2020 US Code
Title 19 - Customs Duties
Chapter 7 - Trade Expansion Program
Subchapter III - Tariff Adjustment and Other Adjustment Assistance
Part II - Adjustment Assistance to Firms
Sec. 1920 - Suits by and against Secretary of Commerce

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Citation 19 U.S.C. § 1920 (2020)
Section Name §1920. Suits by and against Secretary of Commerce
Section Text

In providing technical and financial assistance under sections 1913 and 1914 1 of this title, the Secretary of Commerce may sue and be sued in any court of record of a State having general jurisdiction or in any United States district court, and jurisdiction is conferred upon such district court to determine such controversies without regard to the amount in controversy; but no attachment, injunction, garnishment, or other similar process, mesne or final, shall be issued against him or his property. Nothing in this section shall be construed to except the activities pursuant to sections 1913 and 1914 1 of this title from the application of sections 517, 519, and 2679 of title 28.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 87–794, title III, §320, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 892.)

Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT

Sections 1913 and 1914 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by Pub. L. 93–618, title VI, §602(e), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2072.

CODIFICATION

Reference to "section 517 of title 28" substituted in text for reference to section 316 of title 5, and reference to "section 519 of title 28" substituted for reference to section 507(b) of title 28 on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, §7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Footnotes

1 See References in Text note below.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 7 - TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM
SUBCHAPTER III - TARIFF ADJUSTMENT AND OTHER ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
Part II - Adjustment Assistance to Firms
Sec. 1920 - Suits by and against Secretary of Commerce
Contains section 1920
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 76 Stat. 892
80 Stat. 631
88 Stat. 2072
Public Law References Public Law 87-794, Public Law 89-554, Public Law 93-618
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