§ 1722. — Injunction and specific enforcement authority.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC1722]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 29--OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 1722. Injunction and specific enforcement authority
(a) Civil action by Attorney General
In addition to any other remedy under this chapter or any mineral
leasing law, the Attorney General of the United States or his designee
may bring a civil action in a district court of the United States, which
shall have jurisdiction over such actions--
(1) to restrain any violation of this chapter; or
(2) to compel the taking of any action required by or under this
chapter or any mineral leasing law of the United States.
(b) Venue
A civil action described in subsection (a) of this section may be
brought only in the United States district court for the judicial
district wherein the act, omission, or transaction constituting a
violation under this chapter or any other mineral leasing law occurred,
or wherein the defendant is found or transacts business.
(Pub. L. 97-451, title I, Sec. 112, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2456.)
