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18 U.S.C. § 3194 — Transportation of fugitive by receiving
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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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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 States and
granted by a foreign government are to be returned in
the custody of duly appointed agents in accordance
with the provisions of section 3193 of Title 18, United
States Code; and
WHEREAS such duly appointed agents under the pro-
visions of the law mentioned above, being authorized to
receive delivery of the fugitive in behalf of the United
States and to convey him to the place of his trial, are
given the powers of a marshal of the United States in
the several districts of the United States through
which it may be necessary for them to pass with such
prisoner, so far as such power is requisite for the pris-
oner’s safekeeping; and
WHEREAS such warrants serve as a certification to
the foreign government delivering the fugitives to any
other foreign country through which such agents may
pass, and to authorities in the United States of the
powers therein conferred upon the agents; and
WHEREAS it is desirable by delegation of functions
heretofore performed by the President to simplify and
thereby expedite the issuance of such warrants to
agents in the interests of the prompt return of fugitives
to the United States:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested
in me by section 301 of Title 3 of the United States
Code, and as President of the United States, it is or-
dered as follows:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State is hereby des-
ignated and empowered to issue and sign all warrants
appointing agents to receive, in behalf of the United
States, the delivery in extradition by a foreign govern-
ment of any person accused of a crime committed with-
in the United States, and to convey such person to the
place of his trial.
SEC. 2. Agents appointed in accordance with section
1 of this order shall have all the powers conferred in re-
spect of such agents by applicable treaties of the
United States and by section 3193 of Title 18, United
States Code, or by any other provisions of United
States law.
SEC. 3. Executive Order No. 10347, April 18, 1952, as
amended by Executive Order No. 11354, May 23, 1967, is
further amended by deleting numbered paragraph 4 and
renumbering paragraphs 5 and 6 as paragraphs 4 and 5,
respectively.
RICHARD NIXON.
§ 3194. Transportation of fugitive by receiving
agent
Any agent appointed as provided in section
3182 of this title who receives the fugitive into
his custody is empowered to transport him to
the State or Territory from which he has fled.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 825.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 663 (R.S. § 5279).
Last sentence of said section 663, relating to rescue of
such fugitive, was omitted as covered by section 752 of
this title, the punishment provision of which is based
on later statutes. (See reviser’s note under that sec-
tion.)
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
§ 3195. Payment of fees and costs
All costs or expenses incurred in any extra-
dition proceeding in apprehending, securing, and
transmitting a fugitive shall be paid by the de-
manding authority.
All witness fees and costs of every nature in
cases of international extradition, including the
fees of the magistrate judge, shall be certified
by the judge or magistrate judge before whom
the hearing shall take place to the Secretary of
State of the United States, and the same shall
be paid out of appropriations to defray the ex-
penses of the judiciary or the Department of
Justice as the case may be.
The Attorney General shall certify to the Sec-
retary of State the amounts to be paid to the
United States on account of said fees and costs
in extradition cases by the foreign government
requesting the extradition, and the Secretary of
State shall cause said amounts to be collected
and transmitted to the Attorney General for de-
posit in the Treasury of the United States.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 825; Pub. L. 90–578,
title III, § 301(a)(3), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1115;
Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104
Stat. 5117.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 662, 662c, 662d, 668
(R.S. § 5278; Aug. 3, 1882, ch. 378, § 4, 22 Stat. 216; June 28,
1902, ch. 1301, § 1, 32 Stat. 475; Mar. 22, 1934, ch. 73, §§ 2,
3, 48 Stat. 455).
First paragraph of this section consolidates provi-
sions as to costs and expenses from said sections 662,
662c, and 662d.
Minor changes were made in phraseology and surplus-
age was omitted.
Remaining provisions of said sections 662, 662c, and
662d of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., are incorporated in sec-
tions 752, 3182, 3183, and 3187 of this title.
The words ‘‘or the Department of Justice as the case
may be’’ were added at the end of the second paragraph
in conformity with the appropriation acts of recent
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Any agent appointed as provided in [section 3182 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section3182&num=0&edition=prelim) who receives the fugitive into his custody is empowered to transport him to the State or Territory from which he has fled.
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