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[CITE: 40USC318]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                     CHAPTER 4--THE PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
Sec. 318. Special police


(a) Appointment

    The Administrator of General Services, or officials of the General 
Services Administration duly authorized by the Administrator, may 
appoint uniformed guards of such Administration as special policemen 
without additional compensation for duty in connection with the policing 
of all buildings and areas owned or occupied by the United States and 
under the charge and control of the Administrator.

(b) Powers

    Special policemen appointed under this section shall have the same 
powers as sheriffs and constables upon property referred to in 
subsection (a) of this section to enforce the laws enacted for the 
protection of persons and property, and to prevent breaches of the 
peace, to suppress affrays or unlawful assemblies, and to enforce any 
rules and regulations promulgated by the Administrator of General 
Services or such duly authorized officials of the General Services 
Administration for the property under their jurisdiction; except that 
the jurisdiction and policing powers of such special policemen shall not 
extend to the service of civil process.

(June 1, 1948, ch. 359, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 281; Pub. L. 100-678, 
Sec. 8(a), (b), Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4052, 4053.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-678, Sec. 8(b), in amending section generally, 
inserted section catchline ``Special police'', designated provision 
relating to appointment of special police as subsec. (a), designated 
provision relating to powers of special police as subsec. (b), and 
struck out provision in subsec. (b) which restricted the jurisdiction 
and policing powers to Federal property over which the United States has 
acquired exclusive or concurrent criminal jurisdiction.
    Pub. L. 100-678, Sec. 8(a), substituted ``Administrator of General 
Services'' for ``Federal Works Administrator'' and ``General Services 
Administration'' for ``Federal Works Agency'' in three places.


                               Short Title

    Act June 1, 1948, which enacted this section and sections 318a to 
318d of this title, is popularly known as the ``Protection of Public 
Property Act''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 50 section 403o.
