12 U.S.C. § 3208 — Powers available to Attorney General for enforcement
submitted 44 years ago by Pub. L. 95-630 to r/title-12-BANKS-AND-BANKING · 156 words · no verdicts yet
This section governs powers available to attorney general for enforcement. It sets the duties, permissions, limits, procedures, reports, or funding rules stated in the section.
(a) To enforce the Attorney General's functions under section 3206(6), every function and power the Clayton Act gives the Attorney General is available, regardless of that Act's jurisdictional tests. This includes enforcing violations as though they violated the Clayton Act. (b) The Attorney General, or the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department Antitrust Division, may use all functions and powers available under the Clayton Act to investigate possible section 3206(6) violations as though they were possible Clayton Act violations.
For the purpose of the exercise by the Attorney General of the enforcement functions of the Attorney General under section 3206(6) 1 of this title, all of the functions and powers of the Attorney General under the Clayton Act [15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.] are available to the Attorney General, irrespective of any jurisdictional tests in the Clayton Act, including the power to take enforcement actions in the same manner as if the violation had been a violation of the Clayton Act.
All of the functions and powers of the Attorney General or the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice are available to the Attorney General or to such Assistant Attorney General to investigate possible violations under section 3206(6) 1 of this title in the same manner as if such possible violations were possible violations of the Clayton Act [15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.].
Source credit: (Pub. L. 95–630, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 97–320, title IV, § 426, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1524; amended Pub. L. 111–203, title III, § 360(3), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1549.)
- 1982Enacted · Pub. L. 95-630 · 96 Stat. 1524
- 2010Amended · Pub. L. 111-203 · 124 Stat. 1549
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 95-630 on 1982-10-15.
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