{"identifier":"/us/usc/t50/s4041","title":50,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4041.","heading":"Enforcement by the Attorney General","text":"\u00a7\u202f4041.\nEnforcement by the Attorney General\n(a)\nCivil action\nThe Attorney General may commence a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against any person who\u2014\n(1) engages in a pattern or practice of violating this chapter; or\n(2) engages in a violation of this chapter that raises an issue of significant public importance.\n(b)\nRelief\nIn a civil action commenced under subsection (a), the court may\u2014\n(1) grant any appropriate equitable or declaratory relief with respect to the violation of this chapter;\n(2) award all other appropriate relief, including monetary damages, to any person aggrieved by the violation; and\n(3) may, to vindicate the public interest, assess a civil penalty\u2014\n(A) in an amount not exceeding $55,000 for a first violation; and\n(B) in an amount not exceeding $110,000 for any subsequent violation.\n(c)\nIntervention\nUpon timely application, a person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter with respect to which the civil action is commenced may intervene in such action, and may obtain such appropriate relief as the person could obtain in a civil action under\nsection 4042 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t50/s4041.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s4041","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4041."},{"t":"heading","text":"Enforcement by the Attorney General"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s4041/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Civil action"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Attorney General may commence a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against any person who\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s4041/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" engages in a pattern or practice of violating this chapter; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s4041/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" engages in a violation of this chapter that raises an issue of significant public importance.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s4041/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Relief"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In a civil action commenced under subsection (a), the court may\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s4041/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" grant any appropriate equitable or declaratory relief with respect to the violation of this chapter;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s4041/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" award all other appropriate relief, including monetary damages, to any person aggrieved by the violation; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s4041/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" may, to vindicate the public interest, assess a civil penalty\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t50/s4041/b/3/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" in an amount not exceeding $55,000 for a first violation; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t50/s4041/b/3/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" in an amount not exceeding $110,000 for any subsequent violation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s4041/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Intervention"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Upon timely application, a person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter with respect to which the civil action is commenced may intervene in such action, and may obtain such appropriate relief as the person could obtain in a civil action under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 4042 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t50/s4042","tail":" with respect to that violation, along with costs and a reasonable attorney fee."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}