Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part II · Chapter 203 — Arrest and Commitment
§ 3052. Powers of Federal Bureau of Investigation
Statutory text
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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 3052
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 817
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 817
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 300a of title 5, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees (June 18, 1934, ch. 595, 48 Stat. 1008; Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, title II, 49 Stat. 77).
Language relating to seizures under warrant is in section 3107 of this title.
Minor changes were made in phraseology particularly with respect to omission of provision covered by rule 5(a) of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1951—Act , allowed F. B. I. personnel to make arrests without a warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
Functions of all other officers of Department of Justice and functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, with a few exceptions, transferred to Attorney General, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3173, 64 Stat. 1261, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Credits
1948–1951 · 2 acts
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 817
- 1951Jan. 10, 1951, ch. 1221, § 1, 64 Stat. 1239.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 817; Jan. 10, 1951, ch. 1221, § 1, 64 Stat. 1239.)