42 USC § 6304 - Injunctive enforcement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s6304"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 6304 - Injunctive enforcement"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "6304"
section_name: "Injunctive enforcement"
chapter_number: 77
chapter_name: "ENERGY CONSERVATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–163, title III, § 334, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 929; Pub. L. 95–619, title VI, § 691(b)(2), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3288; Pub. L. 110–140, title III, § 321(f), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1586; Pub. L. 114–11, title II, § 201(4), Apr. 30, 2015, 129 Stat. 189.)"
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# § 6304. Injunctive enforcement

section 6302 of this titlesection 6302(a)(3) of this titlesection 6302(a)(4) of this titlesection 6296(b)(2) of this titlesection 6302(a) of this titlesection 6295(i) of this titlesection 6302(a)(7) of this title

The United States district courts shall have jurisdiction to restrain (1) any violation of  and (2) any person from distributing in commerce any covered product which does not comply with an applicable rule under section 6294 or 6295 of this title. Any such action shall be brought by the Commission, except that any such action to restrain any violation of  which relates to requirements prescribed by the Secretary, any violation of  which relates to requests of the Secretary under , or any violation of paragraph (5), (6), (7), or (8) of  shall be brought by the Secretary. Any such action to restrain any person from distributing in commerce a general service incandescent lamp that does not comply with the applicable standard established under  or an adapter prohibited under  may also be brought by the attorney general of a State in the name of the State. Any such action may be brought in any United States district court for a district wherein any act, omission, or transaction constituting the violation occurred, or in such court for the district wherein the defendant is found or transacts business. In any action under this section, process may be served on a defendant in any other district in which the defendant resides or may be found.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–163, title III, § 334, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 929; Pub. L. 95–619, title VI, § 691(b)(2), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3288; Pub. L. 110–140, title III, § 321(f), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1586; Pub. L. 114–11, title II, § 201(4), Apr. 30, 2015, 129 Stat. 189.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2015— substituted “paragraph (5), (6), (7), or (8) of section 6302(a)” for “section 6302(a)(5)” and “section 6302(a)(7)” for “section 6302(a)(6)”.

2007— inserted after second sentence “Any such action to restrain any person from distributing in commerce a general service incandescent lamp that does not comply with the applicable standard established under  or an adapter prohibited under  may also be brought by the attorney general of a State in the name of the State.”

1978— substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”, meaning Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, wherever appearing.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2007 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on the date that is 1 day after , see , set out as an Effective Date note under , The Congress.