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[CITE: 42USC3611]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                        CHAPTER 45--FAIR HOUSING
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
 
Sec. 3611. Subpoenas; giving of evidence


(a) In general

    The Secretary may, in accordance with this subsection, issue 
subpoenas and order discovery in aid of investigations and hearings 
under this subchapter. Such subpoenas and discovery may be ordered to 
the same extent and subject to the same limitations as would apply if 
the subpoenas or discovery were ordered or served in aid of a civil 
action in the United States district court for the district in which the 
investigation is taking place.

(b) Witness fees

    Witnesses summoned by a subpoena under this subchapter shall be 
entitled to the same witness and mileage fees as witnesses in 
proceedings in United States district courts. Fees payable to a witness 
summoned by a subpoena issued at the request of a party shall be paid by 
that party or, where a party is unable to pay the fees, by the 
Secretary.

(c) Criminal penalties

    (1) Any person who willfully fails or neglects to attend and testify 
or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce records, documents, or 
other evidence, if it is in such person's power to do so, in obedience 
to the subpoena or other lawful order under subsection (a) of this 
section, shall be fined not more than $100,000 or imprisoned not more 
than one year, or both.
    (2) Any person who, with intent thereby to mislead another person in 
any proceeding under this subchapter--
        (A) makes or causes to be made any false entry or statement of 
    fact in any report, account, record, or other document produced 
    pursuant to subpoena or other lawful order under subsection (a) of 
    this section;
        (B) willfully neglects or fails to make or to cause to be made 
    full, true, and correct entries in such reports, accounts, records, 
    or other documents; or
        (C) willfully mutilates, alters, or by any other means falsifies 
    any documentary evidence;

shall be fined not more than $100,000 or imprisoned not more than one 
year, or both.

(Pub. L. 90-284, title VIII, Sec. 811, as added Pub. L. 100-430, 
Sec. 8(2), Sept. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 1628.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3611, Pub. L. 90-284, title VIII, Sec. 811, Apr. 11, 
1968, 82 Stat. 87, related to evidence, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100-
430, Sec. 8(2).


                             Effective Date

    Section effective on 180th day beginning after Sept. 13, 1988, see 
section 13(a) of Pub. L. 100-430, set out as an Effective Date of 1988 
Amendment note under section 3601 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3612 of this title.
