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49 U.S.C. § 522 — Reporting and record keeping violations
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A person required to make a report to the Secretary of Transportation, or make, prepare, or preserve a record, under [section 504 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section504&num=0&edition=prelim) about transportation by rail carrier, that knowingly and willfully (1) makes a false entry in the report or record, (2) destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies the record, (3) does not enter business related facts and transactions in the record, (4) makes, prepares, or preserves the record in violation of a regulation or order of the Secretary, or (5) files a false report or record with the Secretary, shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.
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A person required to make a report to the Secretary of Transportation, or make, prepare, or preserve a record, under [section 504 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section504&num=0&edition=prelim) about transportation by rail carrier, that knowingly and willfully (1) makes a false entry in the report or record, (2) destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies the record, (3) does not enter business related facts and transactions in the record, (4) makes, prepares, or preserves the record in violation of a regulation or order of the Secretary, or (5) files a false report or record with the Secretary, shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.
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**(a)** In this section—
(1) “association” means an organization maintained by or in the interest of a group of rail carriers, motor carriers, motor carriers of migrant workers, or motor private carriers that performs a service, or engages in activities, related to transportation of that carrier.
(2) “carrier” means a motor carrier, motor carrier of migrant workers, motor private carrier, and rail carrier.
(3) “lessor” means a person owning a railroad that is leased to and operated by a rail carrier, and a person leasing a right to operate as a motor carrier, motor carrier of migrant workers, or motor private carrier to another.
(4) “lessor” and “carrier” include a receiver or trustee of that lessor or carrier, respectively.
**(b)**
(1) The Secretary of Transportation may prescribe the form of records required to be prepared or compiled under this section by—
(A) carriers and lessors; and
(B) a person furnishing cars or protective service against heat or cold to or for a rail carrier.
(2) The Secretary may require—
(A) carriers, lessors, associations, or classes of them as the Secretary may prescribe, to file annual, periodic, and special reports with the Secretary containing answers to questions asked by the Secretary; and
(B) a person furnishing cars or protective service against heat or cold to a rail carrier to file reports with the Secretary containing answers to questions about those cars or service.
**(c)** The Secretary, or an employee (and, in the case of a motor carrier, a contractor, or an employee of the recipient of a grant issued under [section 31102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section31102&num=0&edition=prelim)) designated by the Secretary, may on demand and display of proper cred
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TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION
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of such Act’’, ‘‘section 31303(a) of this title’’ for ‘‘sec-
tion 12003(a) of such Act’’, and ‘‘section 31303(a)’’ for
‘‘such section 12003(a)’’.
Subsec. (b)(12). Pub. L. 103–272, § 5(m)(11)(I), sub-
stituted ‘‘chapter 51 of this title’’ for ‘‘any provision of
the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C.
App. 1801–1812)’’ and ‘‘chapter 51’’ for ‘‘such Act’’.
Subsec. (b)(13). Pub. L. 103–272, § 5(m)(11)(J), sub-
stituted ‘‘section 31132 of this title’’ for ‘‘section 204 of
the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984’’.
1992—Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 102–548 inserted ‘‘or
which is a violation of section 508 of this title’’ after
‘‘Act of 1984’’.
1990—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 101–500 designated exist-
ing provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpar. (B).
1986—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 99–570, § 12012(a), inserted
‘‘or section 12002, 12003, 12004, 12005(b), or 12008(d)(2) of
the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986’’
after ‘‘the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984’’ and sub-
stituted ‘‘such sections’’ for ‘‘such section’’.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 99–570, § 12012(b), (f)(1), inserted
heading, designated existing provisions as subpars. (A)
and (C) with corresponding headings, added subpar. (B),
in subpar. (A) indented such subparagraph and aligned
it with subpar. (B), and inserted exception relating to
subpar. (B).
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 99–570, § 12012(c), inserted ‘‘or
section 12002, 12003, 12004, or 12005(b) of the Commercial
Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986’’ after ‘‘the Motor
Carrier Safety Act of 1984’’.
Subsec. (b)(5)(A). Pub. L. 99–570, § 12012(d), inserted
‘‘or section 12002, 12003, 12004, or 12005(b) of the Com-
mercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986’’ after ‘‘the
Motor Carrier Safety Act of 198
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