[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1503.207]

[Page 257]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER XII--TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                            HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 1503_INVESTIGATIVE AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart G_Rules of Practice in Transportation Security Administration 
                       (TSA) Civil Penalty Actions
 
Sec. 1503.207  Certification of documents.

    (a) Signature required. The attorney of record, the party, or the 
party's representative must sign each document tendered for filing with 
the Enforcement Docket Clerk, or served on the administrative law judge, 
the TSA decision maker on appeal, or each party.
    (b) Effect of signing a document. By signing a document, the 
attorney of record, the party, or the party's representative certifies 
that the attorney, the party, or the party's representative has read the 
document and, based on reasonable inquiry and to the best of that 
person's knowledge, information, and belief, the document is--
    (1) Consistent with the rules in this part;
    (2) Warranted by existing law or that a good faith argument exists 
for extension, modification, or reversal of existing law; and
    (3) Not unreasonable or unduly burdensome or expensive, not made to 
harass any person, not made to cause unnecessary delay, not made to 
cause needless increase in the cost of the proceedings, or for any other 
improper purpose.
    (c) Sanctions. If the attorney of record, the party, or the party's 
representative signs a document in violation of this section, the 
administrative law judge or the TSA decision maker, as appropriate, 
will:
    (1) Strike the pleading signed in violation of this section;
    (2) Strike the request for discovery or the discovery response 
signed in violation of this section and preclude further discovery by 
the party;
    (3) Deny the motion or request signed in violation of this section;
    (4) Exclude the document signed in violation of this section from 
the record;
    (5) Dismiss the interlocutory appeal and preclude further appeal on 
that issue by the party who filed the appeal until an initial decision 
has been entered on the record; or
    (6) Dismiss the appeal of the administrative law judge's initial 
decision to the TSA decision maker.