§ 3063. Powers of Environmental Protection Agency

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.

1. 1988

   Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–582 § 4(a) · 102 Stat. 2950

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 3063

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

   Source evidence

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

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Conferral of Law Enforcement Powers.— Chapter 203 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “§ 3063. Powers of Environmental Protection Agency “(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.”.

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