The Commission has the power-
Upon petition by the Commission, any United States district court within the jurisdiction of which any inquiry is being carried on may, in case of refusal to obey a subpena or order of the Commission issued under subsection (a), issue an order requiring compliance. Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof.
No person shall be subject to civil liability to any person (other than the Commission or the United States) for disclosing information at the request of the Commission.
Except as provided in section 30109(a)(8) of this title, the power of the Commission to initiate civil actions under subsection (a)(6) shall be the exclusive civil remedy for the enforcement of the provisions of this Act.
52 U.S.C. § 30107
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis Act, referred to in subsecs. (a)(6), (8), and (e), means the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as defined by section 30101 of this title.
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 437d of Title 2, The Congress, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers referenced in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections prior to their editorial reclassification to this title.
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 307 of Pub. L. 92-225 was renumbered section 305, and is classified to section 30105 of this title.
AMENDMENTS1986-Subsec. (a)(6), (8). Pub. L. 99-514 substituted "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" for "Internal Revenue Code of 1954", which for purposes of codification was translated as "title 26" thus requiring no change in text. 1980-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-187, §106, in par. (1) substituted "under oath, such written reports and answers to questions as the Commission may prescribe" for "in writing such reports and answers to questions as the Commission may prescribe" and struck out provision that such submission be made within such reasonable time and under oath as determined by the Commission; in par. (4) struck out "of this subsection" after "paragraph (3)"; in par. (6) substituted "section 437g(a)(8)" for "section 437g(a)(9)", and substituted "to enforce the provisions of this Act" for "for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act"; struck out par. (9) relating to formulation of general policy respecting administration of this Act and chapters 95 and 96 of title 26; and redesignated former par. (10) as (9).Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-187, §106, reworded subsec. (b) without substantive changes.Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-187, §106, reenacted subsec. (c) without change.Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96-187, §106, struck out "of the United States" after "President" in pars. (1) and (2). Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96-187, §106, substituted "section 437g(a)(8)" for "section 437g(a)(9)". 1976-Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 94-283, §107(b)(1), substituted "civil actions" for "civil proceedings" and inserted "(in the case of any civil action brought under section 437g(a) (9) of this title)" after "defend" and "and chapter 95 and chapter 96 of title 26" after "this Act".Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 94-283, §115(b), substituted "section 312" for "section 313" in the original to accommodate the renumbering of section 313 of Pub. L. 92-225 as section 312 of Pub. L. 92-225 by section 105 of Pub. L. 94-283. Since both the original and substituted references translate as "section 437f of this title" no change in text was required.Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 94-283, §107(a)(1), inserted "to develop such prescribed forms and to" before "to make, amend, and repeal" and inserted "and chapter 95 and chapter 96 of title 26" after "provisions of this Act".Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 94-283, §107(a)(2), substituted "and chapter 95 and chapter 96 of title 26; and" for "and sections 608, 610, 611, 613, 614, 615, 616, and 617 of title 18;". Subsecs. (a)(10), (11). Pub. L. 94-283, §107(a)(3), redesignated par. (11) as par. (10). Former par. (10), which covered the development of prescribed forms under subsection (a)(1) of this section, was struck out.Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 94-283, §107(b)(2), added subsec. (e).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96-187 effective Jan. 8, 1980, see section 301(a) of Pub. L. 96-187 set out as a note under section 30101 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Jan. 1, 1975, see section 410(a) of Pub. L. 93-443 set out as an Effective Date of 1974 Amendment note under section 30101 of this title.