Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§284f Jurisdiction and venue of actions

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIII— - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION › § 284f

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Treats the Association as a resident of the federal judicial district where its main U.S. office is located for any lawsuit brought in the United States, its possessions, or Puerto Rico under its articles. Those lawsuits are considered to involve U.S. law, so U.S. district courts can hear them first. If the Association is sued in a state court, it can, before trial, move the case into the correct U.S. district court by using the normal legal process for removing cases.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §284f

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For the purpose of any action which may be brought within the United States, its possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, by or against the Association in accordance with the articles, the Association shall be deemed to be an inhabitant of the Federal Judicial district in which its principal office in the United States is located, and any such action at law or in equity to which the Association shall be a party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction of any such action. When the Association is a defendant in any such action, it may, at any time before the trial thereof, remove such action from a State court into the district court of the United States for the proper district by following the procedure for removal of causes otherwise provided by law.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 284f

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73