100 STAT. 3616
PUBLIC LAW 99-646—NOV. 10, 1986
SEC. 67. AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT DONATIONS AND CONDUCT AUTOPSIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 18 USC 4044.
"§ 4044. Donations on behalf of the Bureau of Prisons "The Attorney General may, in accordance with rules prescribed by the Attorney General, accept in the name of the Department of Justice any form of devise, bequest, gift or donation of money or property for use by the Bureau of Prisons or Federal Prison Industries. The Attorney General may take all appropriate steps to secure possession of such property and may sell, assign, transfer, or convey such property other than money.
18 USC 4045. State and local governments. Health and medical care. Safety. Religion.
"§ 4045. Authority to conduct autopsies "A chief executive officer of a Federal penal or correctional facility may, pursuant to rules prescribed by the Director, order an autopsy and related scientific or medical tests to be performed on the body of a deceased inmate of the facility in the event of homicide, suicide, fatal illness or accident, or unexplained death, when it is determined that such autopsy or test is necessary to detect a crime, maintain discipline, protect the health or safety of other inmates, remedy official misconduct, or defend the United States or its employees from civil liability arising from the administration of the facility. To the extent consistent with the needs of the autopsy or of specific scientific or medical tests, provisions of State and local law protecting religious beliefs with respect to such autopsies shall be observed. Such officer may also order an autopsy or post-mortem operation, including removal of tissue for transplanting, to be performed on the body of a deceased inmate of the facility, with the written consent of a person authorized to permit such an autopsy or post-mortem operation under the law of the State in which the facility is located.". 0)) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to 4043 the following new items: "4044. Donations on behalf of the Bureau of Prisons." "4045. Authority to conduct autopsies.". SEC. 68. ADDITION OF EXTORTION TO BANK ROBBERY OFFENSE.
Section 2113(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ", or obtains or attempts to obtain by extortion" after "from the person or presence of another". SEC. 69. INTERIM APPOINTMENT OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.
Section 546 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 546. Vacancies "(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Attorney General may appoint a United States attorney for the district in which the office of United States attorney is vacant. "01)) The Attorney General shall not appoint as United States attorney a person to whose appointment by the President to that office the Senate refused to give advice and consent. "(c) A person appointed as United States attorney under this section may serve until the earlier o— f
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