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18 U.S.C. § 1116 — Murder or manslaughter of foreign officials, official guests, or internationally protected persons
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**(a)** Whoever kills or attempts to kill a foreign official, official guest, or internationally protected person shall be punished as provided under sections 1111, 1112, and 1113 of this title.
**(b)** For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Family” includes (a) a spouse, parent, brother or sister, child, or person to whom the foreign official or internationally protected person stands in loco parentis, or (b) any other person living in his household and related to the foreign official or internationally protected person by blood or marriage.
(2) “Foreign government” means the government of a foreign country, irrespective of recognition by the United States.
(3) “Foreign official” means—
(A) a Chief of State or the political equivalent, President, Vice President, Prime Minister, Ambassador, Foreign Minister, or other officer of Cabinet rank or above of a foreign government or the chief executive officer of an international organization, or any person who has previously served in such capacity, and any member of his family, while in the United States; and
(B) any person of a foreign nationality who is duly notified to the United States as an officer or employee of a foreign government or international organization, and who is in the United States on official business, and any member of his family whose presence in the United States is in connection with the presence of such officer or employee.
(4) “Internationally protected person” means—
(A) a Chief of State or the political equivalent, head of government, or Foreign Minister whenever such person is in a country other than his own and any member of his family accompanying him; or
(B) any other representative, officer, employee, or agent of the United States Government, a foreign government, or internat
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**(a)** Whoever kills or attempts to kill a foreign official, official guest, or internationally protected person shall be punished as provided under sections 1111, 1112, and 1113 of this title.
**(b)** For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Family” includes (a) a spouse, parent, brother or sister, child, or person to whom the foreign official or internationally protected person stands in loco parentis, or (b) any other person living in his household and related to the foreign official or internationally protected person by blood or marriage.
(2) “Foreign government” means the government of a foreign country, irrespective of recognition by the United States.
(3) “Foreign official” means—
(A) a Chief of State or the political equivalent, President, Vice President, Prime Minister, Ambassador, Foreign Minister, or other officer of Cabinet rank or above of a foreign government or the chief executive officer of an international organization, or any person who has previously served in such capacity, and any member of his family, while in the United States; and
(B) any person of a foreign nationality who is duly notified to the United States as an officer or employee of a foreign government or international organization, and who is in the United States on official business, and any member of his family whose presence in the United States is in connection with the presence of such officer or employee.
(4) “Internationally protected person” means—
(A) a Chief of State or the political equivalent, head of government, or Foreign Minister whenever such person is in a country other than his own and any member of his family accompanying him; or
(B) any other representative, officer, employee, or agent of the United States Government, a foreign government, or international organization who at the time and place concerned is entitled pursuant to international law to special protection against attack upon his person, freedom, or dignity, and any member of his family then forming part of his household.
(5) “International organization” means a public international organization designated as such pursuant to section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act ([22 U.S.C. 288](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section288&num=0&edition=prelim)) or a public organization created pursuant to treaty or other agreement under international law as an instrument through or by which two or more foreign governments engage in some aspect of their conduct of international affairs.
(6) “Official guest” means a citizen or national of a foreign country present in the United States as an official guest of the Government of the United States pursuant to designation as such by the Secretary of State.
(7) “National of the United States” has the meaning prescribed in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ([8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101/a/22&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(c)** If the victim of an offense under subsection (a) is an internationally protected person outside the United States, the United States may exercise jurisdiction over the offense if (1) the victim is a representative, officer, employee, or agent of the United States, (2) an offender is a national of the United States, or (3) an offender is afterwards found in the United States. As used in this subsection, the United States includes all areas under the jurisdiction of the United States including any of the places within the provisions of sections 5 and 7 of this title and [section 46501(2) of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section46501/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d)** In the course of enforcement of this section and any other sections prohibiting a conspiracy or attempt to violate this section, the Attorney General may request assistance from any Federal, State, or local agency, including the Army, Navy, and Air Force, any statute, rule, or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding.
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**(a) Development projects and programs** The United States Special Resources shall be used to finance specific high priority development projects and programs in developing member countries of the Bank with emphasis on such projects and programs in the Southeast Asia region.
