2001 US Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 111 - EMERGENCY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
Sec. 10502 - Definitions
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 111 - EMERGENCY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE Sec. 10502 - Definitions |
Contains | section 10502 |
Date | 2001 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 22, 2002 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 98-473, title II, §609N, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2104. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 98 Stat. 2104 |
Public Law References | Public Law 98-473 |
§10502. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter—
(1) the term “Federal law enforcement assistance” means funds, equipment, training, intelligence information, and personnel,
(2) the term “Federal law enforcement community” means the heads of the following departments or agencies:
(A) the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
(B) the Drug Enforcement Administration,
(C) the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice,
(D) the Internal Revenue Service,
(E) the Customs Service,
(F) the Immigration and Naturalization Service,
(G) the United States Marshals Service,
(H) the National Park Service,
(I) the United States Postal Service,
(J) the Secret Service,
(K) the Coast Guard,
(L) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and
(M) other Federal agencies with specific statutory authority to investigate violations of Federal criminal laws,
(3) the term “law enforcement emergency” means an uncommon situation which requires law enforcement, which is or threatens to become of serious or epidemic proportions, and with respect to which State and local resources are inadequate to protect the lives and property of citizens or to enforce the criminal law, except that such term does not include—
(A) the perceived need for planning or other activities related to crowd control for general public safety projects, or
(B) a situation requiring the enforcement of laws associated with scheduled public events, including political conventions and sports events, and
(4) the term “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §609N, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2104.)
References in TextThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subdivision” probably meaning subtitle B (that probably should have been designated “subdivision” B) of division I of chapter VI of title II of Pub. L. 98–473, which enacted this chapter.
Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific IslandsFor termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
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