A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both, if the person knowingly and willfully—
(1) makes a false entry in a record or report required to be made or preserved under chapter 201 of this title;
(2) destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies such a record or report;
(3) does not enter required specified facts and transactions in such a record or report;
(4) makes or preserves such a record or report in violation of a regulation prescribed or order issued under chapter 201 of this title; or
(5) files a false record or report with the Secretary of Transportation.
A railroad carrier not filing a report in violation of section 20901 of this title shall be fined not more than $2,500. A separate violation occurs for each day the violation continues.
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 893; Pub. L. 110–432, div. A, title III, § 310, Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4882.)
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