TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE VII - AVIATION PROGRAMS
PART A - AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
subpart iv - enforcement and penalties
CHAPTER 465 - SPECIAL AIRCRAFT JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES
HEAD
Sec. 46507. False information and threats
STATUTE
An individual shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not
more than 5 years, or both, if the individual -
(1) knowing the information to be false, willfully and
maliciously or with reckless disregard for the safety of human
life, gives, or causes to be given, under circumstances in which
the information reasonably may be believed, false information
about an alleged attempt being made or to be made to do an act
that would violate section 46502(a), 46504, 46505, or 46506 of
this title; or
(2)(A) threatens to violate section 46502(a), 46504, 46505, or
46506 of this title, or causes a threat to violate any of those
sections to be made; and
(B) has the apparent determination and will to carry out the
threat.
SOURCE
(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1245.)
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Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
Section
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46507 49 App.:1472(m). Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L.
85-726, 72 Stat. 731, Sec.
902(m); added Sept. 5, 1961,
Pub. L. 87-197, Sec. 1, 75
Stat. 467; restated Oct. 12,
1984, Pub. L. 98-473, Sec.
2014(d)(1), 98 Stat. 2190.
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In this section, before clause (1), the words "fined under title
18" are substituted for "fined not more than $25,000" for
consistency with title 18. In clauses (1) and (2), the words "a
felony" are omitted as surplus. In clause (1), the words "gives, or
causes to be given" are substituted for "imparts or conveys or
causes to be imparted or conveyed" to eliminate unnecessary words.
The words "attempt or" are omitted as surplus. In clause (2), the
words "threatens . . . or causes a threat . . . to be made" are
substituted for "imparts or conveys or causes to be imparted or
conveyed any threat" to eliminate unnecessary words.
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