30 USC § 1722 - Injunction and specific enforcement authority

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s1722"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 1722 - Injunction and specific enforcement authority"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "1722"
section_name: "Injunction and specific enforcement authority"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–451, title I, § 112, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2456.)"
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# § 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) 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.

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