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[CITE: 21USC878]

 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
              CHAPTER 13--DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT
 
            Part E--Administrative and Enforcement Provisions
 
Sec. 878. Powers of enforcement personnel

    (a) Any officer or employee of the Drug Enforcement Administration 
or any State or local law enforcement officer designated by the Attorney 
General may--
        (1) carry firearms;
        (2) execute and serve search warrants, arrest warrants, 
    administrative inspection warrants, subpenas, and summonses issued 
    under the authority of the United States;
        (3) make arrests without warrant (A) for any offense against the 
    United States committed in his presence, or (B) for any felony, 
    cognizable under the laws of the United States, if he has probable 
    cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is 
    committing a felony;
        (4) make seizures of property pursuant to the provisions of this 
    subchapter; and
        (5) perform such other law enforcement duties as the Attorney 
    General may designate.

    (b) State and local law enforcement officers performing functions 
under this section shall not be deemed Federal employees and shall not 
be subject to provisions of law relating to Federal employees, except 
that such officers shall be subject to section 3374(c) of title 5.

(Pub. L. 91-513, title II, Sec. 508, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1273; Pub. 
L. 96-132, Sec. 16(b), Nov. 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 1049; Pub. L. 99-570, 
title I, Sec. 1869, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-55; Pub. L. 99-646, 
Sec. 86, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3620.)


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-570 and Pub. L. 99-646 amended section 
substantially identically designating existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and adding subsec. (b), with the exception of the amendment of subsec. 
(a) for which Pub. L. 99-570 directed the insertion of ``or (with 
respect to offenses under this subchapter or subchapter II of this 
chapter) any State or local law enforcement officer'' and Pub. L. 99-646 
directed the insertion of ``or any State or local law enforcement 
officer'', the latter of which was executed to reflect the probable 
intent of Congress.
    1979--Pub. L. 96-132 substituted ``Drug Enforcement Administration'' 
for ``Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs''.
