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Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits

Part II · Chapter 19 — Insurance

§ 1975. Jurisdiction of District Courts

Statutory text

The district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action or claim against the United States founded upon this subchapter.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 89–214 § 1(a) · 79 Stat. 880

    Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 1975

    Added Pub. L. 89–214, § 1(a), Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 885, § 775

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 89–214, § 1(a), Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 885, § 775

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) as a direct result of actions of hostile forces;

  2. Pub. L. 102–83 § 5(a) · 105 Stat. 378

    Changed · 38 U.S.C. § 1975

    Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 775 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 775 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Redesignation of Sections to Conform to Chapter Numbers.— Each section contained in any of chapters 11 through 23 is redesignated by replacing the first digit of the section number with the number of the chapter containing that section. Each section contained in any of chapters 24 through 42 is redesignated so that the first two digits of the section number of that section are the same as the chapter number of the chapter containing that section.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 775 of this title as this section.

Credits

1965–1991 · 2 acts
  1. 1965Added Pub. L. 89–214, § 1(a), , 79 Stat. 885, § 775
  2. 1991renumbered § 1975, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), , 105 Stat. 406.
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(Added Pub. L. 89–214, § 1(a), , 79 Stat. 885, § 775; renumbered § 1975, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), , 105 Stat. 406.)

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