There are a number of examples of this in Federal law. I find. for instance. that under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. the civil and criminal penalties are worded so that they say a penalty of not more than $10.000 or a penalty of up to $1.000. and so forth. civil rights laws at the Federal level. again not more than $10.000. In fact. this immigration bill. itself. in one of its sections having to do with unlawful transportation of aliens provides for penalties up to a figure in several instances. So all we have done is to say that. let us leave a little bit of flexibility with the local courts. to provide a range of penalties. a maximum and a minimum. We do this in the case of the first violation. the second. or the third offense it is interesting to notice that the Judiciary Committee in its wisdom provided a penalty of not more than $3.000 per alien.
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