---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 2152"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
number: "2152"
heading: "Intervention in litigation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/2152"
units:
  - "Chapter 20 — Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability"
  - "Subchapter II — Responsibilities of Oversight Board"
---

# §2152. Intervention in litigation

- (a) **Intervention—** The [Oversight Board](/usc/48/2104.md?p=17) may intervene in any litigation filed against the [territorial government](/usc/48/2104.md?p=18).
- (b) **Injunctive relief—**
  - (1) **In general—** If the [Oversight Board](/usc/48/2104.md?p=17) intervenes in a litigation under [subsection (a)](#a), the [Oversight Board](/usc/48/2104.md?p=17) may seek injunctive relief, including a stay of litigation.
  - (2) **No independent basis for relief—** This section does not create an independent basis on which injunctive relief, including a stay of litigation, may be granted.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 114–187, title II, § 212, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 577.)