---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 2440"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "2440"
heading: "Jurisdiction of courts"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/2440"
units:
  - "Chapter 44A — Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention"
---

# §2440. Jurisdiction of courts


The district courts of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any case or controversy arising under the provisions of this chapter or of any regulation promulgated under this chapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–623, title III, § 311, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3405.)