---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 3805"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "3805"
heading: "Civil penalties"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/3805"
units:
  - "Chapter 69 — Swine Health Protection"
---

# §3805. Civil penalties

- (a) **Assessment by Secretary—** Any [person](/usc/7/3802.md?p=3) who the [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1) determines, after notice and opportunity for a hearing on the record in accordance with sections [554](/usc/5/554.md) and [556](/usc/5/556.md) of title 5, is violating or has violated any provision of this chapter or any regulation of the [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1) issued hereunder, other than a violation for which a criminal penalty has been imposed under this chapter, may be assessed a civil penalty by the [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1) of not more than $10,000 for each such violation. Each offense shall be a separate violation. The amount of such civil penalty shall be assessed by the [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1) by written [order](/usc/7/2902.md?p=10), taking into account the gravity of the violation, degree of culpability, and history of prior offenses; and may be reviewed only as provided in [subsection (b)](#b) of this section.
- (b) **Judicial review—** The determination and [order](/usc/7/2902.md?p=10) of the [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1) with respect thereto imposing a civil penalty under this section shall be final and conclusive unless the [person](/usc/7/3802.md?p=3) against whom such an [order](/usc/7/2902.md?p=10) is issued files application for judicial review within sixty days after entry of such [order](/usc/7/2902.md?p=10) in the appropriate [United States](/usc/7/6402.md?p=8) court of appeals in accordance with the provisions of sections [2341](/usc/28/2341.md), [2343 through 2350](/usc/28/2343..2350.md) of title 28, and such court shall have jurisdiction to enjoin, set aside, suspend (in whole or in part), or to determine the validity of the [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1)’s [order](/usc/7/2902.md?p=10). Judicial review of any such [order](/usc/7/2902.md?p=10) shall be upon the record upon which the determination and [order](/usc/7/2902.md?p=10) are based.
- (c) **Collection action by Attorney General—** If any [person](/usc/7/3802.md?p=3) fails to pay a civil penalty under a final [order](/usc/7/2902.md?p=10) of the [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1), the [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1) shall refer the matter to the Attorney General, who shall [institute](/usc/7/4531.md?p=6) a civil action to recover the amount assessed in any appropriate district court of the [United States](/usc/7/6402.md?p=8). In such collection action, the validity and appropriateness of the [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1)’s [order](/usc/7/2902.md?p=10) imposing the civil penalty shall not be subject to review.
- (d) **Payment into United States Treasury—** All penalties collected under [authority](/usc/7/2009aa.md?p=1) of this section shall be paid into the Treasury of the [United States](/usc/7/6402.md?p=8).
- (e) **Compromise, modification, or remittance—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/3802.md?p=1) may, in his discretion, compromise, modify, or remit, with or without conditions, any civil penalty assessed under this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–468, § 6, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2231.)