Public Law 119-88 (05/04/2026)

28 U.S.C. § 2322

United States as party

section 2321 of this titleAll actions specified in shall be brought by or against the United States.

June 25, 1948, ch. 646 62 Stat. 969 (, .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 211 36 Stat. 1150 Oct. 22, 1913, ch. 32 38 Stat. 219 Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 48 (, ; , ).

Word “actions” was substituted for “cases and proceedings”, in view of Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & O. R. CoA provision authorizing intervention by the United States was omitted. The United States, under the provisions of this section, is a necessary and indispensable original party, and hence intervention is unnecessary. (See ., 1922, 42 S.Ct. 349, 258 U.S. 377, 66 L.Ed. 671.)