42 U.S.C. § 4912 — Records, reports, and information

(a) Duties of manufacturers. Each manufacturer^* of a product^* covered by regulations under section 4905 or 4907 must: (1) establish and keep records, make reports, provide information, and conduct tests that the Administrator^* may reasonably require to determine whether the manufacturer has complied or is complying with this chapter; (2) when an officer or employee properly designated by the Administrator asks, allow that officer or employee at reasonable times to access the information and test results and copy the records; and (3) to the extent the Administrator’s regulations require, make products coming from the assembly line or otherwise in the manufacturer’s possession available for the Administrator to test.

(b) Confidential information; disclosure. (1) Information the Administrator or representatives obtain under subsection (a) that contains or concerns a trade secret or another matter covered by section 1905 of title 18 must be treated as confidential for purposes of that section. It may be disclosed to other federal officers or employees, who must keep it confidential, or when it is relevant to the disputed matter in a proceeding under this chapter. (2) This subsection does not authorize the Administrator or officers or employees under the Administrator’s control to withhold information from duly authorized congressional committees.

(c) Violations and penalties. A person^* who knowingly makes a false statement, representation, or certification in an application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be kept under this chapter, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly makes inaccurate a monitoring device or method required to be kept under this chapter, upon conviction may be fined not more than $10,000, imprisoned not more than six months, or both.