Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 39 — Shore Protection from Municipal or Commercial Waste
§ 2606. Subpena authority
Statutory text
General authority
In an investigation under this chapter, the attendance and testimony of witnesses, including parties in interest, and the production of any evidence may be compelled by subpena. The subpena authority granted by this section is coextensive with that of a district court of the United States, in civil matters, for the district in which the investigation is conducted.
Subpena authority
An official designated by the Secretary of Transportation or Administrator to conduct an investigation under this chapter may issue subpenas as provided in this section and administer oaths to witnesses.
Failure to comply
When a person fails to obey a subpena issued under this section, the district court of the United States for the district in which the investigation is conducted or in which the person failing to obey is found, shall on proper application issue an order directing that person to comply with the subpena. The court may punish as contempt any disobedience of its order.
Witness fees
A witness complying with a subpena issued under this section may be paid for actual travel and attendance at the rate provided for witnesses in the district courts of the United States.
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.
Shore Protection Act of 1988
Pub. L. 100–688 title IV § 4106 · 102 Stat. 4139
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2606
(Pub. L. 100–688, title IV, § 4106, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4157.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 100–688, title IV, § 4106, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4157.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 4106. SUBPENA AUTHORITY. (a) General Authority.— In an investigation under this title, the attendance and testimony of witnesses, including parties in interest, and the production of any evidence may be compelled by subpena. The subpena authority granted by this section is coextensive with that of a district court of the United States, in civil matters, for the district in which the investigation is conducted. (b) Subpena Authority.— An official designated by the Secretary of Transportation or Administrator to conduct an investigation under this part may issue subpenas as provided in this section and administer oaths to witnesses. (c) Failure to Comply.— When a person fails to obey a subpena Courts, U.S. issued under this section, the district court of the United States for the district in which the investigation is conducted or in which the person failing to obey is found, shall on proper application issue an order directing that person to comply with the subpena. The court may punish as contempt any disobedience of its order. (d) Witness Fees.— A witness complying with a subpena issued under this section may be paid for actual travel and attendance at the rate provided for witnesses in the district courts of the United States.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this part” and was translated as reading “this title” to reflect the probable intent of Congress.