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[CITE: 42USC7270a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                Part C--General Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 7270a. Guards for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities

    Under guidelines prescribed by the Secretary and concurred with by 
the Attorney General, employees of the Department of Energy and 
employees of contractors and subcontractors (at any tier) of the 
Department of Energy, while discharging their official duties of 
protecting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (established under part B of 
title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act [42 U.S.C. 6231 et 
seq.]) or its storage or related facilities or of protecting persons 
upon the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or its storage or related 
facilities, may--
        (1) carry firearms, if designated by the Secretary and qualified 
    for the use of firearms under the guidelines; and
        (2) arrest without warrant any person for an offense against the 
    United States--
            (A) in the case of a felony, if the employee has reasonable 
        grounds to believe that the person--
                (i) has committed or is committing a felony; and
                (ii) is in or is fleeing from the immediate area of the 
            felony; and

            (B) in the case of a felony or misdemeanor, if the violation 
        is committed in the presence of the employee.

(Pub. L. 95-91, title VI, Sec. 661, as added Pub. L. 100-531, Sec. 1(a), 
Oct. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 2652.)

                       References in Text

    The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, referred to in text, is Pub. 
L. 94-163, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 871, as amended. Part B of title I of 
the Act is classified generally to part B (Sec. 6231 et seq.) of 
subchapter I of chapter 77 of this title. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6201 of 
this title and Tables.
