---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 28302"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "28302"
heading: "Penalties"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/28302"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Rail Programs"
  - "Part E — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 283 — Standard Work Day"
---

# §28302. Penalties


A person violating [section 28301 of this title](/usc/49/28301.md) shall be fined under [title 18](/usc/18.md), imprisoned not more than one year, or both.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(56)(A), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3394.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 28302 | 45:66. | Sept. 3, 5, 1916, ch. 436, § 4, 39 Stat. 722. |

The words “shall be guilty of a misdemeanor” are omitted, and the words “shall be fined under title 18” are substituted for “shall be fined not less than $100 and not more than $1,000”, for consistency with title 18. The words “upon conviction” are omitted as surplus.