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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document affected by Public Law 106-518 Section 313]
[CITE: 40USC13n]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
CHAPTER 1--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, PARKS, AND WHARVES IN DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA
 
Sec. 13n. Policing authority


(a) Authority of Marshal of the Supreme Court and Supreme Court Police

    The Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police shall 
have authority, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Marshal 
and approved by the Chief Justice of the United States--
        (1) to police the Supreme Court Building and grounds, and 
    adjacent streets for the purpose of protecting persons and property;
        (2) in any part of the United States, to protect--
            (A) the person of the Chief Justice of the United States, 
        any Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and any official 
        guest of the Supreme Court; and
            (B) the person of any officer or employee of the Supreme 
        Court while such officer or employee is engaged in the 
        performance of official duties;

        (3) in the performance of duties necessary for carrying out 
    paragraph (1) of this subsection, to make arrests for any violation 
    of a law of the United States or any State and any regulation under 
    such law;
        (4) in the performance of duties necessary for carrying out 
    paragraph (2) of this subsection, to make arrests for any violation 
    of a law of the United States and any regulation under such law; and
        (5) to carry firearms as may be required for the performance of 
    duties under sections 13f to 13p of this title.

(b) Authority of Metropolitan police force of the District of Columbia

    The Metropolitan police force of the District of Columbia are \1\ 
hereby authorized to make arrests within the Supreme Court Building and 
grounds for any violations of any such laws or regulations, but such 
authority shall not be construed as authorizing the Metropolitan Police 
force, except with the consent or upon the request of the Marshal of the 
Supreme Court or his assistants, to enter the Supreme Court Building to 
make arrests in response to complaints or to serve warrants or to patrol 
the Supreme Court Building or grounds.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``is''.
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(c) Termination of authority; reporting requirements; duties with 
        respect to an official guest of Supreme Court

    The authority created under subsection (a)(2) of this section shall 
expire on December 29, 2000. The Marshal of the Supreme Court shall 
report annually to the Congress on March 1 regarding the administrative 
cost of carrying out his duties under such subsection. Duties under 
subsection (a)(2)(A) of this section with respect to an official guest 
of the Supreme Court in any part of the United States (other than the 
District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) shall be authorized in 
writing by the Chief Justice of the United States or an Associate 
Justice of the Supreme Court, if such duties require the carrying of 
firearms under subsection (a)(5) of this section.

(d) Definitions

    As used in sections 13f to 13p of this title, the term--
        (1) ``official guest of the Supreme Court'' means an individual 
    who is a guest of the Supreme Court, as determined by the Chief 
    Justice of the United States or any Associate Justice of the Supreme 
    Court;
        (2) ``State'' means a State of the United States, the District 
    of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or 
    possession of the United States; and
        (3) ``United States'', when used in a geographical sense, means 
    the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
    Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States.

(Aug. 18, 1949, ch. 479, Sec. 9, 63 Stat. 617; Pub. L. 93-198, title 
VII, Sec. 739(g)(8), Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 829; Pub. L. 97-390, 
Sec. 1(c), Dec. 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 1957; Pub. L. 99-218, Dec. 26, 1985, 
99 Stat. 1729; Pub. L. 99-492, Sec. 1, Oct. 16, 1986, 100 Stat. 1240; 
Pub. L. 101-462, Oct. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 1079; Pub. L. 103-193, Dec. 
14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2293; Pub. L. 104-280, Sec. 1, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 
Stat. 3359.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-280 substituted ``2000'' for 
``1996''.
    1993--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-193 substituted ``1996'' for 
``1993''.
    1990--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-462 substituted ``1993'' for 
``1990''.
    1986--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-492 substituted ``on December 29, 
1990'' for ``one year after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection''.
    1985--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-218, in amending subsec. (c) 
generally, substituted ``one year after December 26, 1985'' for ``three 
years after December 29, 1982'', and struck out ``During the three-year 
effective period of subsection (a)(2) of this section'' before ``The 
Marshal of the Supreme Court shall report''.
    1982--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-390, Sec. 1(c)(1), substituted 
provisions of subsec. (a) for provisions formerly preceding proviso 
which read as follows: ``The special police provided for in section 13f 
of this title shall have the power, within the Supreme Court Building 
and grounds and adjacent streets, to enforce and make arrests for 
violations of any provision of sections 13g to 13k of this title, or any 
regulation prescribed under section 13l of this title or of any law of 
the United States, any law of the District of Columbia, or of any State, 
or any regulation promulgated pursuant thereto''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-390, Sec. 1(c)(1), designated as subsec. (b) 
the provisions formerly set out in the form of a proviso dealing with 
the authority of the Metropolitan police force of the District of 
Columbia.
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 97-390, Sec. 1(c)(2), added subsecs. (c) 
and (d).
    1973--Pub. L. 93-198 substituted ``, any law of the District of 
Columbia, or of any State,'' for ``or of any State''.


                    Effective Date of 1973 Amendment

    Section 771 of Pub. L. 93-198 provided that the amendment made by 
Pub. L. 93-198 is effective Jan. 2, 1975, if a majority of the 
registered qualified electors in the District of Columbia voting on the 
charter issue in the charter referendum accepted the charter set out in 
title IV of Pub. L. 93-198, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 785. The charter was 
approved by the voters on May 7, 1974.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 13p of this title.
