Reporting Violations & Non Compliance
All TAMUK employees and affiliates have the responsibility to report suspected violations. Suspected violations should be reported to the TAMUK Empowered Official, or via the Risk, Fraud, and Misconduct Hotline. There are severe institutional and individual sanctions for violations of export control regulations, including loss of export privileges, criminal and civil penalties, and loss of research funding.
Texas A&M University—Kingsville Export Controls Empowered Official:
- Dr. James Palmer, Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs
- Designation of Export Controls Empowered Official Memo
- exportcontrols@tamuk.edu
- Risk, Fraud & Misconduct Hotline
- TAMUK-107: Non-Compliant Explanation Form
Penalties for Noncompliance
Export control issues may arise on many fronts, and non-compliance with the statutory and regulatory requirements carry heavy penalties, both civil and criminal. It is incumbent upon everyone to learn how to recognize export control issues when they arise in our daily work and to be knowledgeable of the resources available on campus to deal with them.
Important Note: Unlike other situations in which the university might accept liability and protect its employees, in this case, individuals are criminally liable for personally violating the ITAR/EAR/OFAC export controls or embargoes.
- ITAR Penalties
- Criminal: up to $1 million per violation and up to 20 years in prison
- Civil: seizure and forfeiture of articles, revocation of exporting privileges, fines up to $500,000 per violation
- EAR Penalties
- Criminal: $50,000 to $1 million or five times the value of export, whichever is greater, per violation, up to 20 years in prison
- Civil: loss of export privileges, fines of $10,000 to $120,000 per violation
- OFAC Penalties
- Criminal: up to $1 million and 10 years in prison
- Civil: $12,000 to $55,000 per violation
Laws, Regulations, Policies, Rules, and Procedures
- Federal
- Texas A&M University System
- Texas A&M University—Kingsville