**(b) Authorized uses** The United States Special Resources shall be used by the Bank only for—
(1) making development loans on terms which may be more flexible and bear less heavily on the balance of payments than those established by the Bank for its ordinary operations; and
(2) providing technical assistance credits on a reimbursable basis.
**(c) Eligible goods and services**
(1) The United States Special Resources may be expended by the Bank only for procurement in the United States of goods produced in, or services supplied from the United States, except that the United States Governor, in consultation with the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies, may allow eligibility for procurement in other member countries from the United States Special Resources if he determines that such procurement eligibility would materially improve the ability of the Bank to carry out the objectives of its special funds resources and would be compatible with the international financial position of the United States.
(2) The United States Special Resources may be used to pay for administrative expenses arising from the use of the United States Special Resources, but only to the extent such expenses are not covered from the Bank’s service fee or income from use of United States Special Resources.
**(d) Repayment in dollars** All financing of programs and projects by the Bank from the United States Special Resources shall be repayable to the Bank by the borrowers in United S
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Except as provided in [section 113 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section113&num=0&edition=prelim), whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, attempts to commit murder or manslaughter, shall, for an attempt to commit murder be imprisoned not more than twenty years or fined under this title, or both, and for an attempt to commit manslaughter be imprisoned not more than seven years or fined under this title, or both.
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**(a)** Whoever, if one of the circumstances described in subsection (c) of this section occurs—
(1) without lawful authority, intentionally receives, possesses, uses, transfers, alters, disposes of, or disperses any nuclear material or nuclear byproduct material and—
(A) thereby knowingly causes the death of or serious bodily injury to any person or substantial damage to property or to the environment; or
(B) circumstances exist, or have been represented to the defendant to exist, that are likely to cause the death or serious bodily injury to any person, or substantial damage to property or to the environment;
(2) with intent to deprive another of nuclear material or nuclear byproduct material, knowingly—
(A) takes and carries away nuclear material or nuclear byproduct material of another without authority;
(B) makes an unauthorized use, disposition, or transfer, of nuclear material or nuclear byproduct material belonging to another; or
(C) uses fraud and thereby obtains nuclear material or nuclear byproduct material belonging to another;
(3) without lawful authority, intentionally carries, sends or moves nuclear material into or out of a country;
(4) knowingly—
(A) uses force; or
(B) threatens or places another in fear that any person other than the actor will imminently be subject to bodily injury;
and thereby takes nuclear material or nuclear byproduct material belonging to another from the person or presence of any other;
(5) intentionally intimidates any person and thereby obtains nuclear material or nuclear byproduct material belonging to another;
(6) with intent to compel any person, international organization, or governmental entity to do or refrain from doing any act, knowingly threatens to engage in conduct described in paragraph
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 1116
nal prosecution under the laws of any State, territory,
possession, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia, is
set out as a note under section 112 of this title.
§ 1115. Misconduct or neglect of ship officers
Every captain, engineer, pilot, or other person
employed on any steamboat or vessel, by whose
misconduct, negligence, or inattention to his
duties on such vessel the life of any person is de-
stroyed, and every owner, charterer, inspector,
or other public officer, through whose fraud, ne-
glect, connivance, misconduct, or violation of
law the life of any person is destroyed, shall be
fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than ten years, or both.
When the owner or charterer of any steamboat
or vessel is a corporation, any executive officer
of such corporation, for the time being actually
charged with the control and management of
the operation, equipment, or navigation of such
steamboat or vessel, who has knowingly and
willfully caused or allowed such fraud, neglect,
connivance, misconduct, or violation of law, by
which the life of any person is destroyed, shall
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than ten years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 757; Pub. L.
103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 2147.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 461 (Mar. 4, 1909,
ch. 321, § 282, 35 Stat. 1144).
Section restores the intent of the original enact-
ments, R.S. § 5344, and act Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1454, § 5, 33
Stat. 1025, and makes this section one of general appli-
cation. In the Criminal Code of 1909, by placing it in
chapter 11, limited to places within the special mari-
time and territorial jurisdict
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 288
80 Stat. 631, which Act enacted Title 5, Government Or-
ganization and Employees.
