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type: "LegalText"
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title: "49 U.S.C. § 11702"
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description: "Enforcement by the Board"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 49
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title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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chapter_number: "117"
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chapter_name: "ENFORCEMENT: INVESTIGATIONS, RIGHTS, AND REMEDIES"
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section: "11702"
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citation: "49 U.S.C. § 11702"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 11702 - Enforcement by the Board
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## Text
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The Board may bring a civil action—
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(1) to enjoin a rail carrier from violating sections 10901 through 10906 of this title, or a regulation prescribed or order or certificate issued under any of those sections;
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(2) to enforce subchapter II of chapter 113 of this title and to compel compliance with an order of the Board under that subchapter; and
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(3) to enforce an order of the Board, except a civil action to enforce an order for the payment of money, when it is violated by a rail carrier providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under this part.
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(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 845.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Prior ProvisionsA prior section 11702, Pub. L. 95–473, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1450; Pub. L. 96–296, §§ 15(c), 16(c), July 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 809, 810; Pub. L. 97–261, § 25(e), Sept. 20, 1982, 96 Stat. 1125; Pub. L. 98–554, title II, § 226(c)(5), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2851; Pub. L. 100–690, title IX, § 9111(j), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4534, related to authority of Interstate Commerce Commission to bring a civil action to enforce various provisions of this subtitle, prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a). See sections 11702, 14702, and 15902 of this title.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DateSection effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.
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