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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 7523 - Actions to restrain violations
## Text
(a) Jurisdiction The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to restrain violations of section 7522(a) of this title.
(b) Actions brought by or in name of United States; subpenas Actions to restrain such violations shall be brought by and in the name of the United States. In any such action, subpenas for witnesses who are required to attend a district court in any district may run into any other district.
(July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title II, § 204, as added Pub. L. 89272, title I, § 101(8), Oct. 20, 1965, 79 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 90148, § 2, Nov. 21, 1967, 81 Stat. 500; Pub. L. 91604, § 7(b), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1694; Pub. L. 9595, title II, § 218(b), Aug. 7, 1977, 91 Stat. 761.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1857f3 of this title.
Amendments1977—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 9595 struck out “paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4)” after “restrain violations of”. 1970—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91604 inserted reference to par. (4) of section 7522(a) of this title. 1967—Pub. L. 90148 reenacted section without change.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1977 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 9595 effective Aug. 7, 1977, except as otherwise expressly provided, see section 406(d) of Pub. L. 9595, set out as a note under section 7401 of this title.
Pending Actions and ProceedingsSuits, actions, and other proceedings lawfully commenced by or against the Administrator or any other officer or employee of the United States in his official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his official duties under act July 14, 1955, the Clean Air Act, as in effect immediately prior to the enactment of Pub. L. 9595 [Aug. 7, 1977], not to abate by reason of the taking effect of Pub. L. 9595, see section 406(a) of Pub. L. 9595, set out as an Effective Date of 1977 amendment note under section 7401 of this title.