49 U.S.C. § 6313 — Mandatory response authority for freight data collection

(a) Freight Data Collection. (1) In general. An owner, official, agent, person in charge, or assistant to the person in charge of a freight corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or organization described in paragraph (2) shall be fined under subsection (b) if that individual neglects or refuses, when the Director^* or another authorized officer, employee, or contractor of the “Bureau^*” requests data under section 6302(b)(3)(B), to do either of the following: (A) Answer completely and correctly, to the best of that individual’s knowledge, all questions relating to the corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or other organization. (B) Make available records or statistics in that individual’s official custody. This section does not define “Director,” “authorized officer,” “employee,” “contractor,” “Bureau,” “data,” or “official custody.” (2) Description of entities. A freight corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or organization referred to in paragraph (1) is one that—(A) receives “Federal funds relating to the freight program”; and (B) has consented to be subject to a fine under this subsection for—(i) refusing to supply any requested data; or (ii) failing to respond to a written request. This section does not define “Federal funds” or “freight program.”

(b) Fines. (1) In general. Subject to paragraph (2), an individual described in subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $500. (2) Willful actions. If an individual willfully gives a false answer to a question described in subsection (a)(1), that individual shall be fined not more than $10,000.