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18 U.S.C. § 3193 — Receiving agent’s authority over offenders
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A duly appointed agent to receive, in behalf of the United States, the delivery, by a foreign government, of any person accused of crime committed within the United States, and to convey him to the place of his trial, shall have all the powers of a marshal of the United States, in the several districts through which it may be necessary for him to pass with such prisoner, so far as such power is requisite for the prisoner’s safe-keeping.
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A duly appointed agent to receive, in behalf of the United States, the delivery, by a foreign government, of any person accused of crime committed within the United States, and to convey him to the place of his trial, shall have all the powers of a marshal of the United States, in the several districts through which it may be necessary for him to pass with such prisoner, so far as such power is requisite for the prisoner’s safe-keeping.
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Whenever any person is delivered by any foreign government to an agent of the United States, for the purpose of being brought within the United States and tried for any offense of which he is duly accused, the President shall have power to take all necessary measures for the transportation and safekeeping of such accused person, and for his security against lawless violence, until the final conclusion of his trial for the offenses specified in the warrant of extradition, and until his final discharge from custody or imprisonment for or on account of such offenses, and for a reasonable time thereafter, and may employ such portion of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, as may be necessary for the safe-keeping and protection of the accused.
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The term “United States”, as used in this title in a territorial sense, includes all places and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, except the Canal Zone.
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The President of the United States is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department or agency in the executive branch, or any official thereof who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the President (1) any function which is vested in the President by law, or (2) any function which such officer is required or authorized by law to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall relieve the President of his responsibility in office for the acts of any such head or other official designated by him to perform such functions. Such designation and authorization shall be in writing, shall be published in the Federal Register, shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and limitations as the President may deem advisable, and shall be revocable at any time by the President in whole or in part.
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**(a)** Special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, as well as any other investigator or officer charged by the Attorney General with the duty of enforcing any of the criminal, seizure, or forfeiture provisions of the laws of the United States, may carry firearms, serve warrants and subpoenas issued under the authority of the United States and make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony.
**(b)** Any special agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives may, in respect to the performance of his or her duties, make seizures of property subject to forfeiture to the United States.
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(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), and except to the extent that such provisions conflict with the provisions of [section 983 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section983&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code, insofar as section 983 applies, the provisions of the Customs laws relating to—
(A) the seizure, summary and judicial forfeiture, and condemnation of property;
(B) the disposition of such property;
(C) the remission or mitigation of such forfeiture; and
(D) the compromise of claims,
shall apply to seizures and forfeitures incurred, or alleged to have been incurred, under any applicable provision of law enforced or administered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), duties that are imposed upon a customs officer or any other person with respect to the seizure a
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 3193
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 659 (R.S. § 5275).
Words ‘‘crimes or’’ before ‘‘offenses’’ were omitted as
unnecessary.
§ 3193. Receiving agent’s authority over offenders
A duly appointed agent to receive, in behalf of
the United States, the delivery, by a foreign
government, of any person accused of crime
committed within the United States, and to con-
vey him to the place of his trial, shall have all
the powers of a marshal of the United States, in
the several districts through which it may be
necessary for him to pass with such prisoner, so
far as such power is requisite for the prisoner’s
safe-keeping.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 825.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 660 (R.S. § 5276).
Words ‘‘jurisdiction of the’’ were omitted in view of
the definition of United States in section 5 of this title.
Minor changes only were made in phraseology.
Executive Documents
EX. ORD. NO. 11517. ISSUANCE AND SIGNATURE BY SEC-
RETARY OF STATE OF WARRANTS APPOINTING AGENTS
TO RETURN FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE EXTRADITED TO
UNITED STATES
Ex. Ord. No. 11517, Mar. 19, 1970, 35 F.R. 4937, provided:
WHEREAS the President of the United States, under
section 3192 of Title 18, United States Code, has been
granted the power to take all necessary measures for
the transportation, safekeeping and security against
lawless violence of any person delivered by any foreign
government to an agent of the United States for return
to the United States for trial for any offense of which
he is duly accused; and
WHEREAS fugitives from justice in the United
States whose extradition from abroad has been re-
quested by the Government of the United
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