                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                   CHAPTER 7--TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM
 
    SUBCHAPTER III--TARIFF ADJUSTMENT AND OTHER ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
 
                 Part II--Adjustment Assistance to Firms
 
Sec. 1920. Suits by and against Secretary of Commerce

    In providing technical and financial assistance under sections 1913 
and 1914 \1\ of this title, the Secretary of Commerce may sue and be 
sued in any court of record of a State having general jurisdiction or in 
any United States district court, and jurisdiction is conferred upon 
such district court to determine such controversies without regard to 
the amount in controversy; but no attachment, injunction, garnishment, 
or other similar process, mesne or final, shall be issued against him or 
his property. Nothing in this section shall be construed to except the 
activities pursuant to sections 1913 and 1914 \1\ of this title from the 
application of sections 517, 519, and 2679 of title 28.
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(Pub. L. 87-794, title III, Sec. 320, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 892.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 1913 and 1914 of this title, referred to in text, were 
repealed by Pub. L. 93-618, title VI, Sec. 602(e), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 
Stat. 2072. See sections 2343 and 2344 of this title, respectively.

                          Codification

    Reference to ``section 517 of title 28'' substituted in text for 
reference to section 316 of title 5, and reference to ``section 519 of 
title 28'' substituted for reference to section 507(b) of title 28 on 
authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the 
first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees.
