{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/s379a","title_num":"21","num":"§ 379a.","heading":"Presumption of existence of jurisdiction","status":null,"guid":"idadbc1dd2-6f68-11ea-8ef0-e3d83a473c96","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":274,"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/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id416a1a0f-a3d3-11e9-95d4-f3ff9237185e\" 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=\"id416a1a10-a3d3-11e9-95d4-f3ff9237185e\">(<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/tIV/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/dA/tI/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=\"id416a1a11-a3d3-11e9-95d4-f3ff9237185e\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id416a1a12-a3d3-11e9-95d4-f3ff9237185e\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">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 style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDateOfAmendment\" id=\"id416a1a13-a3d3-11e9-95d4-f3ff9237185e\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">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":"116-108","currency_date":"2020-01-24","congress":116,"law_num":108,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":194,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","05","05a","06","08","10","11","12","14","15","16","17","18","19","20","21","22","23","26","28","29","31","32","33","34","37","38","39","40","41","42","44","46","49","50","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-108","currency_date":"2020-01-24","congress":116,"law_num":108,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":194,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","05","05a","06","08","10","11","12","14","15","16","17","18","19","20","21","22","23","26","28","29","31","32","33","34","37","38","39","40","41","42","44","46","49","50","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-29","currency_date":"2019-07-05","congress":116,"law_num":29,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":177,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","06","07","15","16","19","21","26","34","38","42","43","48","49","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}