§ 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.