PROHIBITED ACTS.

SEC. 306. PROHIBITED ACTS. (a) Rules.— Section 610(a)(2) of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (as so redesignated by section 306 of this Act) is amended by inserting “or Attorney General” after “Secretary”. (b) Chop Shops.— Section 610 of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (as so redesignated by section 306 of this Act) (15 U.S.C. 2027) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(c) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly own, operate, maintain, or control a chop shop or conduct operations in a chop shop of any kind or transport by any means any passenger motor vehicle or passenger motor vehicle part to or from a chop shop. “(2) The Secretary shall, as appropriate and in consultation with the Attorney General, in the case of any person who violates paragraph (1), commence a civil action for permanent or temporary injunction to restrain such violation or the Secretary shall assess and recover a civil penalty of not more than $100,000 per day for each such violation, or both.”.