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16 U.S.C. § 825n — Forfeiture for violations; recovery; applicability
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**(a) Forfeiture** Any licensee or public utility which willfully fails, within the time prescribed by the Commission, to comply with any order of the Commission, to file any report required under this chapter or any rule or regulation of the Commission thereunder, to submit any information or document required by the Commission in the course of an investigation conducted under this chapter, or to appear by an officer or agent at any hearing or investigation in response to a subpena issued under this chapter, shall forfeit to the United States an amount not exceeding $1,000 to be fixed by the Commission after notice and opportunity for hearing. The imposition or payment of any such forfeiture shall not bar or affect any penalty prescribed in this chapter but such forfeiture shall be in addition to any such penalty.
**(b) Recovery** The forfeitures provided for in this chapter shall be payable into the Treasury of the United States and shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the United States, brought in the district where the person is an inhabitant or has his principal place of business, or if a licensee or public utility, in any district in which such licensee or public utility transacts business. It shall be the duty of the various United States attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures under this chapter. The costs and expenses of such prosecution shall be paid from the appropriations for the expenses of the courts of the United States.
**(c) Applicability** This section shall not apply in the case of any provision of section 824j, 824k, 824l, or 824m of this title or any rule or order issued under any such provision.
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**(a) Forfeiture** Any licensee or public utility which willfully fails, within the time prescribed by the Commission, to comply with any order of the Commission, to file any report required under this chapter or any rule or regulation of the Commission thereunder, to submit any information or document required by the Commission in the course of an investigation conducted under this chapter, or to appear by an officer or agent at any hearing or investigation in response to a subpena issued under this chapter, shall forfeit to the United States an amount not exceeding $1,000 to be fixed by the Commission after notice and opportunity for hearing. The imposition or payment of any such forfeiture shall not bar or affect any penalty prescribed in this chapter but such forfeiture shall be in addition to any such penalty.
**(b) Recovery** The forfeitures provided for in this chapter shall be payable into the Treasury of the United States and shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the United States, brought in the district where the person is an inhabitant or has his principal place of business, or if a licensee or public utility, in any district in which such licensee or public utility transacts business. It shall be the duty of the various United States attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures under this chapter. The costs and expenses of such prosecution shall be paid from the appropriations for the expenses of the courts of the United States.
**(c) Applicability** This section shall not apply in the case of any provision of section 824j, 824k, 824l, or 824m of this title or any rule or order issued under any such provision.
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**(a)** The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a United States attorney for each judicial district.
**(b)** Each United States attorney shall be appointed for a term of four years. On the expiration of his term, a United States attorney shall continue to perform the duties of his office until his successor is appointed and qualifies.
**(c)** Each United States attorney is subject to removal by the President.
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The words defined in this section shall have the following meanings for purposes of this chapter, to wit:
(1) “public lands” means such lands and interest in lands owned by the United States as are subject to private appropriation and disposal under public land laws. It shall not include “reservations”, as hereinafter defined;
(2) “reservations” means national forests, tribal lands embraced within Indian reservations, military reservations, and other lands and interests in lands owned by the United States, and withdrawn, reserved, or withheld from private appropriation and disposal under the public land laws; also lands and interests in lands acquired and held for any public purposes; but shall not include national monuments or national parks;
(3) “corporation” means any corporation, joint-stock company, partnership, association, business trust, organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not, or a receiver or receivers, trustee or trustees of any of the foregoing. It shall not include “municipalities” as hereinafter defined;
(4) “person” means an individual or a corporation;
(5) “licensee” means any person, State, or municipality licensed under the provisions of [section 797 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section797&num=0&edition=prelim), and any assignee or successor in interest thereof;
(6) “State” means a State admitted to the Union, the District of Columbia, and any organized Territory of the United States;
(7) “municipality” means a city, county, irrigation district, drainage district, or other political subdivision or agency of a State competent under the laws thereof to carry on the business of developing, transmitting, utilizing, or distributing power;
(8) “navigable waters” means those parts
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 825o
§ 825n. Forfeiture for violations; recovery; appli-
cability
(a) Forfeiture
Any licensee or public utility which willfully
fails, within the time prescribed by the Commis-
sion, to comply with any order of the Commis-
sion, to file any report required under this chap-
ter or any rule or regulation of the Commission
thereunder, to submit any information or docu-
ment required by the Commission in the course
of an investigation conducted under this chap-
ter, or to appear by an officer or agent at any
hearing or investigation in response to a sub-
pena issued under this chapter, shall forfeit to
the United States an amount not exceeding
$1,000 to be fixed by the Commission after notice
and opportunity for hearing. The imposition or
payment of any such forfeiture shall not bar or
affect any penalty prescribed in this chapter but
such forfeiture shall be in addition to any such
penalty.
(b) Recovery
The forfeitures provided for in this chapter
shall be payable into the Treasury of the United
States and shall be recoverable in a civil suit in
the name of the United States, brought in the
district where the person is an inhabitant or has
his principal place of business, or if a licensee or
public utility, in any district in which such li-
censee or public utility transacts business. It
shall be the duty of the various United States
attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney
General of the United States, to prosecute for
the recovery of forfeitures under this chapter.
The costs and expenses of such prosecution shall
be paid from the appropriations for the expenses
of the courts of the United States.
(c) Applicability
This section shall not apply in the case of any
provision of section 824j, 824k, 824l,
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