Sec. 7. Enforcement
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The Secretary may conduct an investigation of any violation of an authorization, order, mitigation measure, regulation, or prohibition issued under this Act. In conducting an investigation described in paragraph (1), designated officers or employees of the Secretary may, to the extent necessary or appropriate to enforce this Act, exercise such authority as is conferred upon them by any other Federal law, subject to policies and procedures approved by the Attorney General. An officer or employee authorized to conduct investigations under subsection
(a)by the Secretary may do any of the following: Inspect, search, detain, seize, or impose a temporary denial order with respect to any item, in any form, or conveyance on which it is believed that there are items that have been, are being, or are about to be imported into the United States in violation of this Act or any other applicable Federal law. Require, inspect, and obtain any book, record, and any other information from any person subject to the provisions of this Act or other applicable Federal law. Administer an oath or affirmation and, by subpoena, require any person to appear and testify or to appear and produce books, records, and other writings. Obtain a court order and issue legal process to the extent authorized under chapters 119, 121, and 206 of title 18, United States Code, or any other applicable Federal law. In the case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person under subsection (b)(3), a district court of the United States, after notice to such person and a hearing, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such person to appear and give testimony or to appear and produce books, records, and other writings, regardless of format, that are the subject of the subpoena. Any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. The Attorney General may bring an action in an appropriate district court of the United States for appropriate relief, including declaratory and injunctive, or divestment relief, against any person who violates this Act or any regulation, order, direction, mitigation measure, prohibition, or other authorization or directive issued under this Act.