- assault
has the same meaning as given that term in section 113;
- child
means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years and is—
- child abuse
means intentionally or knowingly causing death or serious bodily injury to a child;
- Family
includes (a) a spouse, parent, brother or sister, child, or person to whom the foreign official or internationally protected person stands in loco parentis, or (b) any other person living in his household and related to the foreign official or internationally protected person by blood or marriage.
- Federal correctional institution
means any Federal prison, Federal correctional facility, Federal community program center, or Federal halfway house.
- Foreign government
means the government of a foreign country, irrespective of recognition by the United States.
- Foreign official
means—
- International organization
means a public international organization designated as such pursuant to section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288) or a public organization created pursuant to treaty or other agreement under international law as an instrument through or by which two or more foreign governments engage in some aspect of their conduct of international affairs.
- Internationally protected person
means—
- murder
means a first degree or second degree murder (as defined in section 1111).
- National of the United States
has the meaning prescribed in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)).
- Official guest
means a citizen or national of a foreign country present in the United States as an official guest of the Government of the United States pursuant to designation as such by the Secretary of State.
- pattern or practice of assault or torture
means assault or torture engaged in on at least two occasions;
- serious bodily injury
has the meaning set forth in section 1365;
- State
means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
- State correctional officer
includes any officer or employee of any prison, jail, or other detention facility, operated by, or under contract to, either a State or local governmental agency, whose job responsibilities include providing for the custody of incarcerated individuals.
- term of life imprisonment
means a sentence for the term of natural life, a sentence commuted to natural life, an indeterminate term of a minimum of at least fifteen years and a maximum of life, or an unexecuted sentence of death.
- torture
means conduct, whether or not committed under the color of law, that otherwise satisfies the definition set forth in section 2340(1).