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49 U.S.C. § 21311

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  1. (a)A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both, if the person knowingly and willfully—
    1. (1)makes a false entry in a record or report required to be made or preserved under chapter 201 of this title;
    2. (2)destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies such a record or report;
    3. (3)does not enter required specified facts and transactions in such a record or report;
    4. (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. (5)files a false record or report with the Secretary of Transportation.
  2. (b)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.