---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 1467"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "1467"
heading: "Jurisdiction of courts"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/1467"
units:
  - "Chapter 26 — Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources"
  - "Subchapter III — Enforcement and Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §1467. Jurisdiction of courts


The district courts of the [United States](/usc/30/1403.md?p=13) shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any case or controversy arising under the provisions of this chapter. These courts may, at any time—

- (1) enter restraining orders or prohibitions;
- (2) issue warrants, process in rem, or other process;
- (3) prescribe and accept satisfactory bonds or other security; and
- (4) take such other actions as are in the interest of justice.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–283, title III, § 307, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 580.)