Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part B · Chapter 152 — Energy Independence and Security
§ 17302. Prohibition on false information
Statutory text
It is unlawful for any person to report information related to the wholesale price of crude oil 1 gasoline or petroleum distillates to a Federal department or agency if—
the person knew, or reasonably should have known, the information to be false or misleading;
the information was required by law to be reported; and
the person intended the false or misleading data to affect data compiled by the department or agency for statistical or analytical purposes with respect to the market for crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. A comma probably should appear.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
Pub. L. 110–140 title VIII § 812 · 121 Stat. 1492
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 17302
(Pub. L. 110–140, title VIII, § 812, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1723.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 110–140, title VIII, § 812, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1723.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 812. PROHIBITION ON FALSE INFORMATION. It is unlawful for any person to report information related to the wholesale price of crude oil gasoline or petroleum distillates to a Federal department or agency if— (1) the person knew, or reasonably should have known, the information to be false or misleading; (2) the information was required by law to be reported; and (3) the person intended the false or misleading data to affect data compiled by the department or agency for statistical or analytical purposes with respect to the market for crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the date that is 1 day after , see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.