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title: "48 U.S.C. § 2152"
description: "Intervention in litigation"
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title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
chapter_number: "20"
chapter_name: "PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY"
section: "2152"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 2152"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 2152 - Intervention in litigation

## Text

(a) Intervention The Oversight Board may intervene in any litigation filed against the territorial government.

(b) Injunctive relief (1) In general If the Oversight Board intervenes in a litigation under subsection (a), the Oversight Board may seek injunctive relief, including a stay of litigation.

(2) No independent basis for relief This section does not create an independent basis on which injunctive relief, including a stay of litigation, may be granted.

(Pub. L. 114–187, title II, § 212, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 577.)