---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 17302"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "17302"
heading: "Prohibition on false information"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/17302"
units:
  - "Chapter 152 — Energy Independence and Security"
  - "Subchapter VII — Improved Management of Energy Policy"
  - "Part B — Prohibitions on Market Manipulation and False Information"
---

# §17302. Prohibition on false information


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](/usc/42/17001.md?p=1) or [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) 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](/usc/42/17001.md?p=1) or [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) 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.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–140, title VIII, § 812, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1723.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.