18 U.S.C. § 4102 : US Code - Section 4102: Authority of the Attorney General

Search 18 U.S.C. § 4102 : US Code - Section 4102: Authority of the Attorney General

The Attorney General is authorized -
(1) to act on behalf of the United States as the authority
referred to in a treaty;
(2) to receive custody of offenders under a sentence of
imprisonment, on parole, or on probation who are citizens or
nationals of the United States transferred from foreign countries
and as appropriate confine them in penal or correctional
institutions, or assign them to the parole or probation
authorities for supervision;
(3) to transfer offenders under a sentence of imprisonment, on
parole, or on probation to the foreign countries of which they
are citizens or nationals;
(4) to make regulations for the proper implementation of such
treaties in accordance with this chapter and to make regulations
to implement this chapter;
(5) to render to foreign countries and to receive from them the
certifications and reports required to be made under such
treaties;
(6) to make arrangements by agreement with the States for the
transfer of offenders in their custody who are citizens or
nationals of foreign countries to the foreign countries of which
they are citizens or nationals and for the confinement, where
appropriate, in State institutions of offenders transferred to
the United States;
(7) to make agreements and establish regulations for the
transportation through the territory of the United States of
offenders convicted in a foreign country who are being
transported to a third country for the execution of their
sentences, the expenses of which shall be paid by the country
requesting the transportation;
(8) to make agreements with the appropriate authorities of a
foreign country and to issue regulations for the transfer and
treatment of juveniles who are transferred pursuant to treaty,
the expenses of which shall be paid by the country of which the
juvenile is a citizen or national;
(9) in concert with the Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare, to make arrangements with the appropriate authorities of
a foreign country and to issue regulations for the transfer and
treatment of individuals who are accused of an offense but who
have been determined to be mentally ill; the expenses of which
shall be paid by the country of which such person is a citizen or
national;
(10) to designate agents to receive, on behalf of the United
States, the delivery by a foreign government of any citizen or
national of the United States being transferred to the United
States for the purpose of serving a sentence imposed by the
courts of the foreign country, and to convey him to the place
designated by the Attorney General. Such agent shall have all the
powers of a marshal of the United States in the several districts
through which it may be necessary for him to pass with the
offender, so far as such power is requisite for the offender's
transfer and safekeeping; within the territory of a foreign
country such agent shall have such powers as the authorities of
the foreign country may accord him;
(11) to delegate the authority conferred by this chapter to
officers of the Department of Justice.