29 CFR § 1978.113 - Judicial enforcement.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1978.113"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 1978.113 - Judicial enforcement."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1978.113"
section_name: "Judicial enforcement."
chapter_name: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "1978"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING OF RETALIATION COMPLAINTS UNDER THE EMPLOYEE PROTECTION PROVISION OF THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1982 (STAA), AS AMENDED"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 31101 and 31105; Secretary's Order 1-2012 (Jan. 18, 2012), 77 FR 3912 (Jan. 25, 2012); Secretary's Order 01-2020, 85 FR 13186 (March 6, 2020)."
regulatory_source: "77 FR 44134, July 27, 2012, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1978"
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# 1978.113 Judicial enforcement.

Whenever any person has failed to comply with a preliminary order of reinstatement or a final order, including one approving a settlement agreement issued under STAA, the Secretary may file a civil action seeking enforcement of the order in the United States district court for the district in which the violation was found to have occurred.