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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 466g-1. Controversies involving construction or application of interstate compacts and pollution of waters
(a) Jurisdiction of actions by States
The United States district courts shall have original
jurisdiction (concurrent with that of the Supreme Court of the
United States, and concurrent with that of any other court of the
United States or of any State of the United States in matters in
which the Supreme Court, or any other court, has original
jurisdiction) of any case or controversy -
(1) which involves the construction or application of an
interstate compact which (A) in whole or in part relates to the
pollution of the waters of an interstate river system or any
portion thereof, and (B) expresses the consent of the States
signatory to said compact to be sued in a district court in any
case or controversy involving the application or construction
thereof; and
(2) which involves pollution of the waters of such river
system, or any portion thereof, alleged to be in violation of the
provisions of said compact; and
(3) in which one or more of the States signatory to said
compact is a plaintiff or plaintiffs; and
(4) which is within the judicial power of the United States as
set forth in the Constitution of the United States.
(b) Amount in controversy; residence, situs or citizenship; nature,
character, or legal status of parties
The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of a case or
controversy such as is referred to in subsection (a) of this
section, without any requirement, limitation, or regard as to the
sum or value of the matter in controversy, or of the place of
residence or situs or citizenship, or of the nature, character, or
legal status, of any of the proper parties plaintiff or defendant
in said case or controversy other than the signatory State or
States plaintiff or plaintiffs referred to in paragraph (3) of
subsection (a) of this section: Provided, That nothing in this
section shall be construed as authorizing a State to sue its own
citizens in said courts.
(c) Suits between States signatory to interstate compact
The original jurisdiction conferred upon the district courts by
this section shall include, but not be limited to, suits between
States signatory to such interstate compact: Provided, That nothing
in this section shall be construed as authorizing a State to sue
another State which is not a signatory to such compact in said
courts.
(d) Venue
The venue of such case or controversy shall be as prescribed by
law: Provided, That in addition thereto, such case or controversy
may be brought in in any judicial district in which the acts of
pollution complained of, or any portion thereof, occur, regardless
of the place or places of residence, or situs, of any of the
parties plaintiff or defendant.
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