Title 52 — Voting and Elections
Chapter 203 — Registration and Voting by Absent Uniformed Services Voters and Overseas Voters in Elections for Federal Office
§ 20307. Enforcement
Statutory text
In general
The Attorney General may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court for such declaratory or injunctive relief as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.
Report to Congress
Not later than December 31 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress an annual report on any civil action brought under subsection (a) during the preceding year.
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.
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
Pub. L. 99–410 title I § 105 · 100 Stat. 924
Enacted · 52 U.S.C. § 20307
Pub. L. 99–410, title I, § 105, Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 927
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 99–410, title I, § 105, Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 927Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 105. ENFORCEMENT. The Attorney General may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court for such declaratory or injunctive relief as may be necessary to carry out this title.Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act
Pub. L. 111–84 div. A title V § 587 · 123 Stat. 2190
Amended · 52 U.S.C. § 20307
Pub. L. 111–84 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)
Inserted · 52 U.S.C. § 20307
Pub. L. 111–84 inserted heading
Added · 52 U.S.C. § 20307
Pub. L. 111–84 added subsec. (b)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 111–84 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 587. ANNUAL REPORT ON ENFORCEMENT. Section 105 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973f–4) 42 USC 1973ff–4. is amended— (1) by striking “The Attorney” and inserting “(a) In General.—The Attorney”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(b) Report to Congress.— Not later than December 31 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress an annual report on any civil action brought under subsection (a) during the preceding year.” .
4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 1973ff–4 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments
2009—Pub. L. 111–84 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).
Credits
1986–2009 · 2 acts
- 1986Pub. L. 99–410, title I, § 105, , 100 Stat. 927
- 2009Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, § 587, , 123 Stat. 2333.
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(Pub. L. 99–410, title I, § 105, , 100 Stat. 927; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, § 587, , 123 Stat. 2333.)