{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s2281","title_num":"42","num":"§ 2281.","heading":"Contempt proceedings","status":null,"guid":"id7274c0a6-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 233, formerly § 231, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 960; renumbered § 233, Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 1015, § 6, 70 Stat. 1070; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)","seq_in_title":3038,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23/dA/schXVII","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 23—","heading":"DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23/dA","level":"division","num":"Division A—","heading":"Atomic Energy","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23/dA/schXVII","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER XVII—","heading":"ENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER","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=\"id8d0096e9-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s2281\"><num value=\"2281\">§ 2281.</num><heading> Contempt proceedings</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">In case of failure or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person pursuant to <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s2201/c\">section 2201(c) of this title</ref>, the district court for any district in which such person is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the Attorney General on behalf of the United States, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such person to appear and give testimony or to appear and produce documents, or both, in accordance with the subpena; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id8d0096ea-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1946-08-01/ch724\">Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724</ref>, title I, § 233, formerly § 231, as added <ref href=\"/us/act/1954-08-30/ch1073/s1\">Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/68/960\">68 Stat. 960</ref>; renumbered § 233, <ref href=\"/us/act/1956-08-06/ch1015/s6\">Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 1015, § 6</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/70/1070\">70 Stat. 1070</ref>; renumbered title I, <ref href=\"/us/pl/102/486/tIX/s902/a/8\">Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8)</ref>, <date date=\"1992-10-24\">Oct. 24, 1992</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/106/2944\">106 Stat. 2944</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id8d0096eb-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"priorProvisions\" id=\"id8d0096ec-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Prior Provisions</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Provisions similar to this section were contained in <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s1816/d\">section 1816(d) of this title</ref>, prior to the general amendment and renumbering of act <date date=\"1946-08-01\">Aug. 1, 1946</date>, by act <date date=\"1954-08-30\">Aug. 30, 1954</date>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-19","currency_date":"2019-05-31","congress":116,"law_num":19,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":174,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["25","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}