22 U.S.C. § 8143 — Specific enforcement

FEDERAL · 22 U.S.C. · Chapter 88

Specific enforcement

Current through Pub. L. 119-102

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse·Ch. 88 — NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY—UNITED STATES ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION·Subch. IV

(a)Jurisdiction The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction over civil actions brought by the head of an executive agency designated under section 8111(a) of this title—

(1)to restrain any conduct in violation of section 8124 of this title or section 8141 of this title; or

(2)to compel the taking of any action required by or under this chapter or the Additional Protocol.

(b)Civil actions

(1)In general A civil action described in subsection (a) may be brought—

(A)in the case of a civil action described in paragraph (1) of such subsection, in the United States district court for the judicial district in which any act, omission, or transaction constituting a violation of section 8124 of this title or section 8141 of this title occurred or in which the defendant is f

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(a) Jurisdiction
The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction over civil actions brought by the head of an executive agency designated under section 8111(a) of this title—
(1) to restrain any conduct in violation of section 8124 of this title or section 8141 of this title; or
(2) to compel the taking of any action required by or under this chapter or the Additional Protocol.
(b) Civil actions
(1) In general
A civil action described in subsection (a) may be brought—
(A) in the case of a civil action described in paragraph (1) of such subsection, in the United States district court for the judicial district in which any act, omission, or transaction constituting a violation of section 8124 of this title or section 8141 of this title occurred or in which the defendant is found or transacts business; or
(B) in the case of a civil action described in paragraph (2) of such subsection, in the United States district court for the judicial district in which the defendant is found or transacts business.
(2) Service of process
In any such civil action, process shall be served on a defendant wherever the defendant may reside or may be found.

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(Pub. L. 109–401, title II, §243, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2749.)

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