34 U.S.C. § 12541 — Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-322 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 262 words · no verdicts yet
The Attorney General may create rural crime and drug-enforcement task forces in judicial districts with substantial rural land. The section sets rules for their funding, authority, and membership.
(a) Establishment. After consulting the Governors, mayors, and chief executive officers of State and local law-enforcement agencies, the Attorney General may establish a Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force in a judicial district that contains substantial rural land. Money or property seized in investigations started by such a task force and forfeited under Federal law must be used, consistently with the Attorney General’s and Treasury Secretary’s equitable-sharing guidelines, mainly to improve the task force and its participating State and local agencies.
(b) Task-force membership. The Attorney General’s policies and procedures govern task forces created under subsection (a). When necessary to investigate conduct under 21 U.S.C. § 873(a), or an offense under title 18 punishable by 10 years or more in prison, the Attorney General may deputize State and local officers and may give joint Federal authority to as many as 100 Federal law-enforcement officers. The task forces—
(1) must include representatives of (A) State and local law-enforcement agencies, (B) the United States Attorney’s office for the district, and (C) the FBI, DEA, Immigration and Naturalization Service, and United States Marshals Service; and
(2) may include representatives of other Federal law-enforcement agencies, such as the Customs Service, United States Park Police, Forest Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and Bureau of Land Management.
The Attorney General, in consultation with the Governors, mayors, and chief executive officers of State and local law enforcement agencies, may establish a Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force in judicial districts that encompass significant rural lands. Assets seized as a result of investigations initiated by a Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force and forfeited under Federal law shall be used, consistent with the guidelines on equitable sharing established by the Attorney General and of the Secretary of the Treasury, primarily to enhance the operations of the task force and its participating State and local law enforcement agencies.
The Task Forces 1 established under subsection (a) shall be carried out under policies and procedures established by the Attorney General. The Attorney General may deputize State and local law enforcement officers and may cross-designate up to 100 Federal law enforcement officers, when necessary to undertake investigations pursuant to section 873(a) of title 21 or offenses punishable by a term of imprisonment of 10 years or more under title 18. The task forces—
shall include representatives from—
State and local law enforcement agencies;
the office of the United States Attorney for the judicial district; and
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the United States Marshals Service; and
may include representatives of other Federal law enforcement agencies, such as the United States Customs Service, United States Park Police, United States Forest Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and Bureau of Land Management.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–322, title XVIII, § 180102, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2045.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2045
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