{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/s379a","title_num":"21","num":"§ 379a.","heading":"Presumption of existence of jurisdiction","status":null,"guid":"id86abb3f8-050d-11e3-a300-9bed43da2d8e","source_credit":"(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 709, as added Pub. L. 94–295, § 8, May 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 583; amended Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 419, Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2379; Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 103(k), June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1837.)","seq_in_title":245,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch9/schVII/ptA","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21","level":"title","num":"Title 21—","heading":"FOOD AND DRUGS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch9","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 9—","heading":"FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch9/schVII","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER VII—","heading":"GENERAL AUTHORITY","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch9/schVII/ptA","level":"part","num":"Part A—","heading":"General Administrative Provisions","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/\" id=\"id1cdffa25-f63b-11e2-8470-abc29ba29c4d\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t21/s379a\"><num value=\"379a\">§ 379a.</num><heading> Presumption of existence of jurisdiction</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">In any action to enforce the requirements of this chapter respecting a device, tobacco product, food, drug, or cosmetic the connection with interstate commerce required for jurisdiction in such action shall be presumed to exist.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id1cdffa26-f63b-11e2-8470-abc29ba29c4d\">\n(<ref href=\"/us/act/1938-06-25/ch675/s709\">June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 709</ref>, as added <ref href=\"/us/pl/94/295/s8\">Pub. L. 94–295, § 8</ref>, <date date=\"1976-05-28\">May 28, 1976</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/90/583\">90 Stat. 583</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/105/115/s419\">Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 419</ref>, <date date=\"1997-11-21\">Nov. 21, 1997</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/111/2379\">111 Stat. 2379</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/111/31/s103/k\">Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, § 103(k)</ref>, <date date=\"2009-06-22\">June 22, 2009</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/123/1837\">123 Stat. 1837</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id1ce02137-f63b-11e2-8470-abc29ba29c4d\">\n<note topic=\"amendments\"><heading>Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">2009—<ref href=\"/us/pl/111/31\">Pub. L. 111–31</ref> inserted “tobacco product,” after “device,”.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1997—<ref href=\"/us/pl/105/115\">Pub. L. 105–115</ref> substituted “a device, food, drug, or cosmetic” for “a device”.</p>\n</note>\n<note topic=\"effectiveDateOfAmendment\"><heading>Effective Date of 1997 Amendment</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Amendment by <ref href=\"/us/pl/105/115\">Pub. L. 105–115</ref> effective 90 days after <date date=\"1997-11-21\">Nov. 21, 1997</date>, except as otherwise provided, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/105/115/s501\">section 501 of Pub. L. 105–115</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t21/s321\">section 321 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"113-31","currency_date":"2013-08-09","congress":113,"law_num":31,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":1,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["12","14","16","20","21","22","23","25","26","38","40","43","47","49","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"113-31","currency_date":"2013-08-09","congress":113,"law_num":31,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":1,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["12","14","16","20","21","22","23","25","26","38","40","43","47","49","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"113-21","currency_date":"2013-07-18","congress":113,"law_num":21,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":0,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["05","16","18","22","33","36","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}