Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 75 — Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation
§ 6762. Specific enforcement
Statutory text
Jurisdiction
The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction over civil actions to—
restrain any violation of section 6726 or 6745 of this title; and
compel the taking of any action required by or under this chapter or the Convention.
Civil actions
In general
A civil action described in subsection (a) may be brought—
in the case of a civil action described in subsection (a)(1), in the United States district court for the judicial district in which any act, omission, or transaction constituting a violation of section 6726 or 6745 of this title occurred or in which the defendant is found or transacts business; or
in the case of a civil action described in subsection (a)(2), in the United States district court for the judicial district in which the defendant is found or transacts business.
Service of process
In any such civil action process may be served on a defendant wherever the defendant may reside or may be found, whether the defendant resides or may be found within the United States or elsewhere.
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.
Pub. L. 105–277 div. I title V § 502 · 112 Stat. 2681
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 6762
(Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title V, § 502, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–885.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title V, § 502, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–885.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 502. Notwithstanding section 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, none of the funds contained in title II of this Act may be used to carry out the provisions of section 209(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), was in the original “this Act” and was translated as reading “this division”, meaning div. I of Pub. L. 105–277, , 112 Stat. 2681–856, known as the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For complete classification of division I to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6701 of this title and Tables.
Credits
(Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title V, § 502, , 112 Stat. 2681–885.)