29 CFR § 500.6 - Accuracy of information, statements and data.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s500.6"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 500.6 - Accuracy of information, statements and data."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "500.6"
section_name: "Accuracy of information, statements and data."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS"
part_number: "500"
part_name: "MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 97-470, 96 Stat. 2583 (29 U.S.C. 1801-1872); Secretary's Order No. 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 Note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat 584."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 36741, Aug. 12, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "500"
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# 500.6 Accuracy of information, statements and data.
Information, statements and data submitted in compliance with provisions of the Act or these regulations are subject to title 18, section 1001, of the United States Code, which provides:
****Section 1001. Statements or entries generally.
Whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or makes any false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or representations, or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.