enforcement

enforcement Sec. 203. (a) Section 6(c) of the Export Administration Act of 1969 is amended— (A) by redesignating such section as section 6(c) (1); and (B) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(2) (A) The authority of this Act to suspend or revoke the authority of any United States person to export articles, materials, supplies, or technical data or other information, from the United States, its territories or possessions, may be used with respect to any violation of the rules and regulations issued pursuant to section 4A(a) of this Act. “(B) Any administrative sanction (including any civil penalty or any suspension or revocation of authority to export) imposed under this Act for a violation of the rules and regulations issued pursuant to section 4A(a) of this Act may be imposed only after notice and opportunity for an agency hearing on the record in accordance with sections 554 through 557 of title 5, United States Code. “(C) Any charging letter or other document initiating administrative proceedings for the imposition of sanctions for violations of the rules and regulations issued pursuant to section 4A(a) of this Act shall be made available for public inspection and copying.”. (b) Section 8 of such Act is amended by striking out “The” and inserting in lieu thereof “Except as provided in section 6(c) (2), the”.