To extend military extraterritorial jurisdiction to cover not only personnel and contractor personnel of the Department of Defense, but also personnel and contractor personnel of any Federal agency or provisional authority supporting the mission of the Department of Defense overseas, and for other purposes.

May 18, 2004

Mr. MEEHAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To extend military extraterritorial jurisdiction to cover not only personnel and contractor personnel of the Department of Defense, but also personnel and contractor personnel of any Federal agency or provisional authority supporting the mission of the Department of Defense overseas, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Contractor Accountability Act'.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF MILITARY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION TO PERSONNEL AND CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL OF ANY FEDERAL AGENCY OR PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY SUPPORTING THE MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OVERSEAS.

Section 3267(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

`(A) employed as--

`(i) a civilian employee of--

`(I) the Department of Defense (including a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department); or

`(II) any other Federal agency, or any provisional authority, to the extent such employment relates to supporting the mission of the Department of Defense overseas;

`(ii) a contractor (including a subcontractor at any tier) of--

`(I) the Department of Defense (including a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department); or

`(II) any other Federal agency, or any provisional authority, to the extent such employment relates to supporting the mission of the Department of Defense overseas; or

`(iii) an employee of a contractor (or subcontractor at any tier) of--

`(I) the Department of Defense (including a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department); or

`(II) any other Federal agency, or any provisional authority, to the extent such employment relates to supporting the mission of the Department of Defense overseas;'.

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