§ 3597. — Use of State facilities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3597]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 228--DEATH SENTENCE
Sec. 3597. Use of State facilities
(a) In General.--A United States marshal charged with supervising
the implementation of a sentence of death may use appropriate State or
local facilities for the purpose, may use the services of an appropriate
State or local official or of a person such an official employs for the
purpose, and shall pay the costs thereof in an amount approved by the
Attorney General.
(b) Excuse of an Employee on Moral or Religious Grounds.--No
employee of any State department of corrections, the United States
Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, or the United
States Marshals Service, and no employee providing services to that
department, bureau, or service under contract shall be required, as a
condition of that employment or contractual obligation, to be in
attendance at or to participate in any prosecution or execution under
this section if such participation is contrary to the moral or religious
convictions of the employee. In this subsection, ``participation in
executions'' includes personal preparation of the condemned individual
and the apparatus used for execution and supervision of the activities
of other personnel in carrying out such activities.
(Added Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60002(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108
Stat. 1968.)