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# 21 U.S.C. § 379a - Presumption of existence of jurisdiction

## Text

In any action to enforce the requirements of this chapter respecting a device, tobacco product, food, drug, or cosmetic the connection with interstate commerce required for jurisdiction in such action shall be presumed to exist.

(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 709, as added Pub. L. 94–295, § 8, May 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 583; amended Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 419, Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2379; Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 103(k), June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1837.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2009—Pub. L. 111–31 inserted “tobacco product,” after “device,”. 1997—Pub. L. 105–115 substituted “a device, food, drug, or cosmetic” for “a device”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1997 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–115 effective 90 days after Nov. 21, 1997, except as otherwise provided, see section 501 of Pub. L. 105–115, set out as a note under section 321 of this title.