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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 10USC9027]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                     CHAPTER 873--CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 9027. Civilian special agents of the Office of Special 
        Investigations: authority to execute warrants and make arrests
        
    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of the Air Force may authorize any 
Department of the Air Force 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 Air Force who is a special agent of 
the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (or a successor to that 
office) whose duties include conducting, supervising, or coordinating 
investigations of criminal activity in programs and operations of the 
Department of the Air Force.
    (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 Air Force and approved by the 
Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General and any other applicable 
guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, the Secretary 
of Defense, or the Attorney General.

(Added Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V, Sec. 554(c)(1)], Oct. 
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-127.)
