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[CITE: 49USC14904]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
                CHAPTER 149--CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES
 
Sec. 14904. Additional rate violations

    (a) Rebates by Agents.--A person, or an officer, employee, or agent 
of that person, that--
        (1) offers, grants, gives, solicits, accepts, or receives a 
    rebate for concession, in violation of a provision of this part 
    related to motor carrier transportation subject to jurisdiction 
    under subchapter I of chapter 135; or
        (2) by any means assists or permits another person to get 
    transportation that is subject to jurisdiction under that subchapter 
    at less than the rate in effect for that transportation under 
    section 13702,

is liable to the United States for a civil penalty of $200 for the first 
violation and $250 for a subsequent violation.
    (b) Undercharging.--
        (1) Freight forwarder.--A freight forwarder providing service 
    subject to jurisdiction under subchapter III of chapter 135, or an 
    officer, agent, or employee of that freight forwarder, that assists 
    a person in getting, or willingly permits a person to get, service 
    provided under that subchapter at less than the rate in effect for 
    that service under section 13702, is liable to the United States for 
    a civil penalty of not more than $500 for the first violation and 
    not more than $2,000 for a subsequent violation.
        (2) Others.--A person that by any means gets, or attempts to 
    get, service provided under subchapter III of chapter 135 at less 
    than the rate in effect for that service under section 13702, is 
    liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not more than 
    $500 for the first violation and not more than $2,000 for a 
    subsequent violation.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 915.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 11904 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).
