10 U.S.C. § 7652
Section 7652 · Jurisdiction
Current version, with additions and removals from the August 10, 1956 version.
(a) The United States district courts have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of each prize and each proceeding for the condemnation of property taken as prize, if the prize is—
(1) brought into the United States, or the Territories, Commonwealths, or possessions;
(2) brought into the territorial waters of a cobelligerent;
(3) brought into a locality in the temporary or permanent possession of, or occupied by, the armed forces of the United States; or
(4) appropriated for the use of the United States.
(b) The United States district courts, exclusive of the courts of the States, also have original jurisdiction of a prize cause in which the prize property—
(1) is lost or entirely destroyed; or
(2) cannot be brought in for adjudication because of its condition.
(c) The jurisdiction conferred by this section of prizes brought into the territorial waters of a cobelligerent may not be exercised, nor may prizes be appropriated for the use of the United States within those territorial waters, unless the government having jurisdiction over those waters consents to the exercise of the jurisdiction or to the appropriation.
(a) The Secretary of the Army may lend, without expense to the United States, magazine rifles and appendages that are not of the existing service models in use at the time and that are not necessary for a proper reserve supply, to any educational institution having a uniformed corps of cadets of sufficient number for target practice. He may also issue 40 rounds of ball cartridges for each cadet for each range at which target practice is held, but not more than 120 rounds each year for each cadet participating in target practice.
(b) The institutions to which property is lent under subsection (a) shall use it for target practice, take proper care of it and return it when required.
(c) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section, containing such other requirements as he considers necessary to safeguard the interests of the United States.