Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

29 U.S.C. § 217

Injunction proceedings

section 215 of this titlesection 215(a)(2) of this titlesection 255 of this titleThe district courts, together with the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, and the District Court of Guam shall have jurisdiction, for cause shown, to restrain violations of , including in the case of violations of the restraint of any withholding of payment of minimum wages or overtime compensation found by the court to be due to employees under this chapter (except sums which employees are barred from recovering, at the time of the commencement of the action to restrain the violations, by virtue of the provisions of ).

June 25, 1938, ch. 676, § 1752 Stat. 1069Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 736, § 1563 Stat. 919Pub. L. 85–231, § 1(3)71 Stat. 514Pub. L. 86–624, § 21(c)74 Stat. 417Pub. L. 87–30, § 12(b)75 Stat. 74(, ; , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 87–30section 215(a)(2) of this titlesection 255 of this titleProvided1961— substituted “, including in the case of violations of the restraint of any withholding of payment of minimum wages or overtime compensation found by the court to be due to employees under this chapter (except sums which employees are barred from recovering, at the time of the commencement of the action to restrain the violations, by virtue of the provisions of ” for “: , That no court shall have jurisdiction, in any action brought by the Administrator to restrain such violations, to order the payment to employees of unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime compensation or an additional equal amount as liquidated damages in such action”.

Pub. L. 86–6241960— struck out reference to the District Court for Territory of Alaska.

Pub. L. 85–2311957— included the District Court of Guam within the enumeration of courts having jurisdiction of injunction proceedings.

1949—Act , included a more precise description of United States courts having jurisdiction to restrain violations and inserted proviso denying jurisdiction to order payment of unpaid minimum wages, overtime, and liquidated damages in injunction proceedings.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1961 Amendment

Pub. L. 87–30section 14 of Pub. L. 87–30section 203 of this titleAmendment by effective upon expiration of one hundred and twenty days after , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1957 Amendment

Pub. L. 85–231section 2 of Pub. L. 85–231section 213 of this titleAmendment by effective upon expiration of ninety days from , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1949 Amendment

section 202 of this titleAmendment by act , effective ninety days after , see section 16(a) of act , set out as a note under .

Termination of United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone

Pub. L. 96–70, title II93 Stat. 493For termination of the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone at end of the “transition period”, being the 30-month period beginning , and ending midnight , see Paragraph 5 of Article XI of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and sections 2101 and 2201 to 2203 of , , , formerly classified to sections 3831 and 3841 to 3843, respectively, of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

92 Stat. 3781Functions relating to enforcement and administration of equal pay provisions vested by this section in Secretary of Labor transferred to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1978, § 1, 43 F.R. 19807, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, effective , as provided by section 1–101 of Ex. Ord. No. 12106, , 44 F.R. 1053.