Chapter XCVI: Section 3: That, with a view to securing reciprocal trade with

the German Government and its nationals, and for this purpose,
it is hereby provided that unless within forty-five days from
the date when this resolution becomes effective the German
Government shall duly notify the President of the United States
that it has declared a termination of the war with the United
States and that it waives and renounces on behalf of itself and
its nationals any claim, demand, right or benefit against the
United States, or its nationals, that it or they would not have
the right to assert had the United States ratified the Treaty
of Versailles, the President of the United States shall have
the power, and it shall be his duty, to proclaim the fact that
the German Government has not given the notification
hereinbefore mentioned, and thereupon, and until the President
shall have proclaimed the receipt of such notification,
commercial intercourse between the United States and Germany
and the making of loans or credits, and the furnishing of
financial assistance or supplies to the German Government or
the inhabitants of Germany, directly or indirectly, by the
Government or the inhabitants of the United States, shall,
except with the license of the President, be prohibited.

Section 4--That whoever shall willfully violate the foregoing
prohibition, whenever the same shall be in force, shall upon
conviction be fined not more than $10,000, or, if a natural
person, imprisoned for not more than two years, or both; and
the officer, director or agent of any corporation who knowingly
participates in such violation shall be punished by a like
fine, imprisonment, or both, and any property, funds,
securities, papers, or other articles or documents, or any
vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, furniture, and
equipment, concerned in such violation, shall be forfeited to
the United States.