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§3522 Probationers and Parolees

Title 18 › Part II— CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 224— PROTECTION OF WITNESSES › § 3522

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Summary

A probation officer can take over supervision of a person protected under this law who is on state probation or parole if the Attorney General asks and the State agrees. While supervised by the federal officer, that person is under federal control and must follow federal rules for probationers or parolees. If the person breaks the written agreement made under section 3521(d), their probation or parole can be revoked. The U.S. Parole Commission and its Chair have the same powers over these transferred people as they do over federal parolees, and the rules in sections 4201–4204, 4205(a),(e),(h), 4206–4215, and 4218 apply after revocation. If a state court ordered the person to pay a victim, the Attorney General can collect that money in any U.S. district court like a federal civil judgment, and recovered funds go to the victim.

Full Legal Text

Title 18, §3522

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(a)A probation officer may, upon the request of the Attorney General, supervise any person provided protection under this chapter who is on probation or parole under State law, if the State involved consents to such supervision. Any person so supervised shall be under Federal jurisdiction during the period of supervision and shall, during that period be subject to all laws of the United States which pertain to probationers or parolees, as the case may be.
(b)The failure by any person provided protection under this chapter who is supervised under subsection (a) to comply with the memorandum of understanding entered into by that person pursuant to section 3521(d) of this title shall be grounds for the revocation of probation or parole, as the case may be.
(c)The United States Parole Commission and the Chairman of the Commission shall have the same powers and duties with respect to a probationer or parolee transferred from State supervision pursuant to this section as they have with respect to an offender convicted in a court of the United States and paroled under chapter 311 11 See References in Text note below. of this title. The provisions of sections 4201 through 4204, 4205(a), (e), and (h), 4206 through 4215, and 4218 1 of this title shall apply following a revocation of probation or parole under this section.
(d)If a person provided protection under this chapter who is on probation or parole and is supervised under subsection (a) of this section has been ordered by the State court which imposed sentence on the person to pay a sum of money to the victim of the offense involved for damage caused by the offense, that penalty or award of damages may be enforced as though it were a civil judgment rendered by a United States district court. Proceedings to collect the moneys ordered to be paid may be instituted by the Attorney General in any United States district court. Moneys recovered pursuant to such proceedings shall be distributed to the victim.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Chapter 311 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c), which consisted of sections 4201 to 4218 of this title, was repealed effective Nov. 1, 1987, by Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §§ 218(a)(5), 235(a)(1), (b)(1), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2027, 2031, 2032, subject to remaining effective for five years after Nov. 1, 1987, in certain circumstances.

Amendments

1988—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–690 substituted “4215” for “4216”. 1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–646 substituted “probationers or parolees, as the case may be” for “parolees”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1984, see section 1210 of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as a note under section 3521 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

18 U.S.C. § 3522

Title 18Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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