49 USC § 11903 - Record keeping and reporting violations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s11903"
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title: "49 USC § 11903 - Record keeping and reporting violations"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "11903"
section_name: "Record keeping and reporting violations"
chapter_number: 119
chapter_name: "CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "RAIL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 851.)"
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# § 11903. Record keeping and reporting violations

A person required to make a report to the Board, or make, prepare, or preserve a record, under subchapter III of chapter 111 of this title about transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under this part that knowingly and willfully—

**(1)** makes a false entry in the report or record;

**(2)** destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies the record;

**(3)** does not enter business related facts and transactions in the record;

**(4)** makes, prepares, or preserves the record in violation of a regulation or order of the Board; or

**(5)** files a false report or record with the Board,

shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 851.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in  prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by .

A prior section 11903, , , , related to rate, discrimination, and tariff violations, prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by . See .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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