The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction, for cause shown, to restrain violations of section 360oo of this title and to restrain dealers and distributors of electronic products from selling or otherwise disposing of electronic products which do not conform to an applicable standard prescribed pursuant to section 360kk of this title except when such products are disposed of by returning them to the distributor or manufacturer from whom they were obtained. The district courts of the United States shall also have jurisdiction in accordance with section 1355 of title 28 to enforce the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.
Actions under subsections (a) and (b) of this section may be brought in the district court of the United States for the district wherein any act or omission or transaction constituting the violation occurred, or in such court for the district where the defendant is found or transacts business, and process in such cases may be served in any other district of which the defendant is an inhabitant or wherever the defendant may be found.
Nothing in this part shall be construed as requiring the Secretary to report for the institution of proceedings minor violations of this part whenever he believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice or warning.
Except as provided in the first sentence of section 360ss of this title, compliance with this part or any regulations issued thereunder shall not relieve any person from liability at common law or under statutory law.
The remedies provided for in this part shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any other remedies provided by law.
21 U.S.C. § 360pp
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONSection was classified to section 263k of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 101-629.
AMENDMENTS1993- Pub. L. 103-80 amended directory language of Pub. L. 101-629, §19(a)(4), which renumbered section 263k of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, as this section.1990-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-629, §19(a)(2)(G)(i), (ii), substituted "section 360oo" for "section 263j" and "section 360kk" for "section 263f".Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 101-629, §19(a)(2)(G)(ii), substituted "section 360oo" for "section 263j" in two places.Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-629, §19(a)(1)(B), substituted "this part" for "this subpart" in two places. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101-629, §19(a)(1)(B), (2) (G)(iii), substituted "section 360ss" for "section 263n" and "this part" for "this subpart".Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101-629, §19(a)(1)(B), substituted "this part" for "this subpart".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
NONINTERFERENCE WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES Enactment of this section not to be construed to supersede or limit the functions under any other provision of law of any officer or agency of the United States, see section 4 of Pub. L. 90-602 set out as a note under section 360hh of this title.