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[CITE: 48USC1704]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
        CHAPTER 15--CONVEYANCE OF SUBMERGED LANDS TO TERRITORIES
 
Sec. 1704. Concurrent jurisdiction; exceptions for national 
        defense purposes
        
    (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the governments of the 
Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, shall have concurrent civil 
and criminal jurisdiction with the United States with regard to property 
owned, reserved, or controlled by the United States in the Virgin 
Islands, Guam, and American Samoa respectively. A judgment of conviction 
or acquittal on the merits under the laws of Guam, the Virgin Islands, 
or American Samoa shall be a bar to any prosecution under the criminal 
laws of the United States for the same act or acts, and a judgment of 
conviction or acquittal on the merits under the laws of the United 
States shall be a bar to any prosecution under the laws of Guam, the 
Virgin Islands, or American Samoa for the same act or acts.
    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this 
section, the President may from time to time exclude from the concurrent 
jurisdiction of the government of Guam persons found, acts performed, 
and offenses committed on the property of the United States which is 
under the control of the Secretary of Defense to such extent and in such 
circumstances as he finds required in the interest of the national 
defense.

(Pub. L. 88-183, Sec. 4, Nov. 20, 1963, 77 Stat. 339; Pub. L. 99-396, 
Sec. 3, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 839.)

                       References in Text

    The criminal laws of the United States, referred to in subsec. (a), 
are classified generally to Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.


                               Amendments

    1986--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-396 amended first sentence generally. 
Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: ``Except as 
otherwise provided in this section, the governments of Guam, the Virgin 
Islands, and American Samoa, as the case may be, shall have concurrent 
jurisdiction with the United States over parties found, acts performed, 
and offenses committed on property owned, reserved, or controlled by the 
United States in Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.''
