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title: "49 U.S.C. § 15903"
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title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 15903 - Enforcement by the Attorney General
## Text
(a) On Behalf of Board.— The Attorney General may, and on request of the Board shall, bring court proceedings to enforce this part or a regulation or order of the Board and to prosecute a person violating this part or a regulation or order of the Board issued under this part.
(b) On Behalf of Others.— The United States Government may bring a civil action on behalf of a person to compel a pipeline carrier providing transportation or service subject to this part to provide that transportation or service to that person in compliance with this part at the same rate charged, or on conditions as favorable as those given by the carrier, for like traffic under similar conditions to another person.
(Added Pub. L. 10488, title I, § 106(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 927.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 11703 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 10488, § 102(a).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective DateSection effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 10488, see section 2 of Pub. L. 10488, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.