Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3061
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18 U.S. Code § 3061 - Investigative powers of Postal Service personnel | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Investigative powers of Postal Service personnel
make arrests without a warrant for any offense against the Unites [1] States committed in the presence of the officer or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing a felony.
(Added Pub. L. 90–560, § 5(a), Oct. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 998; amended Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(38)(A), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 781; Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6251(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4362; Pub. L. 109–435, title X, § 1001, Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3254.)
[1]  So in original. Probably should be “United”.
1988—Pub. L. 100–690 substituted “Investigative powers of Postal Service personnel” for “Powers of postal personnel” in section catchline, and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
1970—Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(38)(A)(i), substituted “postal personnel” for “postal inspectors” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(38)(A)(ii), substituted “officers and employees of the Postal Service performing duties related to the inspection of postal matters may, to the extent authorized by the Board of Governors—” for “postal inspectors may, to the extent authorized by the Postmaster General—”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(38)(A)(iii), substituted “Postal Service, including property of the Postal Service,” for “postal service”.