Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 88 — Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty—United States Additional Protocol Implementation
§ 8143. Specific enforcement
Statutory text
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—
to restrain any conduct in violation of section 8124 of this title or section 8141 of this title; or
to compel the taking of any action required by or under this chapter or the Additional Protocol.
Civil actions
In general
A civil action described in subsection (a) may be brought—
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
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.
Service of process
In any such civil action, process shall be served on a defendant wherever the defendant may reside or may be found.
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.
United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act
Pub. L. 109–401 title II § 243 · 120 Stat. 2726
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 8143
(Pub. L. 109–401, title II, § 243, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2749.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 109–401, title II, § 243, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2749.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 243. SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT. (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 211(a)— (1) to restrain any conduct in violation of section 224 or section 241; or (2) to compel the taking of any action required by or under this title 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 224 or section 241 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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