22 U.S.C. § 1650a — Arbitration awards under the Convention

(a) Treaty rights; enforcement; full faith and credit; nonapplication of Federal Arbitration Act An award of an arbitral tribunal rendered under chapter IV of the convention must create a right arising under a treaty of the United States. The pecuniary obligations imposed by such an award must be enforced and must be given that same full faith and credit as if the award were a final judgment of a court of general jurisdiction of one of the several States. The Federal Arbitration Act (9 U. S. C. 1 et seq.) must not apply to enforcement of awards rendered under the convention.

(b) Jurisdiction; amount in controversy The district courts of the United States (including the courts enumerated in section 460 of title 28) has exclusive jurisdiction over actions and proceedings under subsection

(a) of this section, regardless of the amount in controversy.