§6313 — Title 49 Transportation | U.S. Code

Summary

Owners, managers, agents, or their assistants at freight companies that receive federal freight program money and agreed to be bound by these rules must give freight data and records when the Bureau’s Director or an authorized Bureau staff member asks. They must answer questions honestly and provide records they keep. This also covers refusing to give data or not replying to a written request. If they don’t comply, they can be fined up to $500. If they willfully give a false answer, the fine can be up to $10,000.

Title 49, §6313

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(a)(1)An owner, official, agent, person in charge, or assistant to the person in charge of a freight corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or organization described in paragraph (2) shall be fined in accordance with subsection (b) if that individual neglects or refuses, when requested by the Director or other authorized officer, employee, or contractor of the Bureau to submit data under section 6302(b)(3)(B)—

(A)to answer completely and correctly to the best knowledge of that individual all questions relating to the corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or other organization; or

(B)to make available records or statistics in the official custody of the individual.

(2)A freight corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or organization referred to in paragraph (1) is a corporation, company, business, institution, establishment, or organization that—

(A)receives Federal funds relating to the freight program; and

(B)has consented to be subject to a fine under this subsection on—

(i)refusal to supply any data requested; or

(ii)failure to respond to a written request.

(b)(1)Subject to paragraph (2), an individual described in subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $500.

(2)If an individual willfully gives a false answer to a question described in subsection (a)(1), the individual shall be fined not more than $10,000.

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Effective Date

Section 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.

§6313 Mandatory response authority for freight data collection

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Title 49, §6313

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