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type: "LegalText"
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title: "49 U.S.C. § 5104"
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description: "Representation and tampering"
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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: "51"
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chapter_name: "TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL"
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section: "5104"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 5104 - Representation and tampering
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## Text
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(a) Representation.— A person may represent, by marking or otherwise, that—
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(1) a package, component of a package, or packaging for transporting hazardous material is safe, certified, or complies with this chapter only if the package, component of a package, or packaging meets the requirements of each applicable regulation prescribed under this chapter; or
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(2) hazardous material is present in a package, container, motor vehicle, rail freight car, aircraft, or vessel only if the material is present.
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(b) Tampering.— No person may alter, remove, destroy, or otherwise tamper unlawfully with—
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(1) a marking, label, placard, or description on a document required under this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter; or
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(2) a package, component of a package, or packaging, container, motor vehicle, rail freight car, aircraft, or vessel used to transport hazardous material.
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(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 761; Pub. L. 103–311, title I, § 117(b), Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1678; Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(4), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4378; Pub. L. 109–59, title VII, § 7106, Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1897.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes Pub. L. 103–272 RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5104(a)49 App.:1804(e).Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93–633, 88 Stat. 2156, § 105(e), (f); added Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. 101–615, § 5, 104 Stat. 3252. 5104(b)49 App.:1804(f). In subsection (a)(1), the words “the requirements of” and “applicable” are omitted as surplus. In subsection (b), before clause (1), the word “deface” is omitted as surplus.
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Pub. L. 103–429This amends 49:5104(a)(1) to clarify the restatement of 49 App.:1804(e)(1) by section 1 of the Act of July 5, 1994 (Public Law 103–272, 108 Stat. 761).
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2005—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7106(a), substituted “a package, component of a package, or packaging for” for “a container, package, or packaging (or a component of a container, package, or packaging) for” and “the package, component of a package, or packaging meets” for “the container, package, or packaging (or a component of a container, package, or packaging) meets”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7106(b)(1), substituted “No person may” for “A person may not” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 109–59, § 7106(b)(2), inserted “component of a package, or packaging,” after “package,”. 1994—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–429 inserted “applicable” after “each”. Pub. L. 103–311 substituted “, package, or packaging (or a component of a container, package, or packaging)” for “or package” in two places.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective Date of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–429 effective July 5, 1994, see section 9 of Pub. L. 103–429, set out as a note under section 321 of this title.
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