{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s2338","title_num":"18","num":"§ 2338.","heading":"Exclusive Federal jurisdiction","status":null,"guid":"idbde3a076-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 102–572, title X, § 1003(a)(4), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4524.)","seq_in_title":881,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch113B","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch113B","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 113B—","heading":"TERRORISM","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id75145802-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2338\"><num value=\"2338\">§ 2338.</num><heading> Exclusive Federal jurisdiction</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The district courts of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction over an action brought under this chapter.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id75145803-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/102/572/tX/s1003/a/4\">Pub. L. 102–572, title X, § 1003(a)(4)</ref>, <date date=\"1992-10-29\">Oct. 29, 1992</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/106/4524\">106 Stat. 4524</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id75145804-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id75145805-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id75145806-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section applicable to any pending case or any cause of action arising on or after 4 years before <date date=\"1992-10-29\">Oct. 29, 1992</date>, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/102/572/s1003/c\">section 1003(c) of Pub. L. 102–572</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s2331\">section 2331 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}