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Orders. 49 USC 1655. Enforcement.

PUBLIC LAW 96-423—OCT. 10, 1980

making reports, issuing subpenas, requiring production of documents, taking depositions, and prescribing recordkeeping and reporting requirements. The Secretary is further authorized to issue orders directing compliance with the laws transferred by section 6(e)(1), (e)(2), and (e)(6)(A) of the Department of Transportation Act or with any regulation or order issued thereunder. "(2) The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction, upon petition by the Attorney General, to enforce by appropriate means any order issued by the Secretary under paragraph (1) of this subsection.". CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR FALSE REPORTING

Penalties.

SEC. 7. Section 209 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 438) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) Any person who knowingly and willfully— "(1) makes a false entry in any record or report required under this title to be made, prepared, or preserved; "(2) destroys, mutilates, changes, or by another means falsifies any such record or report; "(3) does not enter required specified facts and transactions in any such record or report; "(4) makes, prepares, or preserves any such record or report in violation of a regulation or order issued under this title; or "(5) files a false record or report with the Secretary, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.". VENUE

SEC. 8. (a) Section 209(c) of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 438(c)) is amended by striking out "having jurisdiction in the locality where such violation occurred" and inserting in lieu thereof "for the judicial district in which such violation occurred or in which the defendant has its principal executive office". (b) Section 6 of the Act of March 2, 1893 (45 U.S.C. 6), is amended by striking out "having jurisdiction in the locality where such violation shall have been committed" and inserting in lieu thereof "for the judicial district in which such violation occurred or in which the defendant has its principal executive office". (c) Section 9 of the Act of February 17, 1911 (45 U.S.C. 34), is amended by striking out "having jurisdiction in the locality where such violation shall have been committed" and inserting in lieu thereof "for the judicial district in which such violation occurred or in which the defendant has its principal executive office". (d) Section 25(h) of the Act of February 4, 1887 (49 U.S.C. 26(h)), is amended by striking out "having jurisdiction in the locality where such violation shall have been committed" and inserting in lieu thereof "for the judicial district in which such violation occurred or in which the defendant has its principal executive office". INJUNCTIVE R E L I E F

SEC. 9. (a) Section 210(a) of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 439(a)) is amended by inserting "and to restrain violations of or to enforce rules, regulations, orders, or standards established under any statute transferred to the Secretary under section 6(e)(1),

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