§ 290k-9. — Jurisdiction of United States courts and enforcement of arbitral awards.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC290k-9]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XXVI--MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY
Sec. 290k-9. Jurisdiction of United States courts and
enforcement of arbitral awards
For the purposes of any civil action which may be brought within the
United States, its territories or possessions, or the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, by or against the Agency in accordance with the Convention,
including an action brought to enforce an arbitral award against the
Agency, the Agency shall be deemed to be an inhabitant of the Federal
judicial district in which its principal office within the United States
or its agent appointed for the purpose of accepting service or notice of
service is located, and any such action to which the Agency shall be a
party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and
the district courts of the United States, including the courts
enumerated in section 460 of title 28, shall have original jurisdiction
of any such action. When the Agency is a defendant in any action in a
State court, it may at any time before the trial thereof remove the
action into the appropriate district court of the United States by
following the procedure for removal provided in section 1446 of title
28.
(Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(e) [title I], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-
131, 1329-134.)
Codification
Section is based on section 412 of title IV of H.R. 3750, One
Hundredth Congress, as introduced Dec. 11, 1987, and enacted into law by
Pub. L. 100-202.
