{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/s159","title_num":"21","num":"§ 159.","heading":"Enforcement; penalties applicable; Congressional findings","status":null,"guid":"id8727d7ce-2930-11f1-a1e2-dfa571df4b43","source_credit":"(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1 (part), as added Pub. L. 99–198, title XVII, § 1768(e), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1655.)","seq_in_title":65,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch5","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21","level":"title","num":"Title 21—","heading":"FOOD AND DRUGS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch5","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 5—","heading":"VIRUSES, SERUMS, TOXINS, ANTITOXINS, AND ANALOGOUS PRODUCTS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id7c71320f-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t21/s159\"><num value=\"159\">§ 159.</num><heading> Enforcement; penalties applicable; Congressional findings</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The procedures of sections 672, 673, and 674 of this title (relating to detentions, seizures and condemnations, and injunctions, respectively) shall apply to the enforcement of this chapter with respect to any product prepared, sold, bartered, exchanged, or shipped in violation of this chapter or a regulation promulgated under this chapter. The provisions (including penalties) of <ref href=\"/us/usc/t21/s675\">section 675 of this title</ref> shall apply to the performance of official duties under this chapter. Congress finds that (i) the products and activities that are regulated under this chapter are either in interstate or foreign commerce or substantially affect such commerce or the free flow thereof, and (ii) regulation of the products and activities as provided in this chapter is necessary to prevent and eliminate burdens on such commerce and to effectively regulate such commerce.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id7c715920-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1913-03-04/ch145/s1\">Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 145, § 1</ref> (part), as added <ref href=\"/us/pl/99/198/tXVII/s1768/e\">Pub. L. 99–198, title XVII, § 1768(e)</ref>, <date date=\"1985-12-23\">Dec. 23, 1985</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/99/1655\">99 Stat. 1655</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id7c715921-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id7c715922-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I76\" topic=\"codification\" id=\"id7c715923-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Codification</heading>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">See note set out under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t21/s151\">section 151 of this title</ref>.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Another <ref href=\"/us/pl/99/198/s1768\">section 1768 of Pub. L. 99–198</ref>, cited as a credit to this section, amended <ref href=\"/us/usc/t7/s136y\">section 136y of Title 7</ref>, Agriculture.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id7c715924-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id7c715925-81bc-11eb-b838-b6993269d559\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective <date date=\"1985-12-23\">Dec. 23, 1985</date>, except as otherwise provided, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/99/198/s1768/f\">section 1768(f) of Pub. L. 99–198</ref>, set out as an Effective Date of 1985 Amendment note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t21/s151\">section 151 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"119-73","currency_date":"2026-01-23","congress":119,"law_num":73,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":370,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","03","05","06","10","14","15","16","17","18","20","21","22","28","29","31","32","33","34","36","37","38","39","40","41","42","43","46","48","49","50","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"119-73","currency_date":"2026-01-23","congress":119,"law_num":73,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":370,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","03","05","06","10","14","15","16","17","18","20","21","22","28","29","31","32","33","34","36","37","38","39","40","41","42","43","46","48","49","50","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-314not260not283","currency_date":"2021-01-05","congress":116,"law_num":314,"excluded_laws":[260,283],"update_num":null,"seq":225,"is_partial":true,"caveat":"Current through Public Law 116-314 (01/05/2021), except 116-260, 116-283.","titles_affected":["05","05a","06","15","16","18","21","25","28","31","33","34","42","50","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}