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Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality

Part VIII · Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality

§ 1329. Jurisdiction of district courts

Statutory text

The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of all causes, civil and criminal, brought by the United States that arise under the provisions of this subchapter. It shall be the duty of the United States attorney of the proper district to prosecute every such suit when brought by the United States. Notwithstanding any other law, such prosecutions or suits may be instituted at any place in the United States at which the violation may occur or at which the person charged with a violation under section 1325 or 1326 of this title may be apprehended. No suit or proceeding for a violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter shall be settled, compromised, or discontinued without the consent of the court in which it is pending and any such settlement, compromise, or discontinuance shall be entered of record with the reasons therefor. Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing jurisdiction for suits against the United States or its agencies or officers.

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. 82–477 · 66 Stat. 609

    Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1329

    June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, § 279, 66 Stat. 230

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, § 279, 66 Stat. 230

  2. Pub. L. 104–208 § 381(a)(2) · 110 Stat. 3009

    Inserted · 8 U.S.C. § 1329

    Pub. L. 104–208, § 381(a)(2), inserted at end “Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing jurisdiction for suits against the United States or its agencies or officers.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 104–208, § 381(a)(2), inserted at end “Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing jurisdiction for suits against the United States or its agencies or officers.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing jurisdiction for suits against the United States or its agencies or officers.”,

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 381(b), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–650, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to actions filed after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 30, 1996].”

  3. Pub. L. 104–208 § 381(a)(1) · 110 Stat. 3009

    Amended · 8 U.S.C. § 1329

    Pub. L. 104–208, § 381(a)(1), amended first sentence generally. Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: “The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of all causes, civil and criminal, arising under any of the provisions of this subchapter.”

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 104–208, § 381(a)(1), amended first sentence generally. Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: “The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of all causes, civil and criminal, arising under any of the provisions of this subchapter.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) by amending the first sentence to read as follows: “The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of all causes, civil and criminal, brought by the United States that arise under the provisions of this title.”, and

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 381(b), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–650, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to actions filed after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 30, 1996].”

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–208, § 381(a)(2), inserted at end “Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing jurisdiction for suits against the United States or its agencies or officers.”

Pub. L. 104–208, § 381(a)(1), amended first sentence generally. Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: “The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of all causes, civil and criminal, arising under any of the provisions of this subchapter.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 381(b), , 110 Stat. 3009–650, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to actions filed after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”

Credits

1952–1996 · 2 acts
  1. 1952June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, § 279, 66 Stat. 230
  2. 1996Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 381(a), , 110 Stat. 3009–650.
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(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, § 279, 66 Stat. 230; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 381(a), , 110 Stat. 3009–650.)

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