18 USC § 4113 - Status of alien offender transferred to a foreign country

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title: "18 USC § 4113 - Status of alien offender transferred to a foreign country"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "4113"
section_name: "Status of alien offender transferred to a foreign country"
chapter_number: 306
chapter_name: "TRANSFER TO OR FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "PRISONS AND PRISONERS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 95–144, § 1, Oct. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1219; amended Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(d)(4)(U), (e)(1)(Q), (2)(I), (g)(3)(B), (5)(A)(iv), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–619, 3009–620, 3009–622, 3009–623.)"
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# § 4113. Status of alien offender transferred to a foreign country

**(a)** An alien who is deportable from the United States but who has been granted voluntary departure pursuant to section 240B of the Immigration and Nationality Act and who is transferred to a foreign country pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed for all purposes to have voluntarily departed from this country.

**(b)** An alien who is the subject of an order of removal from the United States pursuant to section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act who is transferred to a foreign country pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed for all purposes to have been removed from this country.

**(c)** An alien who is the subject of an order of removal from the United States pursuant to section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, who is transferred to a foreign country pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed for all purposes to have been excluded from admission and removed from the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 95–144, § 1, Oct. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1219; amended Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(d)(4)(U), (e)(1)(Q), (2)(I), (g)(3)(B), (5)(A)(iv), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–619, 3009–620, 3009–622, 3009–623.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 240B of the Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is classified to , Aliens and Nationality.

Section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (c), is classified to .

### Amendments

1996—Subsec. (a). , substituted “section 240B of the Immigration and Nationality Act” for “section 1252(b) or , United States Code,”.

Subsec. (b). , substituted “section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act” for “, United States Code,”.

, (2)(I), substituted “removal” for “deportation” and “removed” for “deported”.

Subsec. (c). , substituted “240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act” for “1226 of title 8, United States Code”.

, (e)(2)(I), substituted “removal” for “exclusion and deportation” and “removed” for “deported”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

Amendment by  effective, with certain transitional provisions, on the first day of the first month beginning more than 180 days after , see , set out as a note under , Aliens and Nationality.