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28 U.S.C. § 1782 — Assistance to foreign and international tribunals and to litigants before such tribunals
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**(a)** The district court of the district in which a person resides or is found may order him to give his testimony or statement or to produce a document or other thing for use in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal, including criminal investigations conducted before formal accusation. The order may be made pursuant to a letter rogatory issued, or request made, by a foreign or international tribunal or upon the application of any interested person and may direct that the testimony or statement be given, or the document or other thing be produced, before a person appointed by the court. By virtue of his appointment, the person appointed has power to administer any necessary oath and take the testimony or statement. The order may prescribe the practice and procedure, which may be in whole or part the practice and procedure of the foreign country or the international tribunal, for taking the testimony or statement or producing the document or other thing. To the extent that the order does not prescribe otherwise, the testimony or statement shall be taken, and the document or other thing produced, in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.A person may not be compelled to give his testimony or statement or to produce a document or other thing in violation of any legally applicable privilege.
**(b)** This chapter does not preclude a person within the United States from voluntarily giving his testimony or statement, or producing a document or other thing, for use in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal before any person and in any manner acceptable to him.
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**(a)** The district court of the district in which a person resides or is found may order him to give his testimony or statement or to produce a document or other thing for use in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal, including criminal investigations conducted before formal accusation. The order may be made pursuant to a letter rogatory issued, or request made, by a foreign or international tribunal or upon the application of any interested person and may direct that the testimony or statement be given, or the document or other thing be produced, before a person appointed by the court. By virtue of his appointment, the person appointed has power to administer any necessary oath and take the testimony or statement. The order may prescribe the practice and procedure, which may be in whole or part the practice and procedure of the foreign country or the international tribunal, for taking the testimony or statement or producing the document or other thing. To the extent that the order does not prescribe otherwise, the testimony or statement shall be taken, and the document or other thing produced, in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.A person may not be compelled to give his testimony or statement or to produce a document or other thing in violation of any legally applicable privilege.
**(b)** This chapter does not preclude a person within the United States from voluntarily giving his testimony or statement, or producing a document or other thing, for use in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal before any person and in any manner acceptable to him.
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**(a)** The Department of State has power, directly, or through suitable channels—
(1) to receive a letter rogatory issued, or request made, by a foreign or international tribunal, to transmit it to the tribunal, officer, or agency in the United States to whom it is addressed, and to receive and return it after execution; and
(2) to receive a letter rogatory issued, or request made, by a tribunal in the United States, to transmit it to the foreign or international tribunal, officer, or agency to whom it is addressed, and to receive and return it after execution.
**(b)** This section does not preclude—
(1) the transmittal of a letter rogatory or request directly from a foreign or international tribunal to the tribunal, officer, or agency in the United States to whom it is addressed and its return in the same manner; or
(2) the transmittal of a letter rogatory or request directly from a tribunal in the United States to the foreign or international tribunal, officer, or agency to whom it is addressed and its return in the same manner.
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**(a) Panel of Neutrals.—** Each district court that authorizes the use of alternative dispute resolution processes shall adopt appropriate processes for making neutrals available for use by the parties for each category of process offered. Each district court shall promulgate its own procedures and criteria for the selection of neutrals on its panels.
**(b) Qualifications and Training.—** Each person serving as a neutral in an alternative dispute resolution process should be qualified and trained to serve as a neutral in the appropriate alternative dispute resolution process. For this purpose, the district court may use, among others, magistrate judges who have been trained to serve as neutrals in alternative dispute resolution processes, professional neutrals from the private sector, and persons who have been trained to serve as neutrals in alternative dispute resolution processes. Until such time as rules are adopted under chapter 131 of this title relating to the disqualification of neutrals, each district court shall issue rules under section 2071(a) relating to the disqualification of neutrals (including, where appropriate, disqualification under [section 455 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section455&num=0&edition=prelim), other applicable law, and professional responsibility standards).
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The Commission shall also have power—
**(a) Investigation of persons, partnerships, or corporations** To gather and compile information concerning, and to investigate from time to time the organization, business, conduct, practices, and management of any person, partnership, or corporation engaged in or whose business affects commerce, excepting banks, savings and loan institutions described in [section 57a(f)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section57a/f/3&num=0&edition=prelim), Federal credit unions described in [section 57a(f)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section57a/f/4&num=0&edition=prelim), and common carriers subject to the Act to regulate commerce, and its relation to other persons, partnerships, and corporations.
