Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73not60
§229A Penalties
Title 18 › Part I— CRIMES › Chapter 11B— CHEMICAL WEAPONS › § 229A
Summary
Anyone who breaks that law may be fined, sent to jail for any number of years, or both. If their actions cause someone’s death, they may be punished by death or life in prison. The Attorney General can sue and seek up to $100,000 for each violation. That civil penalty does not stop other criminal or civil actions. A court must also make convicted people repay the United States for costs tied to seized property, and each person can be held responsible for the full amount.
Full Legal Text
Title 18, §229A
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(a)(1)Any person who violates section 229 of this title shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years, or both.
(2)Any person who violates section 229 of this title and by whose action the death of another person is the result shall be punished by death or imprisoned for life.
(b)(1)The Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court against any person who violates section 229 of this title and, upon proof of such violation by a preponderance of the evidence, such person shall be subject to pay a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $100,000 for each such violation.
(2)The imposition of a civil penalty under this subsection does not preclude any other criminal or civil statutory, common law, or administrative remedy, which is available by law to the United States or any other person.
(c)The court shall order any person convicted of an offense under subsection (a) to reimburse the United States for any expenses incurred by the United States incident to the seizure, storage, handling, transportation, and destruction or other disposition of any property that was seized in connection with an investigation of the commission of the offense by that person. A person ordered to reimburse the United States for expenses under this subsection shall be jointly and severally liable for such expenses with each other person, if any, who is ordered under this subsection to reimburse the United States for the same expenses.
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18 U.S.C. § 229A
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60