§ 825p. — Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of liabilities and duties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC825p]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12--FEDERAL REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER
SUBCHAPTER III--LICENSEES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES; PROCEDURAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 825p. Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of liabilities
and duties
The District Courts of the United States, and the United States
courts of any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction of violations of
this chapter or the rules, regulations, and orders thereunder, and of
all suits in equity and actions at law brought to enforce any liability
or duty created by, or to enjoin any violation of this chapter or any
rule, regulation, or order thereunder. Any criminal proceeding shall be
brought in the district wherein any act or transaction constituting the
violation occurred. Any suit or action to enforce any liability or duty
created by, or to enjoin any violation of, this chapter or any rule,
regulation, or order thereunder may be brought in any such district or
in the district wherein the defendant is an inhabitant, and process in
such cases may be served wherever the defendant may be found. Judgments
and decrees so rendered shall be subject to review as provided in
sections 1254, 1291, and 1292 of title 28. No costs shall be assessed
against the Commission in any judicial proceeding by or against the
Commission under this chapter.
(June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. III, Sec. 317, as added Aug. 26, 1935, ch.
687, title II, Sec. 213, 49 Stat. 862; amended June 25, 1936, ch. 804,
49 Stat. 1921; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 32(b), 62 Stat. 991; May 24,
1949, ch. 139, Sec. 127, 63 Stat. 107.)
Codification
As originally enacted, this section contained reference to the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Act June 25, 1936,
substituted ``the district court of the United States for the District
of Columbia'' for ``the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia'', and
act June 25, 1948, as amended by act May 24, 1949, substituted ``United
States District Court for the District of Columbia'' for ``district
court of the United States for the District of Columbia''. However, the
words ``United States District Court for the District of Columbia'' have
been deleted entirely as superfluous in view of section 132(a) of Title
28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, which states that ``There shall be
in each judicial district a district court which shall be a court of
record known as the United States District Court for the district'', and
section 88 of Title 28 which states that ``the District of Columbia
constitutes one judicial district''.
``Sections 1254, 1291, and 1292 of title 28'', referred to in text,
were substituted for ``sections 128 and 240 of the Judicial Code, as
amended (U.S.C. title 28, secs. 225 and 347)'' on authority of act June
25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 869, the first section of which enacted
Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Transfer of Functions
Federal Power Commission terminated and its functions, personnel,
property, funds, etc., transferred to Secretary of Energy (except for
certain functions transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293 of Title 42, The
Public Health and Welfare.
Executive and administrative functions of Federal Power Commission,
with certain reservations, transferred to Chairman of such Commission,
with authority vested in him to authorize their performance by any
officer, employee, or administrative unit under his jurisdiction, by
Reorg. Plan No. 9 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175,
64 Stat. 1265, set out as a note under section 792 of this title.
