Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

30909

46 App.:743 (last sentence).

Mar. 9, 1920, ch. 95, § 3 (last sentence), 41 Stat. 526; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(25)(A), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 155.

The words “civil action” are substituted for “proceeding” for consistency in this chapter and with rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 App. U.S.C.).