Enforcement

Any person who believes a violation of this Act or of chapter 95 or chapter 96 of title 26 has occurred, may file a complaint with the Commission. Such complaint shall be in writing, signed and sworn to by the person filing such complaint, shall be notarized, and shall be made under penalty of perjury and subject to the provisions of section 1001 of title 18 . Within 5 days after receipt of a complaint, the Commission shall notify, in writing, any person alleged in the complaint to have committed such a violation. Before the Commission conducts any vote on the complaint, other than a vote to dismiss, any person so notified shall have the opportunity to demonstrate, in writing, to the Commission within 15 days after notification that no action should be taken against such person on the basis of the complaint. The Commission may not conduct any investigation or take any other action under this section solely on the basis of a complaint of a person whose identity is not disclosed to the Commission.

( Pub. L. 92–225, title III, § 309 , formerly § 314, as added Pub. L. 93–443, title II, § 208(a) , Oct. 15, 1974 , 88 Stat. 1284 ; renumbered § 313 and amended Pub. L. 94–283, title I , §§ 105, 109, May 11, 1976 , 90 Stat. 481 , 483; renumbered § 309 and amended Pub. L. 96–187, title I , §§ 105(4), 108, Jan. 8, 1980 , 93 Stat. 1354 , 1358; Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, § 402(1)(A) , Nov. 8, 1984 , 98 Stat. 3357 ; Pub. L. 99–514, § 2 , Oct. 22, 1986 , 100 Stat. 2095 ; Pub. L. 106–58, title VI, § 640(a) , (b), Sept. 29, 1999 , 113 Stat. 476 , 477; Pub. L. 107–155, title III , §§ 312(a), 315(a), (b), Mar. 27, 2002 , 116 Stat. 106 , 108; Pub. L. 110–433, § 1(a) , Oct. 16, 2008 , 122 Stat. 4971 ; Pub. L. 113–72 , §§ 1, 2, Dec. 26, 2013 , 127 Stat. 1210 ; Pub. L. 115–386, § 1(a) , Dec. 21, 2018 , 132 Stat. 5161 ; Pub. L. 118–26, § 1 , Dec. 19, 2023 , 137 Stat. 131 .)