---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 3124"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "3124"
heading: "Extraterritorial jurisdiction"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/3124"
units:
  - "Chapter 44 — National Security"
  - "Subchapter IV — Protection of Certain National Security Information"
---

# §3124. Extraterritorial jurisdiction


There is jurisdiction over an offense under [section 3121 of this title](/usc/50/3121.md) committed outside the [United States](/usc/50/3126.md?p=9) if the individual committing the offense is a citizen of the [United States](/usc/50/3126.md?p=9) or an alien lawfully admitted to the [United States](/usc/50/3126.md?p=9) for permanent residence (as defined in [section 1101(a)(20) of title 8](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-20)).


## Source credit

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title VI, § 603, formerly § 604, as added Pub. L. 97–200, § 2(a), June 23, 1982, 96 Stat. 123; renumbered § 603, Pub. L. 112–277, title III, § 310(a)(4)(B), Jan. 14, 2013, 126 Stat. 2475.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 424 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 603 of act July 26, 1947, was classified to section 423 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 112–277, title III, § 310(a)(4)(A), Jan. 14, 2013, 126 Stat. 2475, and editorial reclassification as section 3123 of this title.