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 124 STAT. 3574 PUBLIC LAW 111–331—DEC. 22, 2010 chief legal officer or other State officer has reason to believe that the interests of the residents of the State have been or are being threatened or adversely affected by a violation of this subsection or a regulation under this subsection. ‘‘(B) NOTICE.—The chief legal officer or other State officer shall serve written notice on the Commission of any civil action under subparagraph (A) prior to initiating such civil action. The notice shall include a copy of the complaint to be filed to initiate such civil action, except that if it is not feasible for the State to provide such prior notice, the State shall provide such notice imme- diately upon instituting such civil action. ‘‘(C) AUTHORITY TO INTERVENE.—Upon receiving the notice required by subparagraph (B), the Commission shall have the right— ‘‘(i) to intervene in the action; ‘‘(ii) upon so intervening, to be heard on all matters arising therein; and ‘‘(iii) to file petitions for appeal. ‘‘(D) CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of bringing any civil action under subparagraph (A), nothing in this para- graph shall prevent the chief legal officer or other State officer from exercising the powers conferred on that officer by the laws of such State to conduct investigations or to administer oaths or affirmations or to compel the attend- ance of witnesses or the production of documentary and other evidence. ‘‘(E) VENUE; SERVICE OR PROCESS.— ‘‘(i) VENUE.—An action brought under subpara- graph (A) shall be brought in a district court of the United States that meets applicable requirements relating to venue under section 1391 of title 28, United States Code. ‘‘(ii) SERVICE OF PROCESS.—In an action brought under subparagraph (A)— ‘‘(I) process may be served without regard to the territorial limits of the district or of the State in which the action is instituted; and ‘‘(II) a person who participated in an alleged violation that is being litigated in the civil action may be joined in the civil action without regard to the residence of the person. ‘‘(7) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—This subsection does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State, or of an intelligence agency of the United States. ‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection: ‘‘(A) CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION.—The term ‘caller identification information’ means information pro- vided by a caller identification service regarding the tele- phone number of, or other information regarding the origi- nation of, a call made using a telecommunications service or IP-enabled voice service. ‘‘(B) CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE.—The term ‘caller identification service’ means any service or device designed