---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 1852"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "1852"
heading: "Judicial enforcement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/1852"
units:
  - "Chapter 20 — Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection"
  - "Subchapter V — General Provisions"
  - "Part A — Enforcement Provisions"
---

# §1852. Judicial enforcement

- (a) **Injunctive relief—** The [Secretary](/usc/29/1802.md?p=11) may petition any appropriate district court of the United States for temporary or permanent injunctive relief if the [Secretary](/usc/29/1802.md?p=11) determines that this chapter, or any regulation under this chapter, has been violated.
- (b) **Control of civil litigation—** Except as provided in [section 518(a) of title 28](/usc/28/518.md?p=a), relating to litigation before the Supreme Court, the Solicitor of Labor may appear for and represent the [Secretary](/usc/29/1802.md?p=11) in any civil litigation brought under this chapter, but all such litigation shall be subject to the direction and control of the Attorney General.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–470, title V, § 502, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2596.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 90 days from Jan. 14, 1983, see section 524 of Pub. L. 97–470, set out as a note under section 1801 of this title.