PENALTIES.

SEC. 309. PENALTIES. Section 12151(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “A person that violates” and inserting the following: “(1) Civil penalties. Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person that violates” ; (2) by striking “$10,000” and inserting “$15,000”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(2) Activities involving mobile offshore drilling units. A person that violates section 12111(d) or a regulation prescribed under that section is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty in an amount that is $25,000 or twice the charter rate of the vessel involved in the violation (as determined by the Secretary), whichever is greater. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation.” .