---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 1359hh"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "1359hh"
heading: "Regulations; violations; publication of Secretary’s determinations; jurisdiction of the courts; United States attorneys"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/1359hh"
units:
  - "Chapter 35 — Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938"
  - "Subchapter II — Loans, Parity Payments, Consumer Safeguards, Marketing Quotas, and Marketing Certificates"
  - "Part B — Marketing Quotas"
  - "Subpart vii — flexible marketing allotments for sugar"
---

# §1359hh. Regulations; violations; publication of Secretary’s determinations; jurisdiction of the courts; United States attorneys

- (a) **Regulations—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/1301.md?p=a-7) or the Commodity Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the authority vested in the [Secretary](/usc/7/1301.md?p=a-7) in administering this subpart.
- (b) **Violation—** Any [person](/usc/7/1301.md?p=a-8) knowingly violating any regulation of the [Secretary](/usc/7/1301.md?p=a-7) issued under [subsection (a)](#a) shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation.
- (c) **Publication in Federal Register—** Each determination issued by the [Secretary](/usc/7/1301.md?p=a-7) to establish, adjust, or suspend allotments under this subpart shall be promptly published in the Federal Register and shall be accompanied by a statement of the reasons for the determination.
- (d) **Jurisdiction of courts; United States attorneys—**
  - (1) **Jurisdiction of courts—** The several district courts of the [United States](/usc/7/1359aa.md?p=6) are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain any [person](/usc/7/1301.md?p=a-8) from violating, this subpart or any regulation issued thereunder.
  - (2) **United States attorneys—** Whenever the [Secretary](/usc/7/1301.md?p=a-7) shall so request, it shall be the duty of the several [United States](/usc/7/1359aa.md?p=6) attorneys, in their respective districts, to institute proceedings to enforce the remedies and to collect the penalties provided for in this subpart. The [Secretary](/usc/7/1301.md?p=a-7) may elect not to refer to a [United States](/usc/7/1359aa.md?p=6) attorney any violation of this subpart or regulation when the [Secretary](/usc/7/1301.md?p=a-7) determines that the administration and enforcement of this subpart would be adequately served by written notice or warning to any [person](/usc/7/1301.md?p=a-8) committing the violation.
- (e) **Nonexclusivity of remedies—** The remedies and penalties provided for in this subpart shall be in addition to, and not exclusive of, any remedies or penalties existing at law or in equity.

## Source credit

(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 359h, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1403, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 202.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1359hh, act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 359h, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title IX, § 902, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3486; amended Pub. L. 102–237, title I, § 111(j), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1836, related to regulations, violations, publication of Secretary’s determinations, jurisdiction of courts, and United States attorneys, prior to the general amendment of this subpart by Pub. L. 107–171.