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§6313 Mandatory Response Authority for Freight Data Collection

Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE III— GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS › Chapter 63— BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS › § 6313

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Owners, managers, agents, or assistants at freight companies that get federal freight-program money and agreed to be covered by this rule must give required freight data when the Director or another authorized Bureau worker asks. They must fully and truthfully answer questions about the organization and let the Bureau see records or statistics they keep. If they refuse or fail to respond, they can be fined up to $500. If they willfully give a false answer, the fine can be up to $10,000.

Full Legal Text

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.

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Citation

49 U.S.C. § 6313

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Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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