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[CITE: 28USC540]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
               CHAPTER 33--FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
 
Sec. 540. Investigation of felonious killings of State or local 
        law enforcement officers
        
    The Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation may 
investigate felonious killings of officials and employees of a State or 
political subdivision thereof while engaged in or on account of the 
performance of official duties relating to the prevention, detection, 
investigation, or prosecution of an offense against the criminal laws of 
a State or political subdivision, when such investigation is requested 
by the head of the agency employing the official or employee killed, and 
under such guidelines as the Attorney General or his designee may 
establish.

(Added Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7331(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 
Stat. 4468.)
