(B) make arrests without warrant for any offense against the 
United States committed in the presence of the officer or em-
ployee, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United 
States if the officer or employee has reasonable grounds to believe 
that the individual to be arrested has committed or is committing 
the felony, provided the arrests occur within the System or the in-
dividual to be arrested is fleeing from the System to avoid arrest; 
(C) execute any warrant or other process issued by a court or 
officer of competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of the provi-
sions of any Federal law or regulation issued pursuant to law aris-
ing out of an offense committed in the System or, where the indi-
vidual subject to the warrant or process is in the System, in con-
nection with any Federal offense; and 
(D) conduct investigations of offenses against the United States 
committed in the System in the absence of investigation of the of-
fenses by any other Federal law enforcement agency having inves-
tigative jurisdiction over the offense committed or with the concur-
rence of the other agency. 
(b) OTHER INDIVIDUALS.—The Secretary may designate officers and em-
ployees of any other Federal agency, or law enforcement personnel of a 
State or political subdivision of a State, when determined to be economical 
and in the public interest and with the concurrence of that agency, State, 
or subdivision, to— 
(1) act as special police officers in System units when supplemental 
law enforcement personnel may be needed; and 
(2) exercise the powers and authority provided by subparagraphs (A) 
to (D) of subsection (a)(2). 
(c) COOPERATION WITH STATES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.—The 
Secretary may— 
(1) cooperate, within the System, with any State or political subdivi-
sion of a State in the enforcement of supervision of the laws or ordi-
nances of that State or subdivision; 
(2) mutually waive, in any agreement pursuant to paragraph (1) and 
subsection (b) or pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection 
(a)(2) with any State or political subdivision of a State where State 
law requires the waiver and indemnification, all civil claims against all 
the other parties to the agreement and, subject to available appropria-
tions, indemnify and save harmless the other parties to the agreement 
from all claims by third parties for property damage or personal injury, 
that may arise out of the parties’ activities outside their respective ju-
risdictions under the agreement; and 
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(3) provide limited reimbursement, to a State or political subdivi-
sions of a State, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary 
may prescribe, where the State has ceded concurrent legislative juris-
diction over the affected area of the System, for expenditures incurred 
in connection with its activities within the System that were rendered 
pursuant to subsection (b). 
(d) SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY; DELEGATION OF SERVICE LAW EN-
FORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES NOT AUTHORIZED.—Subsections (b) and 
(c) supplement the law enforcement responsibilities of the Service and do 
not authorize the delegation of law enforcement responsibilities of the Serv-
ice to State and local governments. 
(e) SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS NOT DEEMED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, 
a law enforcement officer of a State or political subdivision of a State 
designated to act as a special police officer under subsection (b) shall 
not be deemed a Federal employee and shall not be subject to the pro-
visions of law relating to Federal employment, including those relating 
to hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment com-
pensation, and Federal benefits. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—A law enforcement officer of a State or political 
subdivision of a State, when acting as a special police officer under 
subsection (b), is deemed to be— 
(A) a Federal employee for purposes of sections 1346(b) and 
2401(b) and chapter 171 of title 28; and 
(B) a civil service employee of the United States within the 
meaning of the term ‘‘employee’’ as defined in section 8101 of title 
5, for purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, relating 
to compensation to Federal employees for work injuries, and the 
provisions of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5 shall apply. 
(f) FEDERAL INVESTIGATIVE JURISDICTION
AND STATE CIVIL
AND 
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION NOT PREEMPTED.—This section and sections 
100101, 100503, 100506, 100901(b), 100902(1) and (2), 100909(a) and 
(d), 100910, 101301(1)(A) and (2) to (4), 101305, 101702(b) and (c), 
101901(1), 102103, and 102902 of this title shall not be construed or ap-
plied to limit or restrict the investigative jurisdiction of any Federal law en-
forcement agency other than the Service, and nothing shall be construed or 
applied to affect any right of a State or political subdivision of a State to 
exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction within the System. 
