1996 US Code
Title 2 - THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 24 - CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
SUBCHAPTER IV - ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL DISPUTE-RESOLUTION PROCEDURES
Sec. 1408 - Civil action
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 24 - CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY SUBCHAPTER IV - ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL DISPUTE-RESOLUTION PROCEDURES Sec. 1408 - Civil action |
| Contains | section 1408 |
| Date | 1996 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 1997 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 104-1, title IV, §408, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 37. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 109 Stat. 37 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 104-1 |
§1408. Civil action (a) Jurisdiction
The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction over any civil action commenced under section 1404 of this title and this section by a covered employee who has completed counseling under section 1402 of this title and mediation under section 1403 of this title. A civil action may be commenced by a covered employee only to seek redress for a violation for which the employee has completed counseling and mediation.
(b) PartiesThe defendant shall be the employing office alleged to have committed the violation, or in which the violation is alleged to have occurred.
(c) Jury trialAny party may demand a jury trial where a jury trial would be available in an action against a private defendant under the relevant law made applicable by this chapter. In any case in which a violation of section 1311 of this title is alleged, the court shall not inform the jury of the maximum amount of compensatory damages available under section 1311(b)(1) or 1311(b)(3) of this title.
(Pub. L. 104–1, title IV, §408, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 37.)
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in sections 1361, 1401, 1404, 1409, 1410, 1411, 1413, 1435 of this title.
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