---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 31115"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "31115"
heading: "Enforcement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/31115"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Motor Vehicle and Driver Programs"
  - "Part B — Commercial"
  - "Chapter 311 — Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety"
  - "Subchapter II — Length and Width Limitations"
---

# §31115. Enforcement


On the request of the Secretary of Transportation, the Attorney General shall bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive relief to ensure compliance with this subchapter or subchapter I of this chapter. The action may be brought in a district court of the [United States](/usc/49/31301.md?p=15) in any [State](/usc/49/31101.md?p=4) in which the relief is required. On a proper showing, the court shall issue a temporary restraining order or preliminary or permanent injunction. An injunction under this section may order a [State](/usc/49/31101.md?p=4) or person to comply with this subchapter, subchapter I, or a regulation prescribed under this subchapter or subchapter I.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 999.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 31115 | 49 App.:2313. | Jan. 6, 1983, Pub. L. 97–424, § 413, 96 Stat. 2160; Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–554, § 214, 98 Stat. 2844. |

The words “to assure compliance with the terms of this chapter” and “In any action under this section” are omitted as surplus. The last sentence is substituted for 49 App.:2313 (last sentence) for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.