[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1503.201]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER XII--TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                            HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 1503_INVESTIGATIVE AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart G_Rules of Practice in Transportation Security Administration 
                       (TSA) Civil Penalty Actions
 
Sec. 1503.201  Applicability.


    (a) This subpart applies to the following actions:
    (1) A civil penalty action in which a request for hearing has been 
filed and the amount sought does not exceed $50,000 for a violation 
arising under 49 U.S.C. chapter 449 (except sections 44902, 44903(d), 
44907(a)-(d)(1)(A), 44907(d)(1)(C)-(f), 44908, and 44909), or a 
regulation prescribed or order issued under any of those provisions.
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, 
the United States district courts will have exclusive jurisdiction of 
any civil penalty action initiated by the Administrator:
    (1) Which involves an amount in controversy in excess of $50,000;
    (2) Which is an in rem action or in which an in rem action based on 
the same violation has been brought;

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    (3) Regarding which an aircraft subject to lien has been seized by 
the United States; and
    (4) In which a suit for injunctive relief based on the violation 
giving rise to the civil penalty has also been brought.