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title: "22 U.S.C. § 8141"
description: "Recordkeeping violations"
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title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
chapter_number: "88"
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY—UNITED STATES ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION"
section: "8141"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 8141"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 8141 - Recordkeeping violations

## Text

It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to fail or refuse—

(1) to establish or maintain any record required by any regulation prescribed under this chapter;

(2) to submit any report, notice, or other information to the United States Government in accordance with any regulation prescribed under this chapter; or

(3) to permit access to or copying of any record by the United States Government in accordance with any regulation prescribed under this chapter.

(Pub. L. 109–401, title II, § 241, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2747.)