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15 U.S.C. § 2071 — Injunctive enforcement and seizure
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**(a) Jurisdiction** The United States district courts shall have jurisdiction to take the following action:
(1) Restrain any violation of [section 2068 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2068&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) Restrain any person from manufacturing for sale, offering for sale, distributing in commerce, or importing into the United States a product in violation of an order in effect under [section 2064(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2064/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) Restrain any person from distributing in commerce a product which does not comply with a consumer product safety rule.
Such actions may be brought by the Commission (without regard to [section 2076(b)(7)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2076/b/7/A&num=0&edition=prelim)) or by the Attorney General in any United States district court for a district wherein any act, omission, or transaction constituting the violation occurred, or in such court for the district wherein the defendant is found or transacts business. In any action under this section process may be served on a defendant in any other district in which the defendant resides or may be found.
**(b) Products liable to proceeding** Any consumer product—
(1) which fails to conform with an applicable consumer product safety rule, or
(2) the manufacture for sale, offering for sale, distribution in commerce, or the importation into the United States of which has been prohibited by an order in effect under [section 2064(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2064/d&num=0&edition=prelim),
when introduced into or whi
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**(a) Jurisdiction** The United States district courts shall have jurisdiction to take the following action:
(1) Restrain any violation of [section 2068 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2068&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) Restrain any person from manufacturing for sale, offering for sale, distributing in commerce, or importing into the United States a product in violation of an order in effect under [section 2064(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2064/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) Restrain any person from distributing in commerce a product which does not comply with a consumer product safety rule.
Such actions may be brought by the Commission (without regard to [section 2076(b)(7)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2076/b/7/A&num=0&edition=prelim)) or by the Attorney General in any United States district court for a district wherein any act, omission, or transaction constituting the violation occurred, or in such court for the district wherein the defendant is found or transacts business. In any action under this section process may be served on a defendant in any other district in which the defendant resides or may be found.
**(b) Products liable to proceeding** Any consumer product—
(1) which fails to conform with an applicable consumer product safety rule, or
(2) the manufacture for sale, offering for sale, distribution in commerce, or the importation into the United States of which has been prohibited by an order in effect under [section 2064(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2064/d&num=0&edition=prelim),
when introduced into or while in commerce or while held for sale after shipment in commerce shall be liable to be proceeded against on libel of information and condemned in any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such consumer product is found. Proceedings in cases instituted under the authority of this subsection shall conform as nearly as possible to proceedings in rem in admiralty. Whenever such proceedings involving substantially similar consumer products are pending in courts of two or more judicial districts they shall be consolidated for trial by order of any such court upon application reasonably made by any party in interest upon notice to all other parties in interest.
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**(a) Designation** It shall be unlawful for any person to—
(1) sell, offer for sale, manufacture for sale, distribute in commerce, or import into the United States any consumer product, or other product or substance that is regulated under this chapter or any other Act enforced by the Commission, that is not in conformity with an applicable consumer product safety rule under this chapter, or any similar rule, regulation, standard, or ban under any other Act enforced by the Commission;
(2) sell, offer for sale, manufacture for sale, distribute in commerce, or import into the United States any consumer product, or other product or substance that is—
(B) 11 So in original. No subpar. (A) has been enacted. subject to voluntary corrective action taken by the manufacturer, in consultation with the Commission, of which action the Commission has notified the public or if the seller, distributor, or manufacturer knew or should have known of such voluntary corrective action;
(C) subject to an order issued under section 2061 or 2064 of this title; or
(D) a banned hazardous substance within the meaning of [section 1261(q)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1261/q/1&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) fail or refuse to permit access to or copying of records, or fail or refuse to establish or maintain records, or fail or refuse to make reports or provide information, or fail or refuse to permit entry or inspection, as required under this chapter or rule thereunder;
(4) fail to furnish information required by [section 2064(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2064/b&num=0&edition=prelim);
(5) fail to comply with an order issued under section 2064(c) or (d) of this
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**(a)** The Congress finds that—
(1) an unacceptable number of consumer products which present unreasonable risks of injury are distributed in commerce;
(2) complexities of consumer products and the diverse nature and abilities of consumers using them frequently result in an inability of users to anticipate risks and to safeguard themselves adequately;
(3) the public should be protected against unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products;
(4) control by State and local governments of unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products is inadequate and may be burdensome to manufacturers;
(5) existing Federal authority to protect consumers from exposure to consumer products presenting unreasonable risks of injury is inadequate; and
(6) regulation of consumer products the distribution or use of which affects interstate or foreign commerce is necessary to carry out this chapter.
**(b)** The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products;
(2) to assist consumers in evaluating the comparative safety of consumer products;
(3) to develop uniform safety standards for consumer products and to minimize conflicting State and local regulations; and
(4) to promote research and investigation into the causes and prevention of product-related deaths, illnesses, and injuries.
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 2071
‘‘the Commission shall consider the appropriateness of
such penalty to the size of the business of the person
charged, the nature of the product defect, the severity
of the risk of injury, the occurrence or absence of in-
jury, and the number of defective products distributed’’
for ‘‘the appropriateness of such penalty to the size of
the business of the person charged and the gravity of
the violation shall be considered’’, and redesignated
subsec. (c) as (d).
1978—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 95–631 made violation of
section 2068(a)(10) of this title a separate offense.
1976—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 94–284 inserted reference
to pars. (8) and (9).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2008 AMENDMENT
Amendment by section 217(a)(1) of Pub. L. 110–314 ef-
fective on the date that is the earlier of the date on
which final regulations are issued under section
217(b)(2) of Pub. L. 110–314, set out below, or 1 year after
Aug. 14, 2008, see section 217(a)(4) of Pub. L. 110–314, set
out as a note under section 1194 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective Aug. 13, 1981,
see section 1215 of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as a note under
section 2052 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective on the sixtieth day following Oct.
27, 1972, see section 34 of Pub. L. 92–573, set out as a
note under section 2051 of this title.
CIVIL PENALTY CRITERIA
Pub. L. 110–314, title II, § 217(b)(2), Aug. 14, 2008, 122
Stat. 3059, provided that: ‘‘Not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 14, 2008], and in
accordance with the procedures of section 553 of title 5,
United States Code, the [Consumer Product Safety]
Commission shall issue a final
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