greater of $1,271,078 or the amount that is twice the value of the transaction that is the basis of the violation with respect to which the penalty is imposed;
    - (ii) For each violation of [22 U.S.C. 2779a](/usc/22/2779a.md), an amount not to exceed $1,055.721, or five times the amount of the prohibited incentive payment, whichever is greater; and
    - (iii) For each violation of [22 U.S.C. 2780](/usc/22/2780.md), an amount not to exceed $1,256,607.
  - (2) The civil penalty may be either in addition to, or in lieu of, any other liability or penalty which may be imposed.
- (b) The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls may make:
  - (1) The payment of a civil penalty under this section or
  - (2) The completion of any administrative action pursuant to this part 127 or 128 of this subchapter a prior condition for the issuance, restoration, or continuing validity of any export license or other approval.

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 39316, July 22, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 67276, Dec. 24, 1997; 71 FR 20550, Apr. 21, 2006; 77 FR 16642, Mar. 21, 2012; 81 FR 36793, June 8, 2016; 82 FR 3170, Jan. 11, 2017; 83 FR 237, Jan. 3, 2018; 83 FR 2738, Jan. 19, 2018; 84 FR 9959, Mar. 19, 2019; 85 FR 2022, Jan. 14, 2020; 86 FR 7807, Feb. 2, 2021; 87 FR 1074, Jan. 10, 2022; 88 FR 1507, Jan. 11, 2023; 89 FR 702, Jan. 5, 2024; 90 FR 1868, Jan. 10, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: Sections 2, 38, and 42, Pub. L. 90-629, 90 Stat. 744 (22 U.S.C. 2752, 2778, 2791); 22 U.S.C. 401; 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 22 U.S.C. 2779a; 22 U.S.C. 2780; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129; Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 584.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 39316, July 22, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[58 FR 39316, July 22, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 67276, Dec. 24, 1997; 71 FR 20550, Apr. 21, 2006; 77 FR 16642, Mar. 21, 2012; 81 FR 36793, June 8, 2016; 82 FR 3170, Jan. 11, 2017; 83 FR 237, Jan. 3, 2018; 83 FR 2738, Jan. 19, 2018; 84 FR 9959, Mar. 19, 2019; 85 FR 2022, Jan. 14, 2020; 86 FR 7807, Feb. 2, 2021; 87 FR 1074, Jan. 10, 2022; 88 FR 1507, Jan. 11, 2023; 89 FR 702, Jan. 5, 2024; 90 FR 1868, Jan. 10, 2025]