<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>
<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>
</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>
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<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>
<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>
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