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[CITE: 49USC60120]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE VIII--PIPELINES
 
                           CHAPTER 601--SAFETY
 
Sec. 60120. Enforcement

    (a) Civil Actions.--(1) On the request of the Secretary of 
Transportation, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in an 
appropriate district court of the United States to enforce this chapter 
or a regulation prescribed or order issued under this chapter. The court 
may award appropriate relief, including punitive damages.
    (2) At the request of the Secretary, the Attorney General may bring 
a civil action in a district court of the United States to require a 
person to comply immediately with a subpena or to allow an officer, 
employee, or agent authorized by the Secretary to enter the premises, 
and inspect the records and property, of the person to decide whether 
the person is complying with this chapter. The action may be brought in 
the judicial district in which the defendant resides, is found, or does 
business. The court may punish a failure to obey the order as a contempt 
of court.
    (b) Jury Trial Demand.--In a trial for criminal contempt for 
violating an injunction issued under this section, the violation of 
which is also a violation of this chapter, the defendant may demand a 
jury trial. The defendant shall be tried as provided in rule 42(b) of 
the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (18 App. U.S.C.).
    (c) Effect on Tort Liability.--This chapter does not affect the tort 
liability of any person.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1323.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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60120(a)(1)...........................  49 App.:1677(b)(2).              Aug. 1
2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, 82 Stat.
                                                                          720, 
Sec.  10(b)(2); added Nov. 30,
                                                                          1979,
 Pub. L. 96-129, Secs.
                                                                          104(a
)(1), 152(a), 93 Stat. 992, 999.
                                        49 App.:1679b(a)(1).             Aug. 1
2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, 82 Stat.
                                                                          720, 
Sec.  12(a); added Nov. 30, 1979,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 96-129, Sec.  104(b), 93 Stat.
                                                                          993.
                                        49 App.:2006(b)(2).              Nov. 3
0, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, Secs.
                                                                          207(b
)(2), (c), 209(a), 93 Stat. 1009,
                                                                          1010.
                                        49 App.:2008(a)(1).
60120(a)(2)...........................  49 App.:1681(f).                 Aug. 1
2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, 82 Stat.
                                                                          720, 
Sec.  14(f); added Oct. 24, 1992,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 102-508, Sec.  112(b), 106
                                                                          Stat.
 3295.
                                        49 App.:2010(f).                 Nov. 3
0, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, 93 Stat.
                                                                          989, 
Sec.  211(f); added Oct. 24,
                                                                          1992,
 Pub. L. 102-508, Sec.  211(b),
                                                                          106 S
tat. 3304.
60120(b)..............................  49 App.:1679b(a)(2).
                                        49 App.:2008(a)(2).
60120(c)..............................  49 App.:1677(c).                 Aug. 1
2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, Sec.
                                                                          10(c)
, 82 Stat. 725; Nov. 30, 1979,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 96-129, Secs.  104(a)(1),
                                                                          152(a
), 93 Stat. 992, 999.
                                        49 App.:2006(c).
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    In subsection (a)(1), the text of 49 App.:1677(b)(2) and 2006(b)(2) 
and the words ``shall have jurisdiction to determine such actions'' in 
49 App.:1679b(a)(1) and 2008(a)(1) are omitted as redundant and because 
of 28:1331 and 1345. The word ``civil'' is added for consistency in the 
revised title and with other titles of the United States Code and 
because of rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 App. 
U.S.C.). The words ``to enforce this chapter'' are substituted for ``for 
equitable relief to redress or restrain a violation by any person of a 
provision of this chapter'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The word 
``prescribed'' is substituted for ``issued'' for consistency in the 
revised title and with other titles of the Code. The words ``necessary 
or . . . mandatory or prohibitive injunctive relief, interim equitable 
relief, and'' are omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (a)(2), the words ``the Attorney General may bring a 
civil action in a district court of the United States'' are substituted 
for ``such district court shall, upon the request of the Attorney 
General . . . have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order'' for 
clarity and consistency and because of 28:1331 and 1345. The words 
``contumacy or'' are omitted as surplus. The word ``premises'' is added 
for clarity and consistency. The words ``or examine'' are omitted as 
being included in ``inspect''.
    In subsection (b), the words ``mandatory or prohibitive'' are 
omitted as surplus. The words ``the defendant may demand a jury trial'' 
are substituted for ``trial shall be by the court or, upon demand of the 
accused, by a jury'' to eliminate unnecessary words and for consistency 
in the revised title and with other titles of the Code.
    In subsection (c), the words ``common law or statutory'' are omitted 
as surplus.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 60105, 60114 of this title.
