§ 525. Disobedience to subpoenas

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.

1. 1983

   Pub. L. 97–449 § 1(b) · 96 Stat. 2413

   Enacted · 49 U.S.C. § 525

   Pub. L. 97–449, § 1(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2437

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 97–449, § 1(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2437

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking out the table of subtitles at the beginning of the title and substituting the following new table of subtitles and subtitles I and II:

2. 2012

   Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Enhancement Act of 2012

   Pub. L. 112–141 div. C title II § 32110 · 126 Stat. 405

   1. Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 525

      Pub. L. 112–141 substituted “subpoenas” for “subpenas” in section catchline, and, in text

   2. Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 525

      Pub. L. 112–141 substituted “subpoena” for “subpena”

   3. Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 525

      Pub. L. 112–141 substituted “$1,000” for “$100”

   4. Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 525

      Pub. L. 112–141 substituted “$10,000” for “$5,000”

   5. Inserted · 49 U.S.C. § 525

      Pub. L. 112–141 inserted at end “The Secretary may withhold, suspend, amend, or revoke any part of the registration of a person required to register under chapter 139 for failing to obey a subpoena or requirement of the Secretary under this chapter to appear and testify or produce records.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 112–141 substituted “subpoenas” for “subpenas” in section catchline, and, in text, substituted “subpoena” for “subpena”, “$1,000” for “$100”, and “$10,000” for “$5,000” and inserted at end “The Secretary may withhold, suspend, amend, or revoke any part of the registration of a person required to register under chapter 139 for failing to obey a subpoena or requirement of the Secretary under this chapter to appear and testify or produce records.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 32110. REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION AND OTHER PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND TO SUBPOENA.   Section 525 is amended— (1) by striking “subpenas” in the section heading and inserting “subpoenas”; (2) by striking “subpena” and inserting “subpoena”; (3) by striking “$100” and inserting “$1,000”; (4) by striking “$5,000” and inserting “$10,000”; and (5) by adding at the end the following:   “The Secretary may withhold, suspend, amend, or revoke any part of the registration of a person required to register under chapter 139 for failing to obey a subpoena or requirement of the Secretary under this chapter to appear and testify or produce records.” .

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 112–141 effective Oct. 1, 2012, see section 3(a) of Pub. L. 112–141, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.

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