§ 1719. Jurisdiction of offenses and suits

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1968

   Interstate Land Sales F till Disclosure Act

   Pub. L. 90–448 title XIV § 1420 · 82 Stat. 476

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 1719

   Pub. L. 90–448, title XIV, § 1420, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 598

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 90–448, title XIV, § 1420, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 598

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 1420. jurisdiction of offenses and suits (a) The district courts of the United States, the United States courts of any territory, and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction of offenses and violations under this title and wilder the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary pursuant thereto, and concurrent, with State courts, of all suits in equity and actions at law brought to enforce any liability or duty created by this title. Any such suit or action may be brought to enforce any liability or duty created by this title. Any such suit or action may be brought in the district wherein the defendant is found or is an inhabitant or transacts business, or in the district where the offer or sale took place, if the defendant participated therein, and process in such cases may be served in any other district of which the defendant is an inhabitant or wherever the defendant may be. found. Judgments and decrees so rendered shall be subject to review as 62 stat. 928, 929. provided in sections 1254 and 1291 of title 28, United States Code. No case arising under this title and brought in any State court, of competent jurisdiction shall be removed to any court, of the United States, except, where the United States or any officer of employee of the United States in his official capacity is a party. No costs shall be assessed for or against the Secretary in any proceeding under this title brought by or against him in the Supreme Court or such other courts.

2. 1988

   Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–628 title X § 1089(b) · 102 Stat. 3224

   Struck · 15 U.S.C. § 1719

   Pub. L. 100–628 struck out “(a)” after section designation

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 100–628 struck out “(a)” after section designation.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Correction of Numbering.— Section 1420 the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 1719), is amended by striking “(a)” after the section designation.

3. 2010

   Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010

   Pub. L. 111–203 title X § 1098A(1) · 124 Stat. 1376

   Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 1719

   Pub. L. 111–203 substituted “Director” for “Secretary” in two places

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 111–203 substituted “Director” for “Secretary” in two places.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) by 15 USC 1702 et seq. striking “Secretary” each place that term appears and inserting “Director”;

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the designated transfer date, see section 1100H of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 552a of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision