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Title 18a

§ 5. Enforcement and cooperation by courts, departments, agencies, officers, and employees of United States and District of Columbia

Statutory text

All courts, departments, agencies, officers, and employees of the United States and of the District of Columbia are hereby directed to enforce the agreement on detainers and to cooperate with one another and with all party States in enforcing the agreement and effectuating its purpose.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act

    Pub. L. 91–538 § 5 · 84 Stat. 1397

    Enacted · -us-usc-t18a-pl-91-538-s5

    (Pub. L. 91–538, § 5, Dec. 9, 1970, 84 Stat. 1402.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 91–538, § 5, Dec. 9, 1970, 84 Stat. 1402.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. All courts, departments, agencies, officers, and employees of the United States and of the District of Columbia are hereby directed to enforce the agreement on detainers and to cooperate with one another and with all party States in enforcing the agreement and effectuating its purpose.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 91–538, § 5, , 84 Stat. 1402.)

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