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[CITE: 42USC14081]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 136--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
                       SUBCHAPTER VII--RURAL CRIME
 
Sec. 14081. Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces


(a) Establishment

    The Attorney General, in consultation with the Governors, mayors, 
and chief executive officers of State and local law enforcement 
agencies, may establish a Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force in 
judicial districts that encompass significant rural lands. Assets seized 
as a result of investigations initiated by a Rural Crime and Drug 
Enforcement Task Force and forfeited under Federal law shall be used, 
consistent with the guidelines on equitable sharing established by the 
Attorney General and of the Secretary of the Treasury, primarily to 
enhance the operations of the task force and its participating State and 
local law enforcement agencies.

(b) Task force membership

    The Task Forces \1\ established under subsection (a) of this section 
shall be carried out under policies and procedures established by the 
Attorney General. The Attorney General may deputize State and local law 
enforcement officers and may cross-designate up to 100 Federal law 
enforcement officers, when necessary to undertake investigations 
pursuant to section 873(a) of title 21 or offenses punishable by a term 
of imprisonment of 10 years or more under title 18. The task forces--
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        (1) shall include representatives from--
            (A) State and local law enforcement agencies;
            (B) the office of the United States Attorney for the 
        judicial district; and
            (C) the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug 
        Enforcement Administration, the Immigration and Naturalization 
        Service, and the United States Marshals Service; and

        (2) may include representatives of other Federal law enforcement 
    agencies, such as the United States Customs Service, United States 
    Park Police, United States Forest Service, Bureau of Alcohol, 
    Tobacco, and Firearms, and Bureau of Land Management.

(Pub. L. 103-322, title XVIII, Sec. 180102, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 
2045.)
