source:
  type: regulation
  id: fha-42usc-3611
  authority: Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.) § 3611 — Subpoenas; giving of evidence
  description: 'Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.), §3611 Subpoenas; giving of evidence. Captured section-complete from
    Cornell LII (verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: fha-42usc-3611-a
  canonical_id: fha-42usc-3611-a
  section: 42 U.S.C. §3611(a)
  description: 'Subpoenas; giving of evidence — (a): (a) In general The Secretary may, in accordance with this subsection,
    issue subpoenas and order discovery in aid of investigations and hearings under this subchapter. Such subpoenas
    and discovery may be ordered to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as would apply if the subpoenas
    or…'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.) § 3611
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/3611
    snapshot_id: d5bd0c3212649653
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:f590e7637c0c54bd2c4837ccd389598ff9d762e380ccf789b7b87a405860424d
    paragraph_quote: (a) In general The Secretary may, in accordance with this subsection, issue subpoenas and order
      discovery in aid of investigations and hearings under this subchapter. Such subpoenas and discovery may be
      ordered to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as would apply if the subpoenas or discovery
      were ordered or served in aid of a civil action in the United States district court for the district in which
      the investigation is taking place.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 42 U.S.C. §3611 subsection (a) from Cornell LII snapshot d5bd0c3212649653;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: fha-42usc-3611-b
  canonical_id: fha-42usc-3611-b
  section: 42 U.S.C. §3611(b)
  description: 'Subpoenas; giving of evidence — (b): (b) Witness fees Witnesses summoned by a subpoena under this
    subchapter shall be entitled to the same witness and mileage fees as witnesses in proceedings in United States
    district courts . Fees payable to a witness summoned by a subpoena issued at the request of a party shall be
    paid by that party …'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.) § 3611
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/3611
    snapshot_id: d5bd0c3212649653
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:f590e7637c0c54bd2c4837ccd389598ff9d762e380ccf789b7b87a405860424d
    paragraph_quote: (b) Witness fees Witnesses summoned by a subpoena under this subchapter shall be entitled to
      the same witness and mileage fees as witnesses in proceedings in United States district courts . Fees payable
      to a witness summoned by a subpoena issued at the request of a party shall be paid by that party or, where
      a party is unable to pay the fees, by the Secretary.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 42 U.S.C. §3611 subsection (b) from Cornell LII snapshot d5bd0c3212649653;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: fha-42usc-3611-c
  canonical_id: fha-42usc-3611-c
  section: 42 U.S.C. §3611(c)
  description: 'Subpoenas; giving of evidence — (c): (c) Criminal penalties (1) Any person who willfully fails or
    neglects to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce records, documents, or other evidence,
    if it is in such person ’s power to do so, in obedience to the subpoena or other lawful order under subsection
    (a), shall b…'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.) § 3611
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/3611
    snapshot_id: d5bd0c3212649653
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:f590e7637c0c54bd2c4837ccd389598ff9d762e380ccf789b7b87a405860424d
    paragraph_quote: (c) Criminal penalties (1) Any person who willfully fails or neglects to attend and testify
      or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce records, documents, or other evidence, if it is in such person
      ’s power to do so, in obedience to the subpoena or other lawful order under subsection (a), shall be fined
      not more than $100,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (2) Any person who, with intent thereby
      to mislead another person in any proceeding under this subchapter— (A) makes or causes to be made any false
      entry or statement of fact in any report, account, record, or other document produced pursuant to subpoena
      or other lawful order under subsection (a); (B) willfully neglects or fails to make or to cause to be made
      full, true, and correct entries in such reports, accounts, records, or other documents; or (C) willfully mutilates,
      alters, or by any other means falsifies any documentary evidence; shall be fined not more than $100,000 or
      imprisoned not more than one year, or both. ( Pub. L. 90–284, title VIII, § 811 , as added Pub. L. 100–430,
      § 8(2) , Sept. 13, 1988 , 102 Stat. 1628 .)
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 42 U.S.C. §3611 subsection (c) from Cornell LII snapshot d5bd0c3212649653;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
