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Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENTSubtitle V - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL
Chapter 501 - EMERGENCY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
Section 50103 - Limitation on authority

34 U.S.C. § 50103

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Current through P.L. 118-62 (published on www.congress.gov on 05/13/2024)
Section 50103 - Limitation on authority
(a) Federal investigations

Nothing in this chapter authorizes the use of Federal law enforcement personnel to investigate violations of criminal law other than violations with respect to which investigation is authorized by other provisions of law.

(b) Federal supervision

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the Attorney General or the Federal law enforcement community to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over any police force or other criminal justice agency of an applicant for Federal law enforcement assistance.

(c) Racial balance in criminal justice agencies

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the Attorney General or the Federal law enforcement community-

(1) to condition the availability or amount of Federal law enforcement assistance upon the adoption by an applicant for such assistance of, or
(2) to deny or discontinue such assistance upon the failure of such applicant to adopt,

a percentage ratio, quota system, or other program to achieve racial balance in any criminal justice agency of such applicant.

(d) Federal supplantation of State funds

No funds provided under this chapter may be used to supplant State or local funds that would otherwise be made available for such purposes.

(e) Other authorities unaffected

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit any authority to provide emergency assistance otherwise provided by law.

34 U.S.C. § 50103

Pub. L. 98-473, title II, §609O, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2105.

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 10503 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Federal law enforcement assistance
the term "Federal law enforcement assistance" means funds, equipment, training, intelligence information, and personnel,
Federal law enforcement community
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 National Security Division of the Department of Justice,(M) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Justice, and(N) other Federal agencies with specific statutory authority to investigate violations of Federal criminal laws,
State
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.