---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 90109"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "90109"
heading: "Civil action by Attorney General for equitable relief"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/90109"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 901 — Help America Vote Foundation"
---

# §90109. 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 foundation—

- (1) engages or threatens to engage in any act, practice, or policy that is inconsistent with the purposes in [section 90102 of this title](/usc/36/90102.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. 107–252, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1721, § 152609; renumbered § 90109 and amended Pub. L. 113–237, § 3(c)(6)(B), (C), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2840.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–237, § 3(c)(6)(B), renumbered section 152609 of this title as this section.

Par. (1). Pub. L. 113–237, § 3(c)(6)(C), substituted “section 90102” for “section 152602”.