I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5339 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify and expand Federal criminal 
jurisdiction over Federal contractors and employees outside the United 
States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2016 
Mr. PRICE of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. ISSA) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify and expand 
Federal criminal jurisdiction over Federal contractors 
and employees outside the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civilian Extraterritori-
al Jurisdiction Act of 2016’’ or the ‘‘CEJA’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF FEDERAL JU-
RISDICTION OVER FEDERAL CONTRACTORS 
AND EMPLOYEES. 
(a) EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OVER FED-
ERAL CONTRACTORS AND EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 212A of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by transferring the text of section 
3272 to the end of section 3271, redesignating 
such text as subsection (c) of section 3271, and, 
in such text, as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘this chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’; 
(B) by striking the heading of section 
3272; and 
(C) by adding after section 3271, as 
amended by this paragraph, the following new 
sections: 
‘‘§ 3272. Offenses committed by Federal contractors 
and employees outside the United States 
‘‘(a)(1) Whoever, while employed by any department 
or agency of the United States other than the Department 
of Defense or accompanying any department or agency of 
the United States other than the Department of Defense, 
knowingly engages in conduct (or conspires or attempts 
to engage in conduct) outside the United States that 
would constitute an offense enumerated in paragraph (3) 
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had the conduct been engaged in within the special mari-
time and territorial jurisdiction of the United States shall 
be punished as provided for that offense. 
‘‘(2) A prosecution may not be commenced against 
a person under this subsection if a foreign government, 
in accordance with jurisdiction recognized by the United 
States, has prosecuted or is prosecuting such person for 
the conduct constituting the offense, except upon the ap-
proval of the Attorney General or the Deputy Attorney 
General (or a person acting in either such capacity), which 
function of approval may not be delegated. 
‘‘(3) The offenses covered by paragraph (1) are the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Any offense under chapter 5 (arson) of 
this title. 
‘‘(B) Any offense under section 111 (assaulting, 
resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees), 
113 (assault within maritime and territorial jurisdic-
tion), or 114 (maiming within maritime and terri-
torial jurisdiction) of this title, but only if the of-
fense is subject to a maximum sentence of imprison-
ment of one year or more. 
‘‘(C) Any offense under section 201 (bribery of 
public officials and witnesses) of this title. 
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