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Union Calendar No. 379
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 809
[Report No. 106–676]
To amend the Act of June 1, 1948, to provide for reform of the Federal
Protective Service.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 23, 1999
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
MARCH 9, 2000
The Committee on the Judiciary discharged
MARCH 9, 2000
Rereferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
JUNE 14, 2000
Additional sponsors: Ms. GRANGER, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Ms. NORTON, Mr.
FROST, Mr. WYNN, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. MAR-
TINEZ, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. YOUNG
of Alaska, Mr. SKEEN, Mr.
LATOURETTE, Mr. COBURN, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. WATTS
of Oklahoma, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. CALVERT, Ms. PELOSI, Mr.
GUTIERREZ, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. TERRY, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. COOKSEY,
Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, Ms.
DANNER, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. WALSH, Mr. GILMAN, Mr.
FORBES, and Mr. FILNER
JUNE 14, 2000
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 23, 1999]
A BILL
To amend the Act of June 1, 1948, to provide for reform
of the Federal Protective Service.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Protective Serv-
ice Reform Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF POLICE OFFICERS.
The Act of June 1, 1948 (40 U.S.C. 318–318d), is
amended—
(1) in section 1 by striking the section heading
and inserting the following:
‘‘SECTION 1. POLICE OFFICERS.’’;
(2) in sections 1 and 3 by striking ‘‘special po-
licemen’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘police
officers’’;
(3) in section 1(a) by striking ‘‘uniformed
guards’’ and inserting ‘‘certain employees’’; and
(4) in section 1(b) by striking ‘‘Special police-
men’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Police officers’’.
SEC. 3. POWERS.
Section 1(b) of the Act of June 1, 1948 (40 U.S.C.
318(b)), is further amended—
(1) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
POWERS.—Subject to para-
graph (3), a police officer appointed under this sec-
tion is authorized while on duty—
‘‘(A) to carry firearms in any State, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the
United States;
‘‘(B) to petition Federal courts for arrest
and search warrants and to execute such war-
rants;
‘‘(C) to arrest an individual without a war-
rant if the individual commits a crime in the of-
ficer’s presence or if the officer has probable
cause to believe that the individual has com-
mitted a crime or is committing a crime; and
‘‘(D) to conduct investigations, on and off
the property in question, of offenses that have
been or may be committed against property
under the charge and control of the Adminis-
trator or against persons on such property.
‘‘(3) APPROVAL OF REGULATIONS BY ATTORNEY
GENERAL.—The additional powers granted to police
officers under paragraph (2) shall become effective
only after the Commissioner of the Federal Protective
Service issues regulations implementing paragraph
(2) and the Attorney General of the United States ap-
proves such regulations.
‘‘(4) AUTHORITY
OUTSIDE
FEDERAL
PROP-
ERTY.—The Administrator may enter into agreements
with State and local governments to obtain authority
for police officers appointed under this section to exer-
cise, concurrently with State and local law enforce-
ment authorities, the powers granted to such officers
under this section in areas adjacent to property
owned or occupied by the United States and under
the charge and control of the Administrator.’’; and
(2) by moving the left margin of paragraph (1),
as designated by section 2(4) of this Act, so as to ap-
propriately align with paragraphs (2), (3), and (4),
as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection.
SEC. 4. PENALTIES.
Section 4(a) of the Act of June 1, 1948 (40 U.S.C.
318c(a)), is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), whoever violates any rule or regulation promulgated
pursuant to section 2 shall be fined or imprisoned, or both,
in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount provided