22 USC § 8143 - Specific enforcement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s8143"
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title: "22 USC § 8143 - Specific enforcement"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "8143"
section_name: "Specific enforcement"
chapter_number: 88
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY—UNITED STATES ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "ENFORCEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–401, title II, § 243, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2749.)"
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# § 8143. Specific enforcement

**(a)** **Jurisdiction** The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction over civil actions brought by the head of an executive agency designated under section 8111(a) of this title—

**(1)** to restrain any conduct in violation of section 8124 of this title or section 8141 of this title; or

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

**(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 paragraph (1) of such subsection, in the United States district court for the judicial district in which any act, omission, or transaction constituting a violation of section 8124 of this title or section 8141 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 paragraph (2) of such subsection, 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 shall be served on a defendant wherever the defendant may reside or may be found.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–401, title II, § 243, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2749.)