---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 6304"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "6304"
heading: "Injunctive enforcement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/6304"
units:
  - "Chapter 77 — Energy Conservation"
  - "Subchapter III — Improving Energy Efficiency"
  - "Part A — Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles"
---

# §6304. Injunctive enforcement


The [United States](/usc/42/6202.md?p=5) district courts shall have jurisdiction to restrain (1) any [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) of [section 6302 of this title](/usc/42/6302.md) and (2) any [person](/usc/42/6202.md?p=2) from distributing in [commerce](/usc/42/6291.md?p=17) any [covered product](/usc/42/6291.md?p=2) which does not comply with an applicable rule under section [6294](/usc/42/6294.md) or [6295](/usc/42/6295.md) of this title. Any such action shall be brought by the [Commission](/usc/42/6291.md?p=18), except that any such action to restrain any [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) of [section 6302(a)(3) of this title](/usc/42/6302.md?p=a-3) which relates to requirements prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/42/6202.md?p=1), any [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) of [section 6302(a)(4) of this title](/usc/42/6302.md?p=a-4) which relates to requests of the [Secretary](/usc/42/6202.md?p=1) under [section 6296(b)(2) of this title](/usc/42/6296.md?p=b-2), or any [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) of paragraph (5), (6), (7), or (8) of [section 6302(a) of this title](/usc/42/6302.md?p=a) shall be brought by the [Secretary](/usc/42/6202.md?p=1). Any such action to restrain any [person](/usc/42/6202.md?p=2) from distributing in [commerce](/usc/42/6291.md?p=17) a [general service incandescent lamp](/usc/42/6291.md?p=30-D-i) that does not comply with the applicable standard established under [section 6295(i) of this title](/usc/42/6295.md?p=i) or an adapter prohibited under [section 6302(a)(7) of this title](/usc/42/6302.md?p=a-7) may also be brought by the attorney general of a [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4) in the name of the [State](/usc/42/6202.md?p=4). Any such action may be brought in any [United States](/usc/42/6202.md?p=5) district court for a district wherein any act, omission, or transaction constituting the [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) 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.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–163, title III, § 334, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 929; Pub. L. 95–619, title VI, § 691(b)(2), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3288; Pub. L. 110–140, title III, § 321(f), Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1586; Pub. L. 114–11, title II, § 201(4), Apr. 30, 2015, 129 Stat. 189.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2015—Pub. L. 114–11 substituted “paragraph (5), (6), (7), or (8) of section 6302(a)” for “section 6302(a)(5)” and “section 6302(a)(7)” for “section 6302(a)(6)”.

2007—Pub. L. 110–140 inserted after second sentence “Any such action to restrain any person from distributing in commerce a general service incandescent lamp that does not comply with the applicable standard established under section 6295(i) of this title or an adapter prohibited under section 6302(a)(6) of this title may also be brought by the attorney general of a State in the name of the State.”

1978—Pub. L. 95–619 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”, meaning Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, wherever appearing.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2007 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 110–140 effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.