<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="idbc43b47e-aaf5-11e3-a8cb-a7a72594c0f9" identifier="/us/usc/t7/s255"><num value="255">§ 255.</num><heading> Jurisdiction and arbitration</heading><subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="idbc43b47f-aaf5-11e3-a8cb-a7a72594c0f9" identifier="/us/usc/t7/s255/a"><num value="a" class="bold">(a)</num><heading class="bold"> Federal jurisdiction</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">A district court of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any action brought under this chapter without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties.</p>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="idbc43b480-aaf5-11e3-a8cb-a7a72594c0f9" identifier="/us/usc/t7/s255/b"><num value="b" class="bold">(b)</num><heading class="bold"> Arbitration</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Nothing in this chapter prevents the enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate that would otherwise be enforceable under chapter 1 of title 9.</p>
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<sourceCredit id="idbc43b481-aaf5-11e3-a8cb-a7a72594c0f9">(<ref href="/us/act/1916-08-11/ch313">Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313</ref>, pt. C, § 16, as added <ref href="/us/pl/106/472/s201">Pub. L. 106–472, title II, § 201</ref>, <date date="2000-11-09">Nov. 9, 2000</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/114/2068">114 Stat. 2068</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="priorProvisions" id="idbc43b483-aaf5-11e3-a8cb-a7a72594c0f9"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Prior Provisions</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">A prior section 255, <ref href="/us/act/1916-08-11/ch313">act Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313</ref>, pt. C, § 14, <ref href="/us/stat/39/488">39 Stat. 488</ref>, deemed deposit of products in a licensed warehouse as deposit subject to this chapter, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by <ref href="/us/pl/106/472">Pub. L. 106–472</ref>.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">A prior section 16 of <ref href="/us/act/1916-08-11/ch313">act Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313</ref>, pt. C, was classified to <ref href="/us/usc/t7/s258">section 258 of this title</ref>, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by <ref href="/us/pl/106/472">Pub. L. 106–472</ref>.</p>
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