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15 U.S.C. § 1271 — Records of interstate shipment

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15 U.S.C. § 1271 — Records of interstate shipment

For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, carriers engaged in interstate commerce, and persons receiving hazardous substances in interstate commerce or holding such hazardous substances so received shall, upon the request of an officer or employee duly designated by the Commission, permit such officer or employee, at reasonable times, to have access to and to copy all records showing the movement in interstate commerce of any such hazardous substance, or the holding thereof during or after such movement, and the quantity, shipper, and consignee thereof; and it shall be unlawful for any such carrier or person to fail to permit such access to and copying of any record so requested when such request is accompanied by a statement in writing specifying the nature or kind of such hazardous substance to which such request relates: Provided, That evidence obtained under this section, or any evidence which is directly or indirectly derived from such evidence, shall not be used in a criminal prosecution of the person from whom obtained: Provided further, That carriers shall not be subject to the other provisions of this chapter by reason of their receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery of hazardous substances in the usual course of business as carriers.

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For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, carriers engaged in interstate commerce, and persons receiving hazardous substances in interstate commerce or holding such hazardous substances so received shall, upon the request of an officer or employee duly designated by the Commission, permit such officer or employee, at reasonable times, to have access to and to copy all records showing the movement in interstate commerce of any such hazardous substance, or the holding thereof during or after such movement, and the quantity, shipper, and consignee thereof; and it shall be unlawful for any such carrier or person to fail to permit such access to and copying of any record so requested when such request is accompanied by a statement in writing specifying the nature or kind of such hazardous substance to which such request relates: Provided, That evidence obtained under this section, or any evidence which is directly or indirectly derived from such evidence, shall not be used in a criminal prosecution of the person from whom obtained: Provided further, That carriers shall not be subject to the other provisions of this chapter by reason of their receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery of hazardous substances in the usual course of business as carriers.

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18 U.S.C. § 6001 — Definitions

As used in this chapter— (1) “agency of the United States” means any executive department as defined in [section 101 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section101&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code, a military department as defined in [section 102 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section102&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the China Trade Act registrar appointed under 53 Stat. 1432 (15 U.S.C. sec. 143), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Maritime Commission, the Federal Power Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Surface Transportation Board, the National Labor Relations Board, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Railroad Retirement Board, an arbitration board established under 48 Stat. 1193 (45 U.S.C. sec. 157), the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a board established under 49 Stat. 31 (15 U.S.C. sec. 715d); (2) “other information” includes any book, paper, document, record, recording, or other material; (3) “proceeding before an agency of the United States” means any proceeding before such an agency with respect to which it is authorized to issue subpenas and to take testimony or receive other information from witnesses under oath; and (4) “court of the United States” means any of the following courts: the Supreme Court of the United States, a United States court of appeals, a United States district court established under chapter 5, title 28, United States Code, a United States bankruptcy court established under chapter 6, title 28, United States

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15 U.S.C. § 1263 — Prohibited acts

The following acts and the causing thereof are prohibited: **(a)** The introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of any misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance. **(b)** The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the label of, or the doing of any other act with respect to, a hazardous substance, if such act is done while the substance is in interstate commerce, or while the substance is held for sale (whether or not the first sale) after shipment in interstate commerce, and results in the hazardous substance being a misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance. **(c)** The receipt in interstate commerce of any misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance and the delivery or proffered delivery thereof for pay or otherwise. **(d)** The giving of a guarantee or undertaking referred to in [section 1264(b)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1264/b/2&num=0&edition=prelim) which guarantee or undertaking is false, except by a person who relied upon a guarantee or undertaking to the same effect signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the United States from whom he received in good faith the hazardous substance. **(e)** The failure to permit entry or inspection as authorized by [section 1270(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1270/b&num=0&edition=prelim) or to permit access to and copying of any record as authorized by [section 1271 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1271&num=0&edition=prelim). **(f)** The introduction or delivery for introduct

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15 U.S.C. § 1271 — Records of interstate shipment

Page 1375 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 1273 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘Commission’’. Commission’’ for ‘‘commissioned by the Secretary’’, and ‘‘officer of the Commission’’ for ‘‘officer of the De- partment’’. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–314, § 204(b)(4)(B), substituted ‘‘Commission’’ for ‘‘Secretary’’. § 1271. Records of interstate shipment For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, carriers engaged in interstate com- merce, and persons receiving hazardous sub- stances in interstate commerce or holding such hazardous substances so received shall, upon the request of an officer or employee duly des- ignated by the Commission, permit such officer or employee, at reasonable times, to have access to and to copy all records showing the move- ment in interstate commerce of any such haz- ardous substance, or the holding thereof during or after such movement, and the quantity, ship- per, and consignee thereof; and it shall be un- lawful for any such carrier or person to fail to permit such access to and copying of any record so requested when such request is accompanied by a statement in writing specifying the nature or kind of such hazardous substance to which such request relates: Provided, That evidence ob- tained under this section, or any evidence which is directly or indirectly derived from such evi- dence, shall not be used in a criminal prosecu- tion of the person from whom obtained: Provided further, That carriers shall not be subject to the other provisions of this chapter by reason of their receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery of hazardous substances in the usual course of business as carriers. (Pub. L. 86–613, § 12, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 379; Pub. L. 91–452, title II, § 219, Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 929; Pub.

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