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[CITE: 49USC21311]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--SAFETY
 
                         CHAPTER 213--PENALTIES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--CRIMINAL PENALTIES
 
Sec. 21311. Records and reports

    (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 
the report required by section 20901 of this title shall be fined not 
more than $500 for each violation and not more than $500 for each day 
during which the report is overdue.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 893.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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21311(a)..............................  45:438(e).                       Oct. 1
6, 1970, Pub. L. 91-458, 84 Stat.
                                                                          971, 
Sec.  209(e); added Oct. 10,
                                                                          1980,
 Pub. L. 96-423, Sec.  7, 94
                                                                          Stat.
 1814.
21311(b)..............................  45:39 (related to fine).         May 6,
 1910, ch. 208, Sec.  2 (related
                                                                          to fi
ne), 36 Stat. 351; Jan. 3, 1975,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 93-633, Sec.  204(b), 88 Stat.
                                                                          2166;
 June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100-342,
                                                                          Sec. 
 15(2), 102 Stat. 634; Sept. 3,
                                                                          1992,
 Pub. L. 102-365, Sec.  4(a)(3),
                                                                          106 S
tat. 973.
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ``fined under title 
18'' are substituted for ``fined not more than $5,000'' for consistency 
with title 18. In clause (1), the word ``prepared'' is omitted as 
surplus. In clause (4), the word ``prepares'' is omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (b), the words ``shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor'' are omitted for consistency with title 18. The words 
``upon conviction thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction'' and 
``punished by a'' are omitted as surplus.
