Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 82 — Solid Waste Disposal
§ 6979b. Law enforcement authority
Statutory text
The Attorney General of the United States shall, at the request of the Administrator and on the basis of a showing of need, deputize qualified employees of the Environmental Protection Agency to serve as special deputy United States marshals in criminal investigations with respect to violations of the criminal provisions of this chapter.
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. 89–272 title II § 7010 · 79 Stat. 992
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 6979b
Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 7010, formerly § 7012, as added Pub. L. 98–616, title IV, § 403(b)(1), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3272
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 7010, formerly § 7012, as added Pub. L. 98–616, title IV, § 403(b)(1), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3272
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 7010 of Pub. L. 89–272, which was classified to section 6979a of this title, was renumbered section 3020 and transferred to section 6939b of this title.
Credits
1984–1986 · 2 acts
- 1984Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 7010, formerly § 7012, as added Pub. L. 98–616, title IV, § 403(b)(1), , 98 Stat. 3272
- 1986renumbered § 7010, Pub. L. 99–339, title II, § 201(c)(2), , 100 Stat. 654.
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(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 7010, formerly § 7012, as added Pub. L. 98–616, title IV, § 403(b)(1), , 98 Stat. 3272; renumbered § 7010, Pub. L. 99–339, title II, § 201(c)(2), , 100 Stat. 654.)