---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 U.S.C. § 6715"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance"
number: "6715"
heading: "Enforcement by the Attorney General of prohibitions on discrimination"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/31/6715"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — General Assistance Administration"
  - "Chapter 67 — Federal Payments"
---

# §6715. Enforcement by the Attorney General of prohibitions on discrimination


The Attorney General may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court of the United States against a [unit of general local government](/usc/31/6501.md?p=10) that the Attorney General has reason to believe has engaged or is engaging in a pattern or practice in violation of [section 6711(a)](/usc/31/6711.md?p=a) or (b). The court may grant—

- (1) a temporary restraining order;
- (2) an injunction; or
- (3) an appropriate order to ensure enjoyment of rights under [section 6711(a)](/usc/31/6711.md?p=a) or (b), including an order suspending, terminating, or requiring repayment of, payments under this chapter or placing additional payments under this chapter in escrow pending the outcome of the action.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31001(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1877.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6715, Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1024, related to prohibition on using payments to influence legislation, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–272, title XIV, § 14001(a)(1), (e), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 327, 329, eff. Oct. 18, 1986.