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 100 STAT. 3207-191

PUBLIC LAW 99-570—OCT. 27, 1986

TITLE XV—NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM DRUG CONTROL

National Forest System Drug Control Act of 1986. 16 USC 559b note.

This title may be cited as the 'National Forest System Drug Control Act of 1986".

16 USC 559b.

SEC. 15002. PURPOSE.

SEC. 15001. SHORT TITLE.

(a) The purpose of this title is to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in this title referred to as the "Secretary") to take actions necessary, in connection with the administration and use of the National Forest System, to prevent the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of marijuana and other controlled substances. (b) Nothing in this title shall diminish in any way the law enforcement authority of the Forest Service. (c) As used in this title, the terms "manufacture", "dispense", and "distribute" shall have the same meaning given such terms in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802). 16 USC 559c.

Post, p. 3207-192.

16 USC 559d.

State and local governments.

Post, p. 3207-192.

SEC. 15003. POWERS.

For the purposes of this title, if specifically designated by the Secretary and specially trained, not to exceed 500 officers and employees of the Forest Service when in the performance of their duties shall have authority within the boundaries of the National Forest System to— (1) carry firearms; (2) conduct investigations of violations of and enforce section 401 of Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841) and other criminal violations relating to marijuana and other controlled substances that are manufactured, distributed, or dispensed on National Forest System lands; (3) make arrests with a warrant or process for misdemeanor violations, or without a warrant or process for violations of such misdemeanors that any such officer or employee has probable cause to believe are being committed in his presence or view, or for a felony with a warrant or without a warrant if he has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony; (4) serve warrants and other process issued by a court or " officer of competent jurisdiction; ^ (5) search with or without warrant or process any person, ^ place, or conveyance according to Federal law or rule of law; and (6) seize with or without warrant or process any evidentiary item according to Federal law or rule of law. SEC. 15004. COOPERATION.

For the purposes of this title, in exercising the authority provided by section 15003— (1) the Forest Service shall cooperate with any other Federal law enforcement agency having primary investigative jurisdiction over the offense committed; and (2) the Secretary may authorize the Forest Service to cooperate with the law enforcement officials of any Federal agency. State, or political subdivision in the investigation of violations of and enforcement of section 401 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841), other laws and regulations

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