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[CITE: 28USC1352]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
 
                CHAPTER 85--DISTRICT COURTS; JURISDICTION
 
Sec. 1352. Bonds executed under federal law

    The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, concurrent 
with State courts, of any action on a bond executed under any law of the 
United States, except matters within the jurisdiction of the Court of 
International Trade under section 1582 of this title.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 934; Pub. L. 96-417, title V, 
Sec. 506, Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1743.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    This section is necessary to permit actions in the district courts 
upon any bond authorized by a law of the United States. In the absence 
of this new provision, such actions could not be maintained except by 
the United States, where the amount and other jurisdictional requisites 
did not exist. The new section also makes clear that it does not affect 
the right to prosecute such actions in State courts.


                               Amendments

    1980--Pub. L. 96-417 inserted exception for matters within the 
jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade under section 1582 of 
this title.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-417 applicable with respect to civil actions 
commenced on or after the 90th day after Nov. 1, 1980, see section 
701(c)(1)(B) of Pub. L. 96-417, set out as a note under section 251 of 
this title.