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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§290k–9 Jurisdiction of United States Courts and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards

Title 22 › Chapter 7— INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter XXVI— MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY › § 290k–9

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

For civil cases under the Convention anywhere in the United States, its territories, possessions, or Puerto Rico, the Agency is treated as a resident of the federal judicial district where its main U.S. office or its agent for accepting service is located. Those cases, including ones to enforce an arbitral award, count as federal cases and must be filed in U.S. district courts, including the courts named in 28 U.S.C. §460. If the Agency is sued in a state court, it can move the case to the proper U.S. district court before trial by using the removal process in 28 U.S.C. §1446.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §290k–9

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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 Agency in accordance with the Convention, including an action brought to enforce an arbitral award against the Agency, the Agency 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 Agency 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 Agency 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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is based on section 412 of title IV of H.R. 3750, One Hundredth Congress, as introduced Dec. 11, 1987, and enacted into law by Pub. L. 100–202.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 290k–9

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60