---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 5001"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "5001"
heading: "Civil action for death or personal injury in a place subject to exclusive jurisdiction of United States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/5001"
units:
  - "Part VI — Particular Proceedings"
  - "Chapter 190 — Miscellaneous"
---

# §5001. Civil action for death or personal injury in a place subject to exclusive jurisdiction of United States

- (a) **Death.—** In the case of the death of an individual by the neglect or wrongful act of another in a place subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the [United States](/usc/28/3002.md?p=15) within a [State](/usc/28/3002.md?p=14), a right of action shall exist as though the place were under the jurisdiction of the [State](/usc/28/3002.md?p=14) in which the place is located.
- (b) **Personal Injury.—** In a civil action brought to recover on account of an injury sustained in a place described in [subsection (a)](#a), the rights of the parties shall be governed by the law of the [State](/usc/28/3002.md?p=14) in which the place is located.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 113–287, § 4(b)(1), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3261.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 5001 | 16 U.S.C. 457 | Feb. 1, 1928, ch. 15, 45 Stat. 54. |

In subsection (a), the words “civil action” are substituted for “action” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.