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PUBLIC LAW 93-43-JUNE 18, 1973

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(3) the advisability of establishing another national cemetery in or near the District of Columbia. SEC. 4. (a) Subchapter II of chapter 3 of title 38, United States H I'^'^'ilo!' Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 218. Standards of conduct and arrests for crimes at hospitals, domiciliaries, cemeteries, and other Veterans' Administration reservations " (a) For the purpose of maintaining law and order and of protecting persons and property on lands (including cemeteries) and in buildings under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration (and not under the control of the Administrator of General Services), the Administrator or any officer or employee of the Veterans' Administration duly authorized by him may— "(1) make all needful rules and regulations for the governing regulation"'! of the property under his charge and control, and annex to such rules and regulations such reasonable penalties within the limits prescribed in subsection (b) of this section as will insure their enforcement. Such rules and regulations shall be posted in a conspicuous place on such property; "(2) designate officers and employees of the Veterans'Administration to act as special policemen on such property and, if the Administrator deems it economical and in the public interest, with the concurrence of the head of the agency concerned, utilize the facilities and services of existing Federal law-enforcement agencies, and, with the consent of any State or local agency, utilize the facilities and services of such State or local law-enforcement agencies; and "(3) empower officers or employees of the Veterans'Administration who have been duly authorized to perform investigative functions to act as special investigators and to carry firearms, whether on Federal property or in travel status. Such special investigators shall have, while on real property under the charge and control of the Veterans' Administration, the power to enforce Federal laws for the protection of persons and property and the power to enforce rules and regulations issued under subsection (a)(1) of this section. Any such special investigator may make an arrest with or without a wan-ant for any offense committed upon such property in his presence or if he has reasonable ground to believe (A) the offense constitutes a felony under the laws of the United States, and (B) that the person to be arrested is guilty of that offense. "(b) Whoever shall violate any rule or regulation issued pursuant ^^"^^^yto subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be fined not more than $50 or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both." (b) Section 625 of title 38, United States Code, is hereby repealed, ya^s^at! i!i44; (c)(1) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 3 of title 38, 83 Stat. 34. United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately after— "217. Studies of rehabilitation of disabled persons." the following: "218. Standards of conduct and arrests for crimes at hospitals, domiciliaries, cemeteries, and other Veterans' Administration reservations.". (2) The t a b l e of sections at the b e g i n n i n g of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking o u t — "625. Arrests for crimes in hospitals and domiciliary reservations.".

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