(a) In General. - A United States marshal charged with
supervising the implementation of a sentence of death may use
appropriate State or local facilities for the purpose, may use the
services of an appropriate State or local official or of a person
such an official employs for the purpose, and shall pay the costs
thereof in an amount approved by the Attorney General.
(b) Excuse of an Employee on Moral or Religious Grounds. - No
employee of any State department of corrections, the United States
Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, or the United
States Marshals Service, and no employee providing services to that
department, bureau, or service under contract shall be required, as
a condition of that employment or contractual obligation, to be in
attendance at or to participate in any prosecution or execution
under this section if such participation is contrary to the moral
or religious convictions of the employee. In this subsection,
"participation in executions" includes personal preparation of the
condemned individual and the apparatus used for execution and
supervision of the activities of other personnel in carrying out
such activities.
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