§ 284f. — Jurisdiction and venue of actions.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 22USC284f]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XIII--INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
Sec. 284f. Jurisdiction and venue of actions
For the purpose of any action which may be brought within the United
States, its possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, by or
against the Association in accordance with the articles, the Association
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 Association 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 Association 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. 86-565, Sec. 8, June 30, 1960, 74 Stat. 294.)
