§ 283f. — Jurisdiction and venue of actions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC283f]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XII--INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Sec. 283f. Jurisdiction and venue of actions
For the purpose of any action which may be brought within the United
States, its Territories or possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico by or against the Bank in accordance with the agreement, the Bank
shall be deemed to be an inhabitant of the Federal judicial district in
which its principal office in the United States is located, and any such
action at law or in equity to which the Bank shall be a party shall be
deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the district
courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction of any such
action. When the Bank is a defendant in any such action, it may, at any
time before the trial thereof, remove such action from a State court
into the district court of the United States for the proper district by
following the procedure for removal of causes otherwise provided by law.
(Pub. L. 86-147, Sec. 8, Aug. 7, 1959, 73 Stat. 300.)
