---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 152409"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "152409"
heading: "Civil action by Attorney General for equitable relief"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/152409"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1524 — National Recording Preservation Foundation"
---

# §152409. Civil action by Attorney General for equitable relief


The Attorney General may bring a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for appropriate equitable relief if the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)—

- (1) engages or threatens to engage in any act, practice, or policy that is inconsistent with the purposes in [section 152402 of this title](/usc/36/152402.md); or
- (2) refuses, fails, or neglects to carry out its obligations under this chapter or threatens to do so.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–474, title II, § 201(a), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2094.)