52 USC § 20307 - Enforcement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t52/s20307"
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title: "52 USC § 20307 - Enforcement"
title_number: 52
title_name: "VOTING AND ELECTIONS"
section_number: "20307"
section_name: "Enforcement"
chapter_number: 203
chapter_name: "REGISTRATION AND VOTING BY ABSENT UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTERS AND OVERSEAS VOTERS IN ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–410, title I, § 105, Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 927; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, § 587, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2333.)"
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# § 20307. Enforcement

**(a)** **In general** The Attorney General may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court for such declaratory or injunctive relief as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.

**(b)** **Report to Congress** Not later than December 31 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress an annual report on any civil action brought under subsection (a) during the preceding year.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–410, title I, § 105, Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 927; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, § 587, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2333.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Amendments

2009— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).