10 U.S.C. § 7652 : US Code - Section 7652: Jurisdiction

Search 10 U.S.C. § 7652 : US Code - Section 7652: Jurisdiction

(a) The United States district courts have original jurisdiction,
exclusive of the courts of the States, of each prize and each
proceeding for the condemnation of property taken as prize, if the
prize is -
(1) brought into the United States, or the Commonwealths or
possessions;
(2) brought into the territorial waters of a cobelligerent;
(3) brought into a locality in the temporary or permanent
possession of, or occupied by, the armed forces of the United
States; or
(4) appropriated for the use of the United States.
(b) The United States district courts, exclusive of the courts of
the States, also have original jurisdiction of a prize cause in
which the prize property -
(1) is lost or entirely destroyed; or
(2) cannot be brought in for adjudication because of its
condition.
(c) The jurisdiction conferred by this section of prizes brought
into the territorial waters of a cobelligerent may not be
exercised, nor may prizes be appropriated for the use of the United
States within those territorial waters, unless the government
having jurisdiction over those waters consents to the exercise of
the jurisdiction or to the appropriation.