Opinion ID: 771184
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Leased Housing

Text: 109 Bearing in mind that 7(3) was intended at the outset to extend only to lands under the exclusive control of the United States, an apartment leased by the United States in a foreign country is both legally and conceptually far afield from that category. The United States is not an infrequent tenant abroad. Under the majority's approach, criminal jurisdiction would extend to more than 10,000 properties leased by the United States in foreign countries, ranging from Australia to the Vatican City, and not including extensive property leased by defense agencies. See United States Gen. Servs. Admin., Summary Report on Real Property Leased by the United States Throughout the World as of September 30, 1999, at 13 (1999). Absent congressional directive, we should not treat lightly such a far flung extension of criminal jurisdiction. 110