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[CITE: 42USC4053]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                  CHAPTER 50--NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
 
   SUBCHAPTER II--ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF FLOOD INSURANCE 
                                 PROGRAM
 
       Part A--Industry Program With Federal Financial Assistance
 
Sec. 4053. Adjustment and payment of claims; judicial review; 
        limitations; jurisdiction
        
    The insurance companies and other insurers which form, associate, or 
otherwise join together in the pool under this part may adjust and pay 
all claims for proved and approved losses covered by flood insurance in 
accordance with the provisions of this chapter and, upon the 
disallowance by any such company or other insurer of any such claim, or 
upon the refusal of the claimant to accept the amount allowed upon any 
such claim, the claimant, within one year after the date of mailing of 
notice of disallowance or partial disallowance of the claim, may 
institute an action on such claim against such company or other insurer 
in the United States district court for the district in which the 
insured property or the major part thereof shall have been situated, and 
original exclusive jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon such court to 
hear and determine such action without regard to the amount in 
controversy.

(Pub. L. 90-448, title XIII, Sec. 1333, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 583; Pub. 
L. 98-181, title IV, Sec. 451(d)(3), Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1229.)


                               Amendments

    1983--Pub. L. 98-181 inserted ``original exclusive'' before 
``jurisdiction''.