**(b) Reports of persons, partnerships, and corporations** To require, by general or special orders, persons, partnerships, and corporations, engaged in or whose business affects commerce, excepting banks, savings and loan institutions described in [section 57a(f)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section57a/f/3&num=0&edition=prelim), Federal credit unions described in [section 57a(f)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section57a/f/4&num=0&edition=prelim), and common carriers subject to the Act to regulate commerce, or any class of them, or any of them, respectively, to file with the Commission in such form as the Commission may prescribe annual or special, or both annual and special, reports or answers in writing to specific questions, furnishing to the Commission such information as it may require as to the organization, business, condu
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**(a)** Whoever willfully endeavors by means of bribery to obstruct, delay, or prevent the communication of information relating to a violation of any criminal statute of the United States by any person to a criminal investigator shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
**(b)**
(1) Whoever, being an officer of a financial institution, with the intent to obstruct a judicial proceeding, directly or indirectly notifies any other person about the existence or contents of a subpoena for records of that financial institution, or information that has been furnished in response to that subpoena, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
(2) Whoever, being an officer of a financial institution, directly or indirectly notifies—
(A) a customer of that financial institution whose records are sought by a subpoena for records; or
(B) any other person named in that subpoena;
about the existence or contents of that subpoena or information that has been furnished in response to that subpoena, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(3) As used in this subsection—
(A) the term “an officer of a financial institution” means an officer, director, partner, employee, agent, or attorney of or for a financial institution; and
(B) the term “subpoena for records” means a Federal grand jury subpoena, a subpoena issued under [section 3486 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section3486&num=0&edition=prelim), or an order or subpoena issued in accordance with [section 3512 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section3512&num=0&edition=prelim), [section 5318 of title 31](https
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**(a) In General.—** Except as provided in section 2511(2)(a)(ii), any person whose wire, oral, or electronic communication is intercepted, disclosed, or intentionally used in violation of this chapter may in a civil action recover from the person or entity, other than the United States, which engaged in that violation such relief as may be appropriate.
**(b) Relief.—** In an action under this section, appropriate relief includes—
(1) such preliminary and other equitable or declaratory relief as may be appropriate;
(2) damages under subsection (c) and punitive damages in appropriate cases; and
(3) a reasonable attorney’s fee and other litigation costs reasonably incurred.
**(c) Computation of Damages.—**
(1) In an action under this section, if the conduct in violation of this chapter is the private viewing of a private satellite video communication that is not scrambled or encrypted or if the communication is a radio communication that is transmitted on frequencies allocated under subpart D of part 74 of the rules of the Federal Communications Commission that is not scrambled or encrypted and the conduct is not for a tortious or illegal purpose or for purposes of direct or indirect commercial advantage or private commercial gain, then the court shall assess damages as follows:
(A) If the person who engaged in that conduct has not previously been enjoined under section 2511(5) and has not been found liable in a prior civil action under this section, the court shall assess the greater of the sum of actual damages suffered by the plaintiff, or statutory damages of not less than $50 and not more than $500.
(B) If, on one prior occasion, the person who engaged in that conduct has been enjoined under section 2511(5) or has been found liable in a civil action under
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**(a)** The provisions of this chapter relating to the surrender of persons who have committed crimes in foreign countries shall continue in force only during the existence of any treaty of extradition with such foreign government.
**(b)** The provisions of this chapter shall be construed to permit, in the exercise of comity, the surrender of persons, other than citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the United States, who have committed crimes of violence against nationals of the United States in foreign countries without regard to the existence of any treaty of extradition with such foreign government if the Attorney General certifies, in writing, that—
(1) evidence has been presented by the foreign government that indicates that had the offenses been committed in the United States, they would constitute crimes of violence as defined under [section 16 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section16&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) the offenses charged are not of a political nature.
**(c)** As used in this section, the term “national of the United States” has the meaning given such term 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)).
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**(a) Execution of Request for Assistance.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Upon application, duly authorized by an appropriate official of the Department of Justice, of an attorney for the Government, a Federal judge may issue such orders as may be necessary to execute a request from a foreign authority for assistance in the investigation or prosecution of criminal offenses, or in proceedings related to the prosecution of criminal offenses, including proceedings regarding forfeiture, sentencing, and restitution.
