Title 9 — Arbitration
Chapter 2 — Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
§ 204. Venue
Statutory text
An action or proceeding over which the district courts have jurisdiction pursuant to section 203 of this title may be brought in any such court in which save for the arbitration agreement an action or proceeding with respect to the controversy between the parties could be brought, or in such court for the district and division which embraces the place designated in the agreement as the place of arbitration if such place is within the United States.
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.
Pub. L. 91–368 § 1 · 84 Stat. 692
Enacted · 9 U.S.C. § 204
(Added Pub. L. 91–368, § 1, July 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 692.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 91–368, § 1, July 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 692.)
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective upon the entry into force of the Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards with respect to the United States (), see section 4 of Pub. L. 91–368, set out as a note under section 201 of this title.
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 91–368, § 1, , 84 Stat. 692.)