Pub. L. 117-243, sec. 4 (as amended)
PENALTIES.
SEC. 4. PENALTIES.
(a) Civil Penalties.—Section 4(a)(1) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(1)) is amended—
(1) by inserting “(e),” after “(d),”; and
(2) by inserting “, (e),” after “subsection (d)”.
(b) Criminal Penalties.—Section 4(d) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting “(e),” after “(d),”;
(2) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting “(e),” after “(d),”;
(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting “(e),” after “(d),”; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
“(4) Any person who knowingly violates section 3(e) shall be fined not more than $20,000, or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. Each violation shall be a separate offense and the offense is deemed to have been committed in the district where the violation first occurred, and in any district in which the defendant may have taken or been in possession of the prohibited wildlife species.”
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