42 U.S.C. § 1987
Prosecution of violation of certain laws
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- 42 U.S.C. § 1987, Prosecution of violation of certain laws, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/478208
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:478208@1- SHA-256
e1fb07d2177c7e06658b313dacd2103d78a21ebc3220789002f82d93a0e25ea8
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
The United States attorneys, marshals, and deputy marshals, the United States magistrate judges appointed by the district and territorial courts, with power to arrest, imprison, or bail offenders, and every other officer who is especially empowered by the President, are authorized and required, at the expense of the United States, to institute prosecutions against all persons violating any of the provisions of section 1990 of this title or of sections 5506 to 5516 and 5518 to 5532 of the Revised Statutes, and to cause such persons to be arrested, and imprisoned or bailed, for trial before the court of the United States or the territorial court having cognizance of the offense.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Judicial Improvements Act of 1990House: 386–18Senate: no recorded tally