2013 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 29 - OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT (§§ 1701 - 1759)
Subchapter I - FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 1711 - 1726)
Section 1722 - Injunction and specific enforcement authority

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 29 - OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I - FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 1722 - Injunction and specific enforcement authority
Containssection 1722
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 97-451, title I, §112, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2456.
Statutes at Large Reference96 Stat. 2456
Public Law ReferencePublic Law 97-451

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Injunction and specific enforcement authority - 30 U.S.C. § 1722 (2013)
§1722. Injunction and specific enforcement authority (a) Civil action by Attorney General

In addition to any other remedy under this chapter or any mineral leasing law, the Attorney General of the United States or his designee may bring a civil action in a district court of the United States, which shall have jurisdiction over such actions—

(1) to restrain any violation of this chapter; or

(2) to compel the taking of any action required by or under this chapter or any mineral leasing law of the United States.

(b) Venue

A civil action described in subsection (a) of this section may be brought only in the United States district court for the judicial district wherein the act, omission, or transaction constituting a violation under this chapter or any other mineral leasing law occurred, or wherein the defendant is found or transacts business.

(Pub. L. 97–451, title I, §112, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2456.)

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