Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-102
§46507 False Information and Threats
Title 49 › SUBTITLE VII — AVIATION PROGRAMS › PART A — AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY › subpart iv — enforcement and penalties › CHAPTER 465 — SPECIAL AIRCRAFT JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES › § 46507
Summary
Makes it a crime to knowingly give false information about an alleged attempt to commit certain aviation offenses (sections 46502(a), 46504, 46505, 46506) when people could reasonably believe it, or to threaten those offenses while appearing determined to carry them out. The punishment can be a fine under Title 18, up to 5 years in prison, or both.
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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.
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102