---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 2279aa–14"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "2279aa–14"
heading: "Federal jurisdiction"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/2279aa-14"
units:
  - "Chapter 23 — Farm Credit System"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Agricultural Mortgage Secondary Market"
  - "Part A — Establishment and Activities of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation"
---

# §2279aa–14. Federal jurisdiction


Notwithstanding [section 1349 of title 28](/usc/28/1349.md) or any other provision of law:

- (1) The [Corporation](/usc/12/2279aa.md?p=4) shall be considered an agency under sections 1345 and [1442](/usc/12/1442.md) of such title.
- (2) All civil actions to which the [Corporation](/usc/12/2279aa.md?p=4) is a party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States and, to the extent applicable, shall be deemed to be governed by Federal common law. The district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction of all such actions, without regard to amount of value.
- (3) Any civil or other action, case, or controversy in a court of a [State](/usc/12/2279aa.md?p=8) or any court, other than a district court of the United States, to which the [Corporation](/usc/12/2279aa.md?p=4) is a party may at any time before trial be removed by the [Corporation](/usc/12/2279aa.md?p=4), without the giving of any bond or security—
  - (A) to the District Court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place where the same is pending; or
  - (B) if there is no such district court, to the District Court of the United States for the district in which the principal [office](/usc/12/2279bb.md?p=4) of the [Corporation](/usc/12/2279aa.md?p=4) is located;

  by following any procedure for removal for causes in effect at the time of such removal.

- (4) No attachment or execution shall be issued against the [Corporation](/usc/12/2279aa.md?p=4) or any of the property of the [Corporation](/usc/12/2279aa.md?p=4) before final judgment in any Federal, [State](/usc/12/2279aa.md?p=8), or other court.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–181, title VIII, § 8.14, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title VII, § 702, Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1705.)