Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 5.djvu/628

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112 STAT. 3386 PUBLIC LAW 105-375—NOV. 12, 1998 States under laws extending diplomatic privileges and immunities. "(D) The number of United States citizens who are residing in a receiving state and who enjoy full immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of such state under laws extending diplomatic privileges and immunities. "(E) Each case involving a United States citizen under subparagraph (D) in which the United States has been requested by the government of a receiving state to waive the immunity from criminal jurisdiction of the United States citizen. "(F) Whether the Secretary has made the notifications referred to in subsection (c) during the period covered by the report. "(3) SERIOUS CRIMINAL OFFENSE DEFINED. —For the purposes of this section, the term 'serious criminal offense' means— "(A) any felony under Federal, State, or local law; "(B) any Federal, State, or local offense punishable by a term of imprisonment of more than 1 year; "(C) any crime of violence as defined for purposes of section 16 of title 18, United States Code; or "(D)(i) driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs; "(ii) reckless driving; or "(iii) driving while intoxicated. "(b) UNITED STATES POLICY CONCERNING REFORM OF DIPLO- MATIC IMMUNITY.— It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should explore, in appropriate fora, whether states should enter into agreements and adopt legislation— "(1) to provide jurisdiction in the sending state to prosecute crimes committed in the receiving state by persons entitled to immunity from criminal jurisdiction under laws extending diplomatic privileges and immunities; and "(2) to provide that where there is probable cause to believe that an individual who is entitled to immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving state under laws extending diplomatic privileges and immunities committed a serious crime, the sending state will waive such immunity or the sending state will prosecute such individual.