<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="idd2edc5f8-7dda-11e7-98a8-fedde4d3b9ef" identifier="/us/usc/t9/s203"><num value="203">§ 203.</num><heading> Jurisdiction; amount in controversy</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">An action or proceeding falling under the Convention shall be deemed to arise under the laws and treaties of the United States. The district courts of the United States (including the courts enumerated in <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s460">section 460 of title 28</ref>) shall have original jurisdiction over such an action or proceeding, regardless of the amount in controversy.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="idd2edc5f9-7dda-11e7-98a8-fedde4d3b9ef">(Added <ref href="/us/pl/91/368">Pub. L. 91–368</ref>, § 1, <date date="1970-07-31">July 31, 1970</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/84/692">84 Stat. 692</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDate" id="idd2eded0b-7dda-11e7-98a8-fedde4d3b9ef"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section effective upon the entry into force of the Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards with respect to the United States (<date date="1970-12-29">Dec. 29, 1970</date>), see <ref href="/us/pl/91/368/s4">section 4 of Pub. L. 91–368</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t9/s201">section 201 of this title</ref>.</p>
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