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title: "16 U.S.C. § 1109"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 1109 - Court action; service of process
## Text
In an action against the Commission instituted in a district court of the United States, service of the summons and of the complaint upon the Commission shall be made by delivering a copy thereof to the United States attorney for the district in which the action is brought, or to an assistant United States attorney, or to a clerical employee designated by the United States attorney to accept service in a writing filed with the clerk of the court, and by sending a copy of the summons and of the complaint to the Commission by registered or certified mail.
(Pub. L. 88363, § 10, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.)