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[CITE: 49USC14912]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
                CHAPTER 149--CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES
 
Sec. 14912. Weight-bumping in household goods transportation

    (a) Weight-Bumping Defined.--For the purposes of this section, 
``weight-bumping'' means the knowing and willful making or securing of a 
fraudulent weight on a shipment of household goods which is subject to 
jurisdiction under subchapter I or III of chapter 135.
    (b) Penalty.--Whoever has been found to have committed weight-
bumping shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 2 
years, or both.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 918.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 11917 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 13907 of this title.
