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15 U.S.C. § 6617

Suspension of penalties for certain year 2000 failures by small business concerns

United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective

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15 U.S.C. § 6617, Suspension of penalties for certain year 2000 failures by small business concerns, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/442237
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In this section— Not later than 30 days after July 20, 1999, each agency shall— Subject to subsections (d) and (e), no agency shall impose any civil money penalty on a small business concern for a first-time violation. An agency shall provide a waiver of civil money penalties for a first-time violation, provided that a small business concern demonstrates, and the agency determines, that— An agency may impose civil money penalties authorized under Federal law on a small business concern for a first-time violation if— This section shall not apply to first-time violations caused by a Y2K failure occurring after December 31, 2000.

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