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49 U.S.C. § 30170 — Criminal Penalties

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49 U.S.C. § 30170 — Criminal Penalties

**(a) Criminal Liability for Falsifying or Withholding Information.—** (1) **General rule.—** — A person who violates [section 1001 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to the reporting requirements of section 30166, with the specific intention of misleading the Secretary with respect to motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment safety related defects that have caused death or serious bodily injury to an individual (as defined in section 1365(g)(3) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 18), shall be subject to criminal penalties of a fine under title 18, or imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both. (2) **Safe harbor to encourage reporting and for whistle blowers.—** (A) *Correction.—* — A person described in paragraph (1) shall not be subject to criminal penalties under this subsection if: (1) at the time of the violation, such person does not know that the violation would result in an accident causing death or serious bodily injury; and (2) the person corrects any improper reports or failure to report within a reasonable time. (B) *Reasonable time and sufficiency of correction.—* — The Secretary shall establish by regulation what constitutes a reasonable time for the purposes of subparagraph (A) and what manner of correction is sufficient for purposes of subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall issue a final rule under this subparagraph within 90 days of the date of the enactment of this section. (C) *Effective date.—* — Subsection (a) shall not take effect before the final rule under subparagraph (B) takes effect. **(b) Coordination with Department of Justice.—** The Attorney General may bring an action, or initiate grand jury proceedings, for a violation

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**(a) Criminal Liability for Falsifying or Withholding Information.—** (1) **General rule.—** — A person who violates [section 1001 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to the reporting requirements of section 30166, with the specific intention of misleading the Secretary with respect to motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment safety related defects that have caused death or serious bodily injury to an individual (as defined in section 1365(g)(3) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 18), shall be subject to criminal penalties of a fine under title 18, or imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both. (2) **Safe harbor to encourage reporting and for whistle blowers.—** (A) *Correction.—* — A person described in paragraph (1) shall not be subject to criminal penalties under this subsection if: (1) at the time of the violation, such person does not know that the violation would result in an accident causing death or serious bodily injury; and (2) the person corrects any improper reports or failure to report within a reasonable time. (B) *Reasonable time and sufficiency of correction.—* — The Secretary shall establish by regulation what constitutes a reasonable time for the purposes of subparagraph (A) and what manner of correction is sufficient for purposes of subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall issue a final rule under this subparagraph within 90 days of the date of the enactment of this section. (C) *Effective date.—* — Subsection (a) shall not take effect before the final rule under subparagraph (B) takes effect. **(b) Coordination with Department of Justice.—** The Attorney General may bring an action, or initiate grand jury proceedings, for a violation of subsection (a) only at the request of the Secretary of Transportation.

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18 U.S.C. § 1001 — Statements or entries generally

**(a)** Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully— (1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; (2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or (3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry; shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if the offense involves international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both. If the matter relates to an offense under chapter 109A, 109B, 110, or 117, or section 1591, then the term of imprisonment imposed under this section shall be not more than 8 years. **(b)** Subsection (a) does not apply to a party to a judicial proceeding, or that party’s counsel, for statements, representations, writings or documents submitted by such party or counsel to a judge or magistrate in that proceeding. **(c)** With respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch, subsection (a) shall apply only to— (1) administrative matters, including a claim for payment, a matter related to the procurement of property or services, personnel or employment practices, or support services, or a document required by law, rule, or regulation to be submitted to the Congress or any office or officer within the legislative branch; or (2) any investigation or review, conducted pursuant to the authority of any committee, subcommittee, commission or office of the Congress, consistent with applicable rules of the House or Senate.

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49 U.S.C. § 30101 — Purpose and policy

The purpose of this chapter is to reduce traffic accidents and deaths and injuries resulting from traffic accidents. Therefore it is necessary— (1) to prescribe motor vehicle safety standards for motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment in interstate commerce; and (2) to carry out needed safety research and development.

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49 U.S.C. § 30170 — Criminal Penalties

Page 804 TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION [§ 30168 1 See References in Text note below. omitted as surplus because of 49:322(a). The text of 15:1402(e) is omitted as surplus because of the restate- ment. In subsection (d), the words ‘‘by the Secretary or any officer or employee under his control’’ and ‘‘duly’’ are omitted as surplus. The words ‘‘to have the informa- tion’’ are added for clarity. [§ 30168. Repealed. Pub. L. 112–141, div. C, title I, § 31204(b)(2)(B), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 760] Section, Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 971; Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(58), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3394, related to research, testing, development, and training. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal effective Oct. 1, 2012, see section 3(a) of Pub. L. 112–141, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways. § 30169. Annual reports (a) GENERAL REPORT.—The Secretary of Trans- portation shall submit to the President to sub- mit to Congress on July 1 of each year a report on the administration of this chapter for the prior calendar year. The report shall include— (1) a thorough statistical compilation of ac- cidents and injuries; (2) motor vehicle safety standards in effect or prescribed under this chapter; (3) the degree of observance of the standards; (4) a summary of current research grants and contracts and a description of the prob- lems to be considered under those grants and contracts; (5) an analysis and evaluation of research ac- tivities completed and technological progress achieved; (6) enforcement actions; (7) the extent to which technical informa- tion was given the scientific community and consumer-oriented information was made availab

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