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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2574 

To provide for the establishment of the National Institutes of Health Police, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2004 

Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself and Mr. SARBANES) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To provide for the establishment of the National Institutes 

of Health Police, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NIH Security Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH POLICE. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the National 

7 Institutes of Health (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Di8 rector of NIH’’) shall establish a permanent police force, 

9 to be known as the National Institutes of Health Police 

10 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘NIH Police’’), for the 
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1 purpose of performing law enforcement, security, and in2 vestigative functions for property under the jurisdiction, 

3 custody, and control of, or occupied by, the National Insti4 tutes of Health. 

5 (b) APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of NIH shall 

7 appoint a Chief, a Deputy Chief, and such other of8 ficers as may be necessary to carry out the purpose 

9 of the NIH Police. 

10 (2) OFFICERS ABOVE MAXIMUM AGE.—The Di11 rector of NIH may appoint officers of the NIH Po12 lice without regard to standard maximum limits of 

13 age prescribed under section 3307 of title 5, United 

14 States Code. Officers appointed under this para15 graph— 

16 (A) may include the Chief and Deputy 

17 Chief of the NIH Police; 

18 (B) shall have the same authorities and 

19 powers as other officers of the NIH Police; 

20 (C) shall receive the same pay and benefits 

21 as other officers of the NIH Police; and 

22 (D) shall not be treated as law enforce23 ment officers for purposes of retirement bene24 fits. 

25 (c) POWERS.—Each officer of the NIH Police may— 
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1 (1) carry firearms, serve warrants and sub2 poenas issued under the authority of the United 

3 States, and make arrests without warrant for any 

4 offense against the United States committed in the 

5 officer’s presence, or for any felony cognizable under 

6 the laws of the United States, if the officer has rea7 sonable grounds to believe that the person to be ar8 rested has committed or is committing such a felony; 

9 (2) conduct investigations within the United 

10 States and its territories for offenses that have been 

11 or may be committed on property described in para12 graph (1) or (2) of subsection (d); and 

13 (3) protect in any area of the United States or 

14 its territories the Director of NIH and other offi15 cials, as authorized by the Director of NIH. 

16 (d) JURISDICTION.—Officers of the NIH Police may 

17 exercise their powers— 

18 (1) on all properties under the custody and con19 trol of the National Institutes of Health; 

20 (2) on other properties occupied by the Na21 tional Institutes of Health, as determined by the Di22 rector of NIH; and 

23 (3) as authorized under paragraphs (2) and (3) 

24 of subsection (c). 

25 (e) PAY, BENEFITS, RETIREMENT.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection 

2 (b)(2)(D) and paragraph (2)(A), all officers of the 

3 NIH Police appointed under subsection (b) are— 

4 (A) law enforcement officers as that term 

5 is used in title 5, United States Code, without 

6 regard to any eligibility requirements prescribed 

7 by law; and 

8 (B) eligible for all pay and benefits pre9 scribed by law for such law enforcement offi10 cers. 

11 (2) PAY; RANKS.— 

12 (A) PAY.—The officers of the NIH Police 

13 shall receive the same pay and benefits, as de14 termined by the Director of NIH, as officers 

15 who hold comparable positions in the United 

16 States Park Police. For purposes of this sub17 paragraph, the Chief of the NIH Police is 

18 deemed comparable to the Assistant Chief in 

19 the United States Park Police, and the Deputy 

20 Chief of the NIH Police is deemed comparable 

21 to the Deputy Chief in the United States Park 

22 Police. 

23 (B) RANK.—The Chief and Deputy Chief 

24 of the NIH Police shall have ranks not lower 

25 than a colonel and a lieutenant colonel, respec-
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1 tively. Other ranks and equivalences shall be de2 termined by the Director of NIH or the Direc3 tor’s designee. 

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