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[CITE: 42USC6384]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 77--ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
             Part A--Energy Data Base and Energy Information
 
Sec. 6384. Enforcement


(a) Civil penalties

    Any person who violates any general or special order of the 
Comptroller General issued under section 6382(a)(1)(B) of this title may 
be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violation. 
Each day of failure to comply with such an order shall be deemed a 
separate violation. Such penalty shall be assessed by the Comptroller 
General and collected in a civil action brought by the Comptroller 
General through any attorney employed by the General Accounting Office 
or any other attorney designated by the Comptroller General, or, upon 
request of the Comptroller General, the Attorney General. A person shall 
not be liable with respect to any period during which the effectiveness 
of the order with respect to such person was stayed.

(b) Jurisdiction; process

    Any action to enjoin or set aside an order issued under section 
6382(a)(1)(B) of this title may be brought only before the United States 
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Any action to collect a 
civil penalty for violation of any general or special order may be 
brought only in the United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia. In any action brought under subsection (a) of this section to 
collect a civil penalty, process may be served in any judicial district 
of the United States.

(c) Securing compliance with subpena

    Upon petition by the Comptroller General through any attorney 
employed by the General Accounting Office or designated by the 
Comptroller General, or, upon request of the Comptroller General, the 
Attorney General, any United States district court within the 
jurisdiction of which any inquiry under this part is carried on may, in 
the case of refusal to obey a subpena of the Comptroller General issued 
under this part, issue an order requiring compliance therewith; and any 
failure to obey the order of the court may be treated by the court as a 
contempt thereof.

(Pub. L. 94-163, title V, Sec. 504, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 959.)
