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108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4390
To extend the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) to
provide for the arrest and commitment of contractor personnel who
commit Federal offenses or war crimes while supporting the mission of
the Department of Defense overseas.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 19, 2004
Mr. Price of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. Shays) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary,
and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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A BILL
To extend the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) to
provide for the arrest and commitment of contractor personnel who
commit Federal offenses or war crimes while supporting the mission of
the Department of Defense overseas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``MEJA Clarification Act''.
SEC. 2. ARREST AND COMMITMENT OF CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL WHO COMMIT
FEDERAL OFFENSES OR WAR CRIMES WHILE SUPPORTING THE
MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OVERSEAS.
(a) Duty to Ensure Arrest and Commitment.--Section 3262 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
``(c) For each case in which there is probable cause to believe
that a person described in section 3261(a) has violated such section
and is outside the United States, it shall be the duty of the Secretary
of Defense to ensure, through the exercise of the authority under this
chapter and of any other authority available to the Secretary, that
such person is arrested and delivered to an authority with jurisdiction
to prosecute such person.''.
(b) Coverage of Personnel and Contractor Personnel of Any Other
Agency or Provisional Authority.--Section 3267(1)(A) of such title is
amended to read as follows:
``(A) employed as--
``(i) a civilian employee of--
``(I) the Department of Defense
(including a nonappropriated fund
instrumentality of the Department); or
``(II) any other Federal agency, or
any provisional authority, to the
extent such employment relates to
supporting the mission of the
Department of Defense overseas or to
operating within territory with respect
to which the United States, solely or
jointly, is an occupying power;
``(ii) a contractor (including a
subcontractor at any tier) of--
``(I) the Department of Defense
(including a nonappropriated fund
instrumentality of the Department); or
``(II) any other Federal agency, or
any provisional authority, to the
extent such employment relates to
supporting the mission of the
Department of Defense overseas or to
operating within territory with respect
to which the United States, solely or
jointly, is an occupying power; or
``(iii) an employee of a contractor (or
subcontractor at any tier) of--
``(I) the Department of Defense
(including a nonappropriated fund
instrumentality of the Department); or
``(II) any other Federal agency, or
any provisional authority, to the
extent such employment relates to
supporting the mission of the
Department of Defense overseas or to
operating within territory with respect
to which the United States, solely or
jointly, is an occupying power;''.
(c) Coverage of Dependents of Such Persons.--Section 3267(2)(A) of
such title is amended--
(1) by inserting ``or'' at the end of clause (i); and
(2) by amending clauses (ii) and (iii) to read as follows:
``(ii) a civilian employee described in
paragraph (1)(A)(i); or
``(iii) a contractor described in paragraph
(1)(A)(ii) or an employee of a contractor
described in paragraph (1)(A)(iii);''.
(d) Coverage of War Crimes.--Section 3261(a) of such title is
amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting after
``territorial jurisdiction of the United States'' the following: ``(or
that would constitute a war crime (as defined in section 2441(c) of
this title))''.
(e) Deadline for Initial Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit, under subsection (c) of section 3266 of title 18, United States
Code, a report containing the initial regulations required by such
section.
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