49 U.S.C. § 522 — Reporting and record keeping violations
submitted 43 years ago by Pub. L. 97-449 to r/title-49-TRANSPORTATION · 111 words · no verdicts yet
A person who knowingly and willfully falsifies required rail-transportation reports or records, omits required facts, violates a Secretary’s record rules, or files a false report may be fined, imprisoned, or both.
A person required to make a report to the Secretary of Transportation, or make, prepare, or preserve a record, under section 504 of this title about transportation by rail carrier, that knowingly and willfully (1) makes a false entry in the report or record, (2) destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies the record, (3) does not enter business related facts and transactions in the record, (4) makes, prepares, or preserves the record in violation of a regulation or order of the Secretary, or (5) files a false report or record with the Secretary, must be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.
A person required to make a report to the Secretary of Transportation, or make, prepare, or preserve a record, under section 504 of this title about transportation by rail carrier, that knowingly and willfully (1) makes a false entry in the report or record, (2) destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies the record, (3) does not enter business related facts and transactions in the record, (4) makes, prepares, or preserves the record in violation of a regulation or order of the Secretary, or (5) files a false report or record with the Secretary, shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 97–449, § 1(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2436; Pub. L. 105–178, title IV, § 4015(c), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 412.)
- 1983Enacted · Pub. L. 97-449 · 96 Stat. 2436
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-178 · 112 Stat. 412
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 97-449 on 1983-01-12.
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