Title 7 — Agriculture
Part C · Chapter 35 — Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
§ 1376. Court jurisdiction; duties of United States attorneys; remedies and penalties as additional
Statutory text
The several district courts of the United States are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce the provisions of this subchapter. If and when the Secretary shall so request, it shall be the duty of the several United States attorneys in their respective districts, under the direction of the Attorney General, to institute proceedings to collect the penalties provided in this subchapter. The remedies and penalties provided for herein shall be in addition to, and not exclusive of, any of the remedies or penalties under existing law. This section also shall be applicable to liquidated damages provided for pursuant to section 1349 of this title.
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.
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
Pub. L. 75–30 · 52 Stat. 31
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1376
Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 376, 52 Stat. 66
Source evidence
Code source credit
Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 376, 52 Stat. 66Agricultural Act of 1964
Pub. L. 88–297 title I § 106(2) · 78 Stat. 173
Changed · 7 U.S.C. § 1376
Pub. L. 88–297 provided for application of this section to liquidated damages under section 1349 of this title
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 88–297 provided for application of this section to liquidated damages under section 1349 of this title.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) Section 376 of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “This section also shall be applicable to liquidated 63 Stat. 670. 7 USC 1349. damages provided for pursuant to section 349 of this title.”
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1964—Pub. L. 88–297 provided for application of this section to liquidated damages under section 1349 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act , eff. , substituted “United States attorneys” for “district attorneys”. See section 541 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and Historical and Revision Notes thereunder.
Credits
1938–1964 · 3 acts
- 1938Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 376, 52 Stat. 66
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 869
- 1964Pub. L. 88–297, title I, § 106(2), , 78 Stat. 176.
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(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 376, 52 Stat. 66; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 869; Pub. L. 88–297, title I, § 106(2), , 78 Stat. 176.)