18 USC § 3063 - Powers of Environmental Protection Agency

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s3063"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 3063 - Powers of Environmental Protection Agency"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3063"
section_name: "Powers of Environmental Protection Agency"
chapter_number: 203
chapter_name: "ARREST AND COMMITMENT"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–582, § 4(a), Nov. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2958.)"
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# § 3063. Powers of Environmental Protection Agency

**(a)** Upon designation by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, any law enforcement officer of the Environmental Protection Agency with responsibility for the investigation of criminal violations of a law administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, may—

**(1)** carry firearms;

**(2)** execute and serve any warrant or other processes issued under the authority of the United States; and

**(3)** make arrests without warrant for—

**(A)** any offense against the United States committed in such officer’s presence; or

**(B)** any felony offense against the United States if such officer has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing that felony offense.

**(b)** The powers granted under subsection (a) of this section shall be exercised in accordance with guidelines approved by the Attorney General.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–582, § 4(a), Nov. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2958.)