49 U.S.C. § 80501 — Damage to transported property

(a) Criminal Penalty. A person who willfully damages, or tries to damage, property in the possession of an air carrier, motor carrier, or rail carrier while the property is being transported in interstate or foreign commerce may be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both. In a criminal proceeding under this section, a shipping document for the property is prima facie evidence of the places to and from which the property was being transported. This means the document is evidence that supports those places unless rebutted; it is not conclusive proof.

(b) Prohibition Against Multiple Prosecutions for Same Act. A person may not be prosecuted under this section for an act if the person has been convicted or acquitted on the merits for the same act under the law of a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States.