Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102

§3272 Definitions

Title 18 › PART II — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › CHAPTER 212A — EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN OFFENSES › § 3272

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines two terms used in the chapter. "Employed by the Federal Government outside the United States" means people who work for the U.S. government overseas — this includes civilian staff, federal contractors (and their subcontractors at any level), and employees of those contractors — who are working or living abroad because of the job and who are not citizens of, or normally living in, the country where they are posted. "Accompanying the Federal Government outside the United States" means a dependent who lives with one of those government workers or contractors while they are abroad and who is not a citizen of, or normally living in, the host country.

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Title 18, §3272

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As used in this chapter:

(1)The term “employed by the Federal Government outside the United States” means—

(A)employed as a civilian employee of the Federal Government, as a Federal contractor (including a subcontractor at any tier), or as an employee of a Federal contractor (including a subcontractor at any tier);

(B)present or residing outside the United States in connection with such employment; and

(C)not a national of or ordinarily resident in the host nation.

(2)The term “accompanying the Federal Government outside the United States” means—

(A)a dependant of—

(i)a civilian employee of the Federal Government; or

(ii)a Federal contractor (including a subcontractor at any tier) or an employee of a Federal contractor (including a subcontractor at any tier);

(B)residing with such civilian employee, contractor, or contractor employee outside the United States; and

(C)not a national of or ordinarily resident in the host nation.

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Citation

18 U.S.C. § 3272

Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102