22 USC § 6762 - Specific enforcement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s6762"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 6762 - Specific enforcement"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "6762"
section_name: "Specific enforcement"
chapter_number: 75
chapter_name: "CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "ENFORCEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title V, § 502, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–885.)"
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# § 6762. Specific enforcement

**(a)** **Jurisdiction** The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction over civil actions to—

**(1)** restrain any violation of section 6726 or 6745 of this title; and

**(2)** compel the taking of any action required by or under this chapter or the Convention.

**(b)** **Civil actions**

**(1)** **In general** A civil action described in subsection (a) may be brought—

**(A)** in the case of a civil action described in subsection (a)(1), in the United States district court for the judicial district in which any act, omission, or transaction constituting a violation of section 6726 or 6745 of this title occurred or in which the defendant is found or transacts business; or

**(B)** in the case of a civil action described in subsection (a)(2), in the United States district court for the judicial district in which the defendant is found or transacts business.

**(2)** **Service of process** In any such civil action process may be served on a defendant wherever the defendant may reside or may be found, whether the defendant resides or may be found within the United States or elsewhere.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title V, § 502, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–885.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), was in the original “this Act” and was translated as reading “this division”, meaning div. I of , , , known as the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For complete classification of division I to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.