Foreign Crimes Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Foreign Crimes Act - Provides that any citizen of the United States who commits a crime outside the United States while serving with or working for the Armed Forces shall, if the crime was committed during the performance of official duties on Armed Forces property or against a U.S. citizen, be guilty of a like offense against the United States and be subject to a like punishment as that provided for offenses occurring within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the U.S. Provides that this provision will not deprive military courts of concurrent jurisdiction with respect to those offenders and offenses that may be tried in a military court. Allows the apprehension of a U.S. citizen accompanying the Armed Forces outside the country if there is probable cause to believe that he has committed an offense against the laws of the U.S. or of the country in which he is staying, or if the country requests that he be apprehended and delivered to them for trial. Allows the restraint of any person so apprehended. Allows the removal of any U.S. citizen from a foreign country to a place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States if, after hearing, it is found that there is …