Volume 64
Public Law 81–1221
To amend sections 3052 and 3107 of title 18, United States Code, relating to the powers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Approved January 10, 1951
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend sections 3052 and 3107 of title 18, United States Code, relating to the powers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 3052 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
“The Director, Associate Director, Assistant to the Director, Assistant Directors, inspectors, and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice may carry firearms, serve warrants and subpoenas issued under the authority of the United States and make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony.”
Sec. 2.
Section 3107 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
18 U. S. C., Sup. III, § 3107.
Seizures.
to read as follows:
“The Director, Associate Director, Assistant to the Director, Assistant Directors, agents, and inspectors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice are empowered to make seizures under warrant for violation of the laws of the United States.”
Approved January 10, 1951.