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[CITE: 42USC660]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
 SUBCHAPTER IV--GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID AND SERVICES TO NEEDY FAMILIES 
              WITH CHILDREN AND FOR CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES
 
          Part D--Child Support and Establishment of Paternity
 
Sec. 660. Civil action to enforce child support obligations; 
        jurisdiction of district courts
        
    The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction, 
without regard to any amount in controversy, to hear and determine any 
civil action certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
under section 652(a)(8) of this title. A civil action under this section 
may be brought in any judicial district in which the claim arose, the 
plaintiff resides, or the defendant resides.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 460, as added Pub. L. 93-647, 
Sec. 101(a), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2358; amended Pub. L. 98-369, div. 
B, title VI, Sec. 2663(j)(2)(B)(xi), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1170.)


                               Amendments

    1984--Pub. L. 98-369 substituted ``Health and Human Services'' for 
``Health, Education, and Welfare''.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-369 effective July 18, 1984, but not to be 
construed as changing or affecting any right, liability, status, or 
interpretation which existed (under the provisions of law involved) 
before that date, see section 2664(b) of Pub. L. 98-369, set out as a 
note under section 401 of this title.
