15 U.S.C. § 330c : US Code - Section 330C: Authority of Secretary

Search 15 U.S.C. § 330c : US Code - Section 330C: Authority of Secretary

(a) Information; reports and records; inspection; availability of
data from any Federal agency as limitation of authority
The Secretary may obtain from any person whose activities relate
to weather modification by rule, subpena, or otherwise such
information in the form of testimony, books, records, or other
writings, may require the keeping and furnishing of such reports
and records, and may make such inspection of the books, records,
and other writings and premises and property of any person as may
be deemed necessary or appropriate by him to carry out the
provisions of this chapter, but this authority shall not be
exercised to obtain any information with respect to which adequate
and authoritative data are available from any Federal agency.
(b) Noncompliance; application of Attorney General; jurisdiction;
orders; contempts
In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpena served upon
any person pursuant to this section, the district court of the
United States for any district in which such person is found or
resides or transacts business, upon application by the Attorney
General, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such
person to appear and give testimony or to appear and produce
documents, or both; and any failure to obey such order of the court
may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.