(2) **Scope of orders.—** — Any order issued by a Federal judge pursuant to paragraph (1) may include the issuance of—
(A) a search warrant, as provided under Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure;
(B) a warrant or order for contents of stored wire or electronic communications or for records related thereto, as provided under [section 2703 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2703&num=0&edition=prelim);
(C) an order for a pen register or trap and trace device as provided under [section 3123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section3123&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(D) an order requiring the appearance of a person for the purpose of providing testimony or a statement, or requiring the production of documents or other things, or both.
**(b) Appointment of Persons To Take Testimony or Statements.—**
(1) **In general.—** — In response to an application for execution of a request from a foreign authority as described under subsection (a), a Federal judge may also issue an order appointing a person to direct the taking of testimony or statements or of the production of documents or other things, or both.
(2) **Authority of appointed person.—** —
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### Statutory Notes
Sections 270 to 270c, act July 3, 1930, ch. 851, §§ 1–4, 46 Stat. 1005, 1006, related to international tribunals, the administration of oaths, perjury, testimony of witnesses, production of documentary evidence, subpoena power, contempt and its punishment, the authority of commissioners to take evidence, and to procedure. See [section 1782 of Title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1782&num=0&edition=prelim), Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Sections 270d to 270g, act July 3, 1930, ch. 851, §§ 5–8, as added June 7, 1933, ch. 50, 48 Stat. 117, 118, related to international tribunals, issuance of subpoenas upon application of United States’ agent to United States district court, proceedings thereon, notice to foreign governments, forwarding of certified transcripts of testimony to agents of United States and any opposing government, perjury and contempt and the penalties therefor, and declared the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to be a district court of the United States. See [section 1782 of Title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1782&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Application** The provisions of this section—
(1) apply only to cooperation with the International Criminal Court and shall not apply to cooperation with an ad hoc international criminal tribunal established by the United Nations Security Council before or after August 2, 2002, to investigate and prosecute war crimes committed in a specific country or during a specific conflict; and
(2) shall not prohibit—
(A) any action permitted under [section 7427 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7427&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) communication by the United States of its policy with respect to a matter.
**(b) Prohibition on responding to requests for cooperation** Notwithstanding [section 1782 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1782&num=0&edition=prelim) or any other provision of law, no United States Court, and no agency or entity of any State or local government, including any court, may cooperate with the International Criminal Court in response to a request for cooperation submitted by the International Criminal Court pursuant to the Rome Statute.
**(c) Prohibition on transmittal of letters rogatory from the International Criminal Court** Notwithstanding [section 1781 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1781&num=0&edition=prelim) or any other provision of law, no agency of the United States Government may transmit for execution any letter rogatory issued, or other request for cooperation made, by the International Criminal Court to the tribunal, officer, or agency in the United States to whom it is addressed.
**(d) Prohibition on extradition to the International Criminal Court** Notwithstanding any o
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 1782
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1964—Pub. L. 88–619 substituted provisions author-
izing the Department of State to transmit a letter rog-
atory or request by a foreign or international tribunal,
or by a tribunal in the United States, to the tribunal,
officer or agency in the United States or its foreign or
international counterpart, to whom addressed, and to
return it after execution, and providing that this sec-
tion does not preclude direct transmission of letters
rogatory or requests between interested tribunals, offi-
cers or agencies of foreign, international and of United
States origin, for provisions authorizing United States
ministers or consuls, whenever a United States court
issues letters rogatory or a commission to take a depo-
sition, to receive the executed letters or commissions
from foreign courts or officers, endorse them with the
place and date of receipt and any change in the deposi-
tion, and transmit it to the clerk of the issuing court
in the same manner as his official dispatches, in text
and ‘‘Transmittal of letter rogatory or request’’ for
‘‘Foreign witnesses’’ in section catchline.
§ 1782. Assistance to foreign and international
tribunals and to litigants before such tribu-
nals
(a) The district court of the district in which
a person resides or is found may order him to
give his testimony or statement or to produce a
document or other thing for use in a proceeding
in a foreign or international tribunal, including
criminal investigations conducted before formal
accusation. The order may be made pursuant to
a letter rogatory issued, or request made, by a
foreign or international tribunal or upon the ap-
plication of any interested person and may di-
rect that the tes
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