Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§283gg Jurisdiction of United States Courts

Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER XII–A — INTER-AMERICAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION › § 283gg

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Corporation is a resident of the federal district where its main U.S. office or its agent for service is. Suits by or against it are treated as federal matters, and U.S. district courts, including those in section 460, Title 28, have original jurisdiction; if sued in state court it may remove case to federal court before trial under 28 U.S.C. 1446.

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Title 22, §283gg

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For the purposes of any civil action which may be brought within the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, by or against the Corporation in accordance with the agreement, the Corporation shall be deemed to be an inhabitant of the Federal judicial district in which its principal office within the United States or its agent appointed for the purpose of accepting service or notice of service is located, and any such action to which the Corporation shall be a party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the district courts of the United States, including the courts enumerated in section 460 of title 28, shall have original jurisdiction of any such action. When the Corporation is a defendant in any action in a State court, it may at any time before the trial thereof remove the action into the appropriate district court of the United States by following the procedure for removal provided in section 1446 of title 28.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section is based on section 208 of title II of S. 2416, Ninety-eighth Congress, as introduced Mar. 13, 1984, and enacted into law by Pub. L. 98–473.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 283gg

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102