Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act: Federal Contractor Criminal Liability Overseas

Doyle, Charles

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Government contractors;    Public contracts;    Defense contracts;   

RP-ID  :  R42358
RP-ID  :  R42358_2012Feb15

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The United States government uses hundreds of thousands of civilian contractors and employees overseas. They and their dependents are often subject to local prosecution for the crimes they commit abroad. Whether by agreement, practice, or circumstance—sometimes they are not. This report looks at two bills that would supplement the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA), which permits federal persecution of certain crimes commuted abroad by Defense Department civilian employees, contractors, or their dependents. These two bills are the Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) and S.1145.