42 U.S.C. § 17302 — Prohibition on false information

submitted 19 years ago by Pub. L. 110-140 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 91 words · no verdicts yet

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No one may knowingly or carelessly report false or misleading information about the wholesale price of crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates to a federal agency, if the report was legally required and meant to skew the agency's market data. This law makes that kind of dishonest reporting illegal.

It is against the law for anyone to report information about the wholesale price of crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates to a federal department or agency if: (1) the person knew, or reasonably should have known, the information was false or misleading; (2) the law required that information to be reported; and (3) the person meant for the false or misleading data to skew the statistics or analysis the agency compiles about the market for crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

It is unlawful for any person to report information related to the wholesale price of crude oil 1 gasoline or petroleum distillates to a Federal department or agency if—

(1)

the person knew, or reasonably should have known, the information to be false or misleading;

(2)

the information was required by law to be reported; and

(3)

the person intended the false or misleading data to affect data compiled by the department or agency for statistical or analytical purposes with respect to the market for crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 110–140, title VIII, § 812, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1723.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

2007Enacted · Pub. L. 110-140 · 121 Stat. 1723

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 110-140 on 2007-12-19.

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