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[CITE: 25USC2803]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                CHAPTER 30--INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORM
 
Sec. 2803. Law enforcement authority

    The Secretary may charge employees of the Bureau with law 
enforcement responsibilities and may authorize those employees to--
        (1) carry firearms;
        (2) execute or serve warrants, summonses, or other orders 
    relating to a crime committed in Indian country and issued under the 
    laws of--
            (A) the United States (including those issued by a Court of 
        Indian Offenses under regulations prescribed by the Secretary), 
        or
            (B) an Indian tribe if authorized by the Indian tribe;

        (3) make an arrest without a warrant for an offense committed in 
    Indian country if--
            (A) the offense is committed in the presence of the 
        employee, or
            (B) the offense is a felony and the employee has reasonable 
        grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed, 
        or is committing, the felony;

        (4) offer and pay a reward for services or information, or 
    purchase evidence, assisting in the detection or investigation of 
    the commission of an offense committed in Indian country or in the 
    arrest of an offender against the United States;
        (5) make inquiries of any person, and administer to, or take 
    from, any person an oath, affirmation, or affidavit, concerning any 
    matter relevant to the enforcement or carrying out in Indian country 
    of a law of either the United States or an Indian tribe that has 
    authorized the employee to enforce or carry out tribal laws;
        (6) wear a prescribed uniform and badge or carry prescribed 
    credentials;
        (7) perform any other law enforcement related duty; and
        (8) when requested, assist (with or without reimbursement) any 
    Federal, tribal, State, or local law enforcement agency in the 
    enforcement or carrying out of the laws or regulations the agency 
    enforces or administers.

(Pub. L. 101-379, Sec. 4, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 475.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2802, 2804, 2807 of this 
title.
