3.0.0 2598 2023-01-11T13:25:47Z 2023-01-11T13:25:47Z Senate S S 2014-07-14 113 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-07-14T19:40:44Z CEJA 113 5096 HR 2014-09-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Identical bill CRS 2014-07-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4456-4458) IntroReferral 2014-07-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4456) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2014-07-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2014-07-14 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2014-07-14 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2014-07-14 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2014-07-14 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2014-07-14 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2014-07-14 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2014-07-14 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2014-07-14 True H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2014-07-21 False Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Border security and unlawful immigration Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Justice Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Jurisdiction and venue Law enforcement officers Public contracts and procurement Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2014-07-14 Introduced in Senate 2014-09-16T19:56:46Z Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2014 or the CEJA - Amends the federal criminal code to grant jurisdiction over and impose penalties on federal contractors and employees who commit certain crimes outside of the United States while employed by or accompanying any agency of the United States other than the Department of Defense (DOD) or while so employed and stationed or deployed in a country outside of the United States pursuant to a treaty or executive agreement in furtherance of a border security initiative with that country. Sets forth the crimes under federal law that are covered by this Act.

Provides for an optional venue for offenses under this Act involving federal employees and contractors overseas in the district in which is headquartered the U.S. agency that: (1) employs the offender, or any one or two or more joint offenders; or (2) the offender is accompanying, or that any one or two or more joint offenders is accompanying.

Requires the statute of limitations for an offense under this Act to be suspended for the period during which the alleged offender is outside the United States or is a fugitive from justice.

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) assign personnel and resources through task forces to investigate allegations of criminal offenses by federal contractors and employees overseas, and (2) report to Congress annually on the number of prosecutions and actions taken. Grants the Attorney General principal authority for the enforcement of this Act.

Makes this Act inapplicable to the authorized intelligence activities of the U.S. government.

]]> Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2014 Display Title Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify and expand Federal criminal jurisdiction over Federal contractors and employees outside the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2014 Short Titles as Introduced CEJA Introduced in Senate 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2598is/xml/BILLS-113s2598is.xml 2014-07-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4456-4458) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.