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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 10USC7480]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                     CHAPTER 643--CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 7480. Special agents of the Naval Criminal Investigative 
        Service: authority to execute warrants and make arrests
        
    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of the Navy may authorize any 
Department of the Navy civilian employee described in subsection (b) to 
have the same authority to execute and serve warrants and other 
processes issued under the authority of the United States and to make 
arrests without a warrant as may be authorized under section 1585a of 
this title for special agents of the Defense Criminal Investigative 
Service.
    (b) Agents To Have Authority.--Subsection (a) applies to any 
employee of the Department of the Navy who is a special agent of the 
Naval Criminal Investigative Service (or any successor to that service) 
whose duties include conducting, supervising, or coordinating 
investigations of criminal activity in programs and operations of the 
Department of the Navy.
    (c) Guidelines for Exercise of Authority.--The authority provided 
under subsection (a) shall be exercised in accordance with guidelines 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy and approved by the Secretary of 
Defense and the Attorney General and any other applicable guidelines 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of Defense, or 
the Attorney General.

(Added Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V, Sec. 554(b)(1)], Oct. 
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-126.)
