§ 831c-3. — Law enforcement.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC831c-3]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 12A--TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Sec. 831c-3. Law enforcement
(a) Designation of law enforcement agents
The Board may designate employees of the corporation to act as law
enforcement agents in the area of jurisdiction described in subsection
(c) of this section.
(b) Duties and powers
(1) Duties
A law enforcement agent designated under subsection (a) of this
section shall maintain law and order and protect persons and
property in the area of jurisdiction described in subsection (c) of
this section and protect property and officials and employees of the
corporation outside that area.
(2) Powers
In the performance of duties described in paragraph (1), a law
enforcement agent designated under subsection (a) of this section
may--
(A) make arrests without warrant for any offense against the
United States committed in the agent's presence, or for any
felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if the
agent has probable cause to believe that the person to be
arrested has committed or is committing such a felony;
(B) execute any warrant or other process issued by a court
or officer of competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of any
Federal law or regulation issued pursuant to law in connection
with the investigation of an offense described in subparagraph
(A);
(C) conduct an investigation of an offense described in
subparagraph (A) in the absence of investigation of the offense
by any Federal law enforcement agency having investigative
jurisdiction over the offense or with the concurrence of that
agency; and
(D) carry firearms in carrying out any activity described in
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
(c) Area of jurisdiction
A law enforcement agent designated under subsection (a) of this
section shall be authorized to exercise the law enforcement duties and
powers described in subsection (b) of this section--
(1) on any lands or facilities owned or leased by the
corporation or within such adjoining areas in the vicinities of such
lands or facilities as may be determined by the board under
subsection (e) of this section; and
(2) on other lands or facilities--
(A) when the person to be arrested is in the process of
fleeing from such lands, facilities, or adjoining areas to avoid
arrest;
(B) in conjunction with the protection of property or
officials or employees of the corporation on or within lands or
facilities other than those owned or leased by the corporation;
or
(C) in cooperation with other Federal, State, or local law
enforcement agencies.
(d) Federal investigative jurisdiction and State civil and criminal
jurisdiction not preempted
Nothing in this section shall be construed to--
(1) limit or restrict the investigative jurisdiction of any
Federal law enforcement agency; or
(2) affect any right of a State or a political subdivision
thereof to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction on or within
lands or facilities owned or leased by the corporation.
(e) Determination of adjoining areas
(1) In general
The board shall determine and may from time-to-time modify the
adjoining areas for each facility or particular area of land, or for
individual categories of such facilities or lands, for the purposes
of subsection (c)(1) of this section.
(2) Notice
A notice and description of each adjoining area determination or
modification of a determination made under paragraph (1) shall be
published in the Federal Register.
(f) Qualifications and training
The board, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall adopt
qualification and training standards for law enforcement agents
designated under subsection (a) of this section.
(g) Relation to other law
A law enforcement agent designated under subsection (a) of this
section shall not be considered to be a law enforcement officer of the
United States for the purposes of any other law, and no law enforcement
agent designated under subsection (a) of this section or other employee
of the corporation shall receive an increase in compensation solely on
account of this section.
(h) Relationship with Attorney General
The duties and powers of law enforcement agents designated under
subsection (a) of this section that are described in subsection (b) of
this section shall be exercised in accordance with guidelines approved
by the Attorney General.
(May 18, 1933, ch. 32, Sec. 4A, as added Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXII,
Sec. 320929, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2133.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 460lll of this title.
