§ 3231. — District courts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3231]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 211--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
Sec. 3231. District courts
The district courts of the United States shall have original
jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of all offenses
against the laws of the United States.
Nothing in this title shall be held to take away or impair the
jurisdiction of the courts of the several States under the laws thereof.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 826.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 588d of title 12, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Banks and
Banking; title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 546, 547 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Secs. 326, 340, 35 Stat. 1151, 1153; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231,
Sec. 291, 36 Stat. 1167; May 18, 1934, ch. 304, Sec. 4, 48 Stat. 783).
This section was formed by combining sections 546 and 547 of title
18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., with section 588d of title 12, U.S.C., Banks and
Banking, with no change of substance.
The language of said section 588d of title 12, U.S.C., 1940 ed.,
which related to bank robbery, or killing or kidnapping as an incident
thereto (see section 2113, of this title), and which read ``Jurisdiction
over any offense defined by sections 588b and 588c of this title shall
not be reserved exclusively to courts of the United States'' was omitted
as adequately covered by this section.
Senate Revision Amendment
The text of this section was changed by Senate amendment. See Senate
Report No. 1620, amendment No. 10, 80th Cong.
