49 U.S.C. § 6313: Mandatory response authority…

Summary

Owners, managers, agents, or assistants of certain freight companies must answer questions and give records when the Director or another authorized Bureau official, employee, or contractor asks for freight data. This rule covers organizations that receive federal money for the freight program and that have agreed to be fined if they refuse or fail to respond to a written request. If a person refuses or fails to provide requested data, 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)Freight Data Collection.—

(1)In general.—

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)Description of entities.—

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)Fines.—

(1)In general.—

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

(2)Willful actions.—

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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