In cls. (b) and (c), ‘‘section 5731 of title 5’’ and ‘‘sec-
tion 5912 of title 5’’ substituted for ‘‘section 10 of the
Act of March 3, 1933 (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 73b)’’ and ‘‘the
Act approved June 26, 1930 (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 118a)’’,
respectively, on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept.
6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, which Act enacted Title 5.
In cl. (f), ‘‘section 6101 of title 41’’ substituted for
‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 41,
sec. 5)’’ on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4,
2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public
Contracts.
In cl. (k), ‘‘section 501 of title 44’’ substituted for
‘‘section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C. 111)’’
on authority of Pub. L. 90–620, § 2(b), Oct. 22, 1968, which
Act enacted Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
In cl. (k), ‘‘section 6101 of title 41’’ substituted for
‘‘section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 41,
sec. 5)’’ on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4,
2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public
Contracts.
AMENDMENTS
1949—Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted ‘‘Classification Act
of 1949’’ for ‘‘Classification Act of 1923’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
REPEALS
Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this sec-
tion, was repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub.
L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, § 8, 80 Stat. 632, 655.
ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
Annual appropriations to meet the obligations of
membership in various international organizations
were contained in acts listed in a note set out under
section 269a of this title.
RESTRICTION ON CONTRIBUTIONS BECAUS
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**(a)** As used in this chapter—
(1) The term “administrator” means the official designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to [section 1104(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1104/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The term “advocates” includes, but is not limited to, advises, recommends, furthers by overt act, and admits belief in.
(3) The term “alien” means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
(4) The term “application for admission” has reference to the application for admission into the United States and not to the application for the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa.
(5) The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States.
(6) The term “border crossing identification card” means a document of identity bearing that designation issued to an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or to an alien who is a resident in foreign contiguous territory, by a consular officer or an immigration officer for the purpose of crossing over the borders between the United States and foreign contiguous territory in accordance with such conditions for its issuance and use as may be prescribed by regulations. Such regulations shall provide that (A) each such document include a biometric identifier (such as the fingerprint or handprint of the alien) that is machine readable and (B) an alien presenting a border crossing identification card is not permitted to cross over the border into the United States unless the biometric identifier contained on the card matches the appropriate biometric characteristic of the alien.
(7) The term “clerk of court” means a clerk of a naturalization court.
(8) The terms “Commissioner” and “Deputy Commissioner” mean the Co
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TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
§ 1101
Sec.
1484 to 1487. Repealed.
1488.
Nationality lost solely from performance of
acts or fulfillment of conditions.
1489.
Application of treaties; exceptions.
PART IV—MISCELLANEOUS
1501.
Certificate of diplomatic or consular officer
of United States as to loss of American na-
tionality.
1502.
Certificate of nationality issued by Secretary
of State for person not a naturalized citizen
of United States for use in proceedings of a
foreign state.
1503.
Denial of rights and privileges as national.
1504.
Cancellation of United States passports and
Consular Reports of Birth.
SUBCHAPTER IV—REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
1521.
Office of Refugee Resettlement; establish-
ment; appointment of Director; functions.
1522.
Authorization for programs for domestic re-
settlement of and assistance to refugees.
1523.
Congressional reports.
1524.
Authorization of appropriations.
1525.
Repealed.
SUBCHAPTER V—ALIEN TERRORIST REMOVAL
PROCEDURES
1531.
Definitions.
1532.
Establishment of removal court.
1533.
Removal court procedure.
1534.
Removal hearing.
1535.
Appeals.
1536.
Custody and release pending removal hearing.
1537.
Custody and release after removal hearing.
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 1101. Definitions
(a) As used in this chapter—
(1) The term ‘‘administrator’’ means the offi-
cial designated by the Secretary of State pursu-
ant to section 1104(b) of this title.
(2) The term ‘‘advocates’’ includes, but is not
limited to, advises, recommends, furthers by
overt act, and admits belief in.
(3) The term ‘‘alien’’ means any person not a
citizen or national of the United States.
(4) The term ‘‘application for admission’’ has
reference to the application for admission into
the United States and not
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