§ 2402.
Subject to chapter 179 of this title, any action against the United States under section 1346 shall be tried by the court without a jury, except that any action against the United States under section 1346(a)(1) shall, at the request of either party to such action, be tried by the court with a jury.
([June 25, 1948, ch. 646], [62 Stat. 971]; [July 30, 1954, ch. 648, § 2(a)], [68 Stat. 589]; [Pub. L. 104–331, § 3(b)(3)], Oct. 26, 1996, [110 Stat. 4069].)