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[CITE: 49USC14702]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
 PART B--MOTOR CARRIERS, WATER CARRIERS, BROKERS, AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
 
       CHAPTER 147--ENFORCEMENT; INVESTIGATIONS; RIGHTS; REMEDIES
 
Sec. 14702. Enforcement by the regulatory authority

    (a) In General.--The Secretary or the Board, as applicable, may 
bring a civil action--
        (1) to enforce section 14103 of this title; or
        (2) to enforce this part, or a regulation or order of the 
    Secretary or Board, as applicable, when violated by a carrier or 
    broker providing transportation or service subject to jurisdiction 
    under subchapter I or III of chapter 135 of this title or by a 
    foreign motor carrier or foreign motor private carrier providing 
    transportation registered under section 13902 of this title.

    (b) Venue.--In a civil action under subsection (a)(2) of this 
section--
        (1) trial is in the judicial district in which the carrier, 
    foreign motor carrier, foreign motor private carrier, or broker 
    operates;
        (2) process may be served without regard to the territorial 
    limits of the district or of the State in which the action is 
    instituted; and
        (3) a person participating with a carrier or broker in a 
    violation may be joined in the civil action without regard to the 
    residence of the person.

    (c) Standing.--The Board, through its own attorneys, may bring or 
participate in any civil action involving motor carrier undercharges.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 905.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 11702 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).
