PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Makes it a crime for an air carrier or its officers, agents, or employees to, on purpose, fail to make or keep required reports or records, to change or damage them, or to file false reports. Those acts can lead to federal criminal fines. If the lie or hiding of important facts is in a safety report covered by 44701(a) or (b) or 44702–44716, the airline or its people can be fined, jailed for up to 5 years, or both.

Title 49, §46310

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(a)General Criminal Penalty.—

An air carrier or an officer, agent, or employee of an air carrier shall be fined under title 18 for intentionally—

(1)failing to make a report or keep a record under this part;

(2)falsifying, mutilating, or altering a report or record under this part; or

(3)filing a false report or record under this part.

(b)Safety Regulation Criminal Penalty.—

An air carrier or an officer, agent, or employee of an air carrier shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, for intentionally falsifying or concealing a material fact, or inducing reliance on a false statement of material fact, in a report or record under section 44701(a) or (b) or any of section 44702–44716 of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Pub. L. 103–272 Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4631049 App.:1472(e).Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, § 902(e), 72 Stat. 785; restated Sept. 30, 1987, Pub. L. 100–121, 101 Stat. 792. In this section, the word “representative” is omitted as surplus. The words “account” and “memorandum” are omitted as being included in “record”. In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words “fined under title 18” are substituted for “fined not more than $5,000 in the case of an individual and not more than $10,000 in the case of a person other than an individual” for consistency in this section and with title 18. In subsection (b), the words “or representation” are omitted a surplus. Pub. L. 103–429This amends 49:44711(a)(2)(B), (5), and (7) and 46310(b) to correct erroneous cross-references.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–429 inserted “any of sections” before “44702–44716”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–429 effective July 5, 1994, see section 9 of Pub. L. 103–429, set out as a note under section 321 of this title.

§46310 Reporting and Recordkeeping Violations