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18 U.S.C. § 3063 — Powers of Environmental Protection Agency

submitted 38 years ago by Pub. L. 100-582 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 130 words · no verdicts yet

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After designation by the EPA Administrator, certain EPA criminal investigators may carry firearms, serve process, and make specified warrantless arrests. They must use these powers under Attorney General-approved guidelines.

(a) After the EPA Administrator designates them, EPA law-enforcement officers responsible for investigating criminal violations of EPA-administered laws may (1) carry firearms; (2) execute and serve United States warrants and other process; and (3) arrest without a warrant for (A) a United States offense committed in the officer’s presence, or (B) a United States felony when the officer has probable cause to believe the person committed or is committing it. (b) They must exercise these powers under guidelines approved by the Attorney General.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)

Upon designation by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, any law enforcement officer of the Environmental Protection Agency with responsibility for the investigation of criminal violations of a law administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, may—

(1)

carry firearms;

(2)

execute and serve any warrant or other processes issued under the authority of the United States; and

(3)

make arrests without warrant for—

(A)

any offense against the United States committed in such officer’s presence; or

(B)

any felony offense against the United States if such officer has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing that felony offense.

(b)

The powers granted under subsection (a) of this section shall be exercised in accordance with guidelines approved by the Attorney General.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 100–582, § 4(a), Nov. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2958.)

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  • 1988Enacted · Pub. L. 100-582 · 102 Stat. 2958

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 100-582 on 1988-11-01.

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