Title 18 › Part II— CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 212— MILITARY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION › § 3267
Defines who counts as "employed by the Armed Forces outside the United States" and who counts as "accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States," and points to where other terms are defined. "Employed by the Armed Forces outside the United States" means civilian federal workers, contractors (including subcontractors at any tier), or employees of those contractors who work for the Department of Defense (including nonappropriated fund instrumentalities) or for another federal agency or provisional authority when the job supports the DoD overseas. They must be present or living outside the United States because of that work and must not be a national of or ordinarily resident in the host country. "Accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States" means a dependent who lives with a service member, DoD civilian, or DoD contractor/contractor employee outside the United States and who is not a national of or ordinarily resident in the host country. "Armed Forces," "Judge Advocate General," and "judge advocate" are defined in title 10, section 101(a)(4) and section 801.
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18 U.S.C. § 3267
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
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