§ 1704. Concurrent jurisdiction; exceptions for national defense purposes

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. 1963

   Pub. L. 88–183 § 4 · 77 Stat. 338

   Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1704

   Pub. L. 88–183, § 4, Nov. 20, 1963, 77 Stat. 339

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 88–183, § 4, Nov. 20, 1963, 77 Stat. 339

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the governments Concurrent jurisdiction. of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, as the case may be, shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over parties found, acts performed, and offenses committed on property owned, reserved, or controlled by the United States in Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. A judgment of conviction or acquittal on the merits under the laws of Guam, the Virgin Islands, or American Samoa shall be a bar to any prosecution under the criminal laws of the United States for the same act or acts, and a judgment of conviction or acquittal on the merits under the laws of the United States shall be a bar to any prosecution under the laws of Guam, the Virgin Islands, or American Samoa for the same act or acts. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the President may from time to time exclude from the con-current jurisdiction of the government of Guam persons found, acts garformed, and offenses committed on the property of the United tates which is under the control of the Secretary of Defense to such extent and in such circumstances as he finds required in the interest of the national defense.

2. 1986

   Pub. L. 99–396 § 3 · 100 Stat. 837

   Amended · 48 U.S.C. § 1704(a)

   Pub. L. 99–396 amended first sentence generally. Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: “Except as otherwise provided in this section, the governments of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, as the case may be, shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over parties found, acts performed, and offenses committed on property owned, reserved, or controlled by the United States in Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–396 amended first sentence generally. Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: “Except as otherwise provided in this section, the governments of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, as the case may be, shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over parties found, acts performed, and offenses committed on property owned, reserved, or controlled by the United States in Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. The first sentence of section 4(a) of the Act of November 20, 48 USC 1704 Real property. 1963 (77 Stat. 339) is amended to read as follows: “(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the governments of the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, shall have concurrent civil and criminal jurisdiction with the United States with regard to property owned, reserved, or controlled by the United States in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa respectively.”.

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