---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 2338"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "2338"
heading: "Exclusive Federal jurisdiction"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/2338"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 113B — Terrorism"
---

# §2338. Exclusive Federal jurisdiction


The district courts of the [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9) shall have exclusive jurisdiction over an action brought under this chapter.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 102–572, title X, § 1003(a)(4), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4524.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable to any pending case or any cause of action arising on or after 4 years before Oct. 29, 1992, see section 1003(c) of Pub. L. 102–572, set out as a note under section 2331 of this title.