Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73
§15903 Enforcement by the Attorney General
Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE IV— - INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › Part PART C— - PIPELINE CARRIERS › Chapter CHAPTER 159— - ENFORCEMENT: INVESTIGATIONS, RIGHTS, AND REMEDIES › § 15903
Summary
The Attorney General can go to court to enforce these rules and to prosecute people who break them, and must do so if the Board asks. The United States can sue for a person to force a pipeline carrier to give that person service at the same rate or on as favorable terms as similar customers.
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Title 49, §15903
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(a)The Attorney General may, and on request of the Board shall, bring court proceedings to enforce this part or a regulation or order of the Board and to prosecute a person violating this part or a regulation or order of the Board issued under this part.
(b)The United States Government may bring a civil action on behalf of a person to compel a pipeline carrier providing transportation or service subject to this part to provide that transportation or service to that person in compliance with this part at the same rate charged, or on conditions as favorable as those given by the carrier, for like traffic under similar conditions to another person.
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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 11703 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.
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49 U.S.C. § 15903
Title 49 — Transportation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73