Records and reports

• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-13 (published on www.congress.gov on 08/07/2023)
• Citation: 49 U.S.C. § 21311

(a) RECORDS AND REPORTS UNDER CHAPTER 201.-A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both, if the person knowingly and willfully-

(1) makes a false entry in a record or report required to be made or preserved under chapter 201 of this title;

(2) destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies such a record or report;

(3) does not enter required specified facts and transactions in such a record or report;

(4) makes or preserves such a record or report in violation of a regulation prescribed or order issued under chapter 201 of this title; or

(5) files a false record or report with the Secretary of Transportation.

(b) ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT REPORTS.-A railroad carrier not filing a report in violation of section 20901 of this title shall be fined not more than $2,500. A separate violation occurs for each day the violation continues.

Cite as 49 U.S.C. § 21311

Source: Pub. L. 103-272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 893; Pub. L. 110-432, div. A, title III, §310, Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4882.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 6/13/2023

<TABLE> <TR><TD colspan="3">HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES</TD></TR> <TR> <TD>Revised <para>Section</para> </TD> <TD>Source (U.S. Code)</TD> <TD>Source (Statutes at Large)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>21311(a)</TD> <TD>45:438(e).</TD> <TD>Oct. 16, 1970, Pub. L. 91-458, 84 Stat. 971, §209(e); added Oct. 10, 1980, Pub. L. 96-423, §7, 94 Stat. 1814.</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>21311(b)</TD> <TD>45:39 (related to fine).</TD> <TD>May 6, 1910, ch. 208, §2 (related to fine), 36 Stat. 351; Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93-633, §204(b), 88 Stat. 2166; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342, §15(2), 102 Stat. 634; Sept. 3, <actcitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1992" actaltid="102-365"><sessionyear>1992</sessionyear>, Pub. L. <actid>102-365</actid></actcitation>, <actseccitation href="" statecd="US" sessionyear="1992" actaltid="102-365">§<actsec>4</actsec>(a)(3)</actseccitation>, 106 Stat. 973.</TD> </TR> </TABLE>