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United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
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Title 28. JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE |
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Part IV. JURISDICTION AND VENUE |
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Chapter 97. JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITIES OF FOREIGN STATES |
§ 1602. Findings and declaration of purpose
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The Congress finds that the determination by United States courts of the claims of foreign states to immunity from the jurisdiction of such courts would serve the interests of justice and would protect the rights of both foreign states and litigants in United States courts. Under international law, states are not immune from the jurisdiction of foreign courts insofar as their commercial activities are concerned, and their commercial property may be levied upon for the satisfaction of judgments rendered against them in connection with their commercial activities. Claims of foreign states to immunity should henceforth be decided by courts of the United States and of the States in conformity with the principles set forth in this chapter.
Effective Date
Pub. L. 94–583, § 8,
Short Title
For short title of Pub. L. 94–583 as the “Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976”, see section 1 of Pub. L. 94–583, set out as a Short Title of 1976 Amendments note under section 1 of this title.
Separability
Pub. L. 94–583, § 7,