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28 U.S.C. § 540B — Investigation of serial killings
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**(a) In General.—** The Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may investigate serial killings in violation of the laws of a State or political subdivision, if such investigation is requested by the head of a law enforcement agency with investigative or prosecutorial jurisdiction over the offense.
**(b) Definitions.—** In this section:
(1) **Killing.—** — The term “killing” means conduct that would constitute an offense under [section 1111 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1111&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code, if Federal jurisdiction existed.
(2) **Serial killings.—** — The term “serial killings” means a series of three or more killings, not less than one of which was committed within the United States, having common characteristics such as to suggest the reasonable possibility that the crimes were committed by the same actor or actors.
(3) **State.—** — The term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
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**(a) In General.—** The Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may investigate serial killings in violation of the laws of a State or political subdivision, if such investigation is requested by the head of a law enforcement agency with investigative or prosecutorial jurisdiction over the offense.
**(b) Definitions.—** In this section:
(1) **Killing.—** — The term “killing” means conduct that would constitute an offense under [section 1111 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1111&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code, if Federal jurisdiction existed.
(2) **Serial killings.—** — The term “serial killings” means a series of three or more killings, not less than one of which was committed within the United States, having common characteristics such as to suggest the reasonable possibility that the crimes were committed by the same actor or actors.
(3) **State.—** — The term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
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**(a)** Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. Every murder perpetrated by poison, lying in wait, or any other kind of willful, deliberate, malicious, and premeditated killing; or committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, escape, murder, kidnapping, treason, espionage, sabotage, aggravated sexual abuse or sexual abuse, child abuse, burglary, or robbery; or perpetrated as part of a pattern or practice of assault or torture against a child or children; or perpetrated from a premeditated design unlawfully and maliciously to effect the death of any human being other than him who is killed, is murder in the first degree.Any other murder is murder in the second degree.
**(b)** Within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States,Whoever is guilty of murder in the first degree shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for life; Whoever is guilty of murder in the second degree, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.
**(c)** For purposes of this section—
(1) the term “assault” has the same meaning as given that term in section 113;
(2) the term “child” means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years and is—
(A) under the perpetrator’s care or control; or
(B) at least six years younger than the perpetrator;
(3) the term “child abuse” means intentionally or knowingly causing death or serious bodily injury to a child;
(4) the term “pattern or practice of assault or torture” means assault or torture engaged in on at least two occasions;
(5) the term “serious bodily injury” has the meaning set forth in section 1365; and
(6) the term “torture” means conduct, whether or not committed under the color of law, that otherwise satisfies the definition set forth
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 539
§ 539. Counterintelligence official reception and
representation expenses
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation may use funds available to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation for counterintelligence
programs to pay the expenses of hosting foreign
officials in the United States under the auspices
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for con-
sultation on counterintelligence matters.
(Added Pub. L. 99–569, title IV, § 401(a), Oct. 27,
1986, 100 Stat. 3195.)
§ 540. Investigation of felonious killings of State
or local law enforcement officers
The Attorney General and the Federal Bureau
of
Investigation
may
investigate
felonious
killings of officials and employees of a State or
political subdivision thereof while engaged in or
on account of the performance of official duties
relating to the prevention, detection, investiga-
tion, or prosecution of an offense against the
criminal laws of a State or political subdivision,
when such investigation is requested by the
head of the agency employing the official or em-
ployee killed, and under such guidelines as the
Attorney General or his designee may establish.
(Added Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7331(a), Nov.
18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4468.)
§ 540A. Investigation of violent crimes against
travelers
(a) IN GENERAL.—At the request of an appro-
priate law enforcement official of a State or po-
litical subdivision, the Attorney General and Di-
rector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
may assist in the investigation of a felony crime
of violence in violation of the law of any State
in which the victim appears to have been se-
lected because he or she is a traveler.
(b) FOREIGN TRAVELERS.—In a case in which
the traveler who is
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