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[CITE: 49USC28101]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                          PART E--MISCELLANEOUS
 
                      CHAPTER 281--LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
Sec. 28101. Rail police officers

    Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, a 
rail police officer who is employed by a rail carrier and certified or 
commissioned as a police officer under the laws of a State may enforce 
the laws of any jurisdiction in which the rail carrier owns property, to 
the extent of the authority of a police officer certified or 
commissioned under the laws of that jurisdiction, to protect--
        (1) employees, passengers, or patrons of the rail carrier;
        (2) property, equipment, and facilities owned, leased, operated, 
    or maintained by the rail carrier;
        (3) property moving in interstate or foreign commerce in the 
    possession of the rail carrier; and
        (4) personnel, equipment, and material moving by rail that are 
    vital to the national defense.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 939, Sec. 26101; 
renumbered Sec. 28101, Pub. L. 103-440, title I, Sec. 103(a)(1), Nov. 2, 
1994, 108 Stat. 4616.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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26101.................................  45:446.                          Nov. 2
9, 1990, Pub. L. 101-647, Sec.
                                                                          1704,
 104 Stat. 4846.
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    The words ``to the extent of the authority of a police officer 
certified or commissioned under the laws of that jurisdiction'' are 
placed before clause (1) rather than at the end of clause (4), as in the 
source provision, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-440 renumbered section 26101 of this title as this 
section.