§ 102902. Crime prevention assistance 
(a) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT.—The Secretary shall direct 
the chief official responsible for law enforcement within the Service to— 
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(1) compile a list of System units with the highest rates of violent 
crime; 
(2) make recommendations concerning capital improvements, and 
other measures, needed within the System to reduce the rates of violent 
crime, including the rate of sexual assault; and 
(3) publish the information required by paragraphs (1) and (2) in 
the Federal Register. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Based on the recommendations and list 
issued pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute the funds 
authorized by subsection (d) throughout the System. Priority shall be given 
to areas with the highest rates of sexual assault. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided under this section may be used— 
(1) to increase lighting within or adjacent to System units; 
(2) to provide emergency phone lines to contact law enforcement or 
security personnel in areas within or adjacent to System units; 
(3) to increase security or law enforcement personnel within or adja-
cent to System units; or 
(4) for any other project intended to increase the security and safety 
of System units. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated out of the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund not to exceed 
$10,000,000 for the Secretary to take all necessary actions to seek to re-
duce the incidence of violent crime in the System. 
Subchapter II—Emergency Assistance 
§ 102911. Authority of Secretary to carry out certain activi-
ties 
To facilitate the administration of the System, the Secretary may render 
emergency rescue, firefighting, and cooperative assistance to nearby law en-
forcement and fire prevention agencies and for related purposes outside the 
System. 
§ 102912. Aid to visitors, grantees, permittees, or licencees 
in emergencies 
(a) VISITORS.—The Secretary may aid visitors within a System unit in 
an emergency, when no other source is available for the procurement of food 
or supplies, by the sale, at cost, of food or supplies in quantities sufficient 
to enable the visitors to reach safely a point where food or supplies can be 
purchased. Receipts from the sales shall be deposited as a refund to the ap-
propriation current at the date of the deposit and shall be available for the 
purchase of similar food or supplies. 
(b) GRANTEES, PERMITTEES, AND LICENSEES.—The Secretary may in 
an emergency, when no other source is available for the immediate procure-
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ment of supplies, materials, or special services, aid grantees, permittees, or 
licensees conducting operations for the benefit of the public in a System unit 
by the sale, at cost, including transportation and handling, of supplies, ma-
terials, or special services as may be necessary to relieve the emergency and 
ensure uninterrupted service to the public. Receipts from the sales shall be 
deposited as a refund to the appropriation current at the date of the deposit 
and shall be available for expenditure for System unit purposes. 
CHAPTER 1031—MINING ACTIVITY WITHIN SYSTEM 
UNITS 
Sec. 
103101.
Findings and declaration of policy. 
103102.
Preservation and management of System units by Secretary; promulgation of regula-
tions. 
103103.
Recordation of mining claims; publication of notice. 
103104.
Report on finding or notification of potential damage to natural and historical land-
marks. 
103105.
Civil actions for just compensation by mining claim holders. 
103106.
Acquisition of land by Secretary. 
103107.
Financial disclosure by officer or employee of Secretary. 
§ 103101. Findings and declaration of policy 
The Congress finds and declares that— 
(1) continued application of the mining laws of the United States to 
System units to which the mining laws apply conflicts with the pur-
poses for which the System units were established; and 
(2) all mining operations in System units should be conducted so as 
to prevent or minimize damage to the environment and other resource 
values. 
§ 103102. Preservation and management of System units by 
Secretary; promulgation of regulations 
To preserve for the benefit of present and future generations the pristine 
beauty of System units, and to further the purposes of chapter 1003 and 
sections 100901(a), 100906, 102101, and 102102 of this title and the indi-
vidual organic Acts for the System units, all activities resulting from the 
exercise of valid existing mineral rights on patented or unpatented mining 
claims within any System unit shall be subject to such regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary as the Secretary considers necessary or desirable 
for the preservation and management of the System units. 
§ 103103. Recordation of mining claims; publication of no-
tice 
All mining claims under the Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. chapter 2, 
sections 161 and 162, and chapters 12A and 16) that lie within the bound-
aries of System units that were not recorded with the Secretary within one 
year after September 28, 1976, shall be conclusively presumed to be aban-
doned and shall be void. The recordation does not render valid any claim 
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