US Congress Senate Bill 1377 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Introduced on May 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3067-3068; text of measure as introduced: CR S3068-3070)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

CEJA Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2015 Amends the federal criminal code to grant jurisdiction over and impose penalties on federal contractors and employees who commit certain crimes outside of the United States while employed by or accompanying any agency of the United States other than the Department of Defense or while so employed and stationed or deployed in a country outside of the United States pursuant to a treaty or executive agreement in furtherance of a border security initiative with that country. Sets forth the crimes under federal law that are covered by this Act. Provides for an optional venue for offenses under this Act involving federal employees and contractors overseas in the district in which is headquartered the U.S. agency that: (1) employs the offender, or any one or two or more joint offenders; or (2) the offender is accompanying, or that any one or two or more joint offenders is accompanying. Requires the statute of limitations for an offense under this Act to be suspended for the period during which the alleged offender is outside the United States or is a fugitive from justice. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) assign personnel and resources through task forces to investigate allegations of criminal offenses by federal contractors and employees overseas, and (2) report to Congress annually on the number of prosecutions and actions taken. Grants the Attorney General principal authority for the enforcement of this Act. Makes this Act inapplicable to the authorized intelligence activities of the U.S. government.

CEJA Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2015

Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-19	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3067-3068; text of measure as introduced: CR S3068-3070)

HB5339 (Related) 2016-05-26 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1377/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1377/BILLS-114s1377is.pdf