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Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73

§46507 False information and threats

Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE VII— - AVIATION PROGRAMS › Part PART A— - AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY › Subpart subpart iv— - enforcement and penalties › Chapter CHAPTER 465— - SPECIAL AIRCRAFT JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES › § 46507

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Knowingly giving false information about an attempt to commit an act covered by sections 46502(a), 46504, 46505, or 46506 where people could reasonably believe it is a crime. Threatening such an act (or causing the threat) while appearing ready and willing to carry it out is a crime too. Penalty: fine under title 18, up to 5 years in prison, or both.

Full Legal Text

Title 49, §46507

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An individual shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, if the individual—
(1)knowing the information to be false, willfully and maliciously or with reckless disregard for the safety of human life, gives, or causes to be given, under circumstances in which the information reasonably may be believed, false information about an alleged attempt being made or to be made to do an act that would violate section 46502(a), 46504, 46505, or 46506 of this title; or
(2)(A)threatens to violate section 46502(a), 46504, 46505, or 46506 of this title, or causes a threat to violate any of those sections to be made; and
(B)has the apparent determination and will to carry out the threat.

Legislative History

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4650749 App.:1472(m).Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 902(m); added Sept. 5, 1961, Pub. L. 87–197, § 1, 75 Stat. 467; restated Oct. 12, 1984, Pub. L. 98–473, § 2014(d)(1), 98 Stat. 2190. In this section, before clause (1), the words “fined under title 18” are substituted for “fined not more than $25,000” for consistency with title 18. In clauses (1) and (2), the words “a felony” are omitted as surplus. In clause (1), the words “gives, or causes to be given” are substituted for “imparts or conveys or causes to be imparted or conveyed” to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “attempt or” are omitted as surplus. In clause (2), the words “threatens . . . or causes a threat . . . to be made” are substituted for “imparts or conveys or causes to be imparted or conveyed any threat” to eliminate unnecessary words.

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Citation

49 U.S.C. § 46507

Title 49 — Transportation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73