36 USC § 90109 - Civil action by Attorney General for equitable relief

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title: "36 USC § 90109 - Civil action by Attorney General for equitable relief"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "90109"
section_name: "Civil action by Attorney General for equitable relief"
chapter_number: 901
chapter_name: "HELP AMERICA VOTE FOUNDATION"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 107–252, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1721, § 152609; renumbered § 90109 and amended Pub. L. 113–237, § 3(c)(6)(B), (C), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2840.)"
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# § 90109. Civil action by Attorney General for equitable relief

The Attorney General may bring a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for appropriate equitable relief if the foundation—

**(1)** engages or threatens to engage in any act, practice, or policy that is inconsistent with the purposes in section 90102 of this title; or

**(2)** refuses, fails, or neglects to carry out its obligations under this chapter or threatens to do so.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 107–252, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1721, § 152609; renumbered § 90109 and amended Pub. L. 113–237, § 3(c)(6)(B), (C), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2840.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014—, renumbered  as this section.

Par. (1). , substituted “section 90102” for “section 152602”.