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type: "LegalText"
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title: "49 U.S.C. § 16101"
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description: "General civil penalties"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 49
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title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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chapter_number: "161"
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chapter_name: "CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES"
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section: "16101"
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citation: "49 U.S.C. § 16101"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 16101 - General civil penalties
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## Text
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(a) General.— Except as otherwise provided in this section, a pipeline carrier providing transportation subject to this part, an officer or agent of that carrier, or a receiver, trustee, lessee, or agent of one of them, knowingly violating this part or an order of the Board under this part is liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation. Liability under this subsection is incurred for each distinct violation. A separate violation occurs for each day the violation continues.
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(b) Recordkeeping and Reporting.— (1) Records.— A person required under chapter 157 to make, prepare, preserve, or submit to the Board a record concerning transportation subject to this part that does not make, prepare, preserve, or submit that record as required under that chapter, is liable to the United States for a civil penalty of $500 for each violation.
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(2) Inspection.— A carrier providing transportation subject to this part, and a lessor, receiver, or trustee of that carrier, violating section 15722, is liable to the United States for a civil penalty of $100 for each violation.
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(3) Reports.— A carrier providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under this part, a lessor, receiver, or trustee of that carrier, and an officer, agent, or employee of one of them, required to make a report to the Board or answer a question that does not make the report or does not specifically, completely, and truthfully answer the question, is liable to the United States for a civil penalty of $100 for each violation.
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(4) Continued violation.— A separate violation occurs for each day violation under this subsection continues.
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(c) Venue.— Trial in a civil action under this section is in the judicial district in which the carrier has its principal operating office.
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(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 106(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 930; amended Pub. L. 105–102, § 2(16), Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2205.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes
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Pub. L. 105–102This amends 49:16101 to redesignate subsection (d) as (c) because no subsection (c) was enacted.
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Editorial Notes
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Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 11901 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).
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Amendments1997—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 105–102 redesignated subsec. (d) as (c).
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DateSection effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.
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