38 USC § 1975 - Jurisdiction of District Courts

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s1975"
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title: "38 USC § 1975 - Jurisdiction of District Courts"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "1975"
section_name: "Jurisdiction of District Courts"
chapter_number: 19
chapter_name: "INSURANCE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "GENERAL BENEFITS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 89–214, § 1(a), Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 885, § 775; renumbered § 1975, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)"
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# § 1975. Jurisdiction of District Courts

The district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action or claim against the United States founded upon this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 89–214, § 1(a), Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 885, § 775; renumbered § 1975, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section.