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16 U.S.C. § 559c — Powers of officers and employees of Forest Service
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For the purposes of sections 559b to 559f of this title, if specifically designated by the Secretary and specially trained, not to exceed 1,000 special agents and law enforcement officers of the Forest Service when in the performance of their duties shall have authority to—
(1) carry firearms;
(2) conduct, within the exterior boundaries of the National Forest System, investigations of violations of and enforce [section 841 of title 21](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section841&num=0&edition=prelim) and other criminal violations relating to marijuana and other controlled substances that are manufactured, distributed, or dispensed on National Forest System lands and to conduct such investigations and enforcement of such laws outside the exterior boundaries of the National Forest System for offenses committed within the National Forest System or which affect the administration of the National Forest System (including the pursuit of persons suspected of such offenses who flee the National Forest System to avoid arrest);
(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, for offenses committed within the National Forest System or which affect the administration of the National Forest System;; 11 So in original.
(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
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For the purposes of sections 559b to 559f of this title, if specifically designated by the Secretary and specially trained, not to exceed 1,000 special agents and law enforcement officers of the Forest Service when in the performance of their duties shall have authority to—
(1) carry firearms;
(2) conduct, within the exterior boundaries of the National Forest System, investigations of violations of and enforce [section 841 of title 21](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section841&num=0&edition=prelim) and other criminal violations relating to marijuana and other controlled substances that are manufactured, distributed, or dispensed on National Forest System lands and to conduct such investigations and enforcement of such laws outside the exterior boundaries of the National Forest System for offenses committed within the National Forest System or which affect the administration of the National Forest System (including the pursuit of persons suspected of such offenses who flee the National Forest System to avoid arrest);
(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, for offenses committed within the National Forest System or which affect the administration of the National Forest System;; 11 So in original.
(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.
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**(a) Unlawful acts** Except as authorized by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally—
(1) to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance; or
(2) to create, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to distribute or dispense, a counterfeit substance.
**(b) Penalties** Except as otherwise provided in section 849, 859, 860, or 861 of this title, any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be sentenced as follows:
(1)
(A) In the case of a violation of subsection (a) of this section involving—
(i) 1 kilogram or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin;
(ii) 5 kilograms or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of—
(I) coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and derivatives of ecgonine or their salts have been removed;
(II) cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric isomers, and salts of isomers;
(III) ecgonine, its derivatives, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers; or
(IV) any compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of any of the substances referred to in subclauses (I) through (III);
(iii) 280 grams or more of a mixture or substance described in clause (ii) which contains cocaine base;
(iv) 100 grams or more of phencyclidine (PCP) or 1 kilogram or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of phencyclidine (PCP);
(v) 10 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD);
(vi) 400 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of N-phenyl-N- [
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For the purposes of sections 559b to 559f of this title, in exercising the authority provided by [section 559c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section559c&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) the Forest Service shall cooperate with any other Federal law enforcement agency having primary investigative jurisdiction over the offense committed;
(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section841&num=0&edition=prelim)), other laws and regulations relating to marijuana and other controlled substances, and State drug control laws or ordinances for offenses committed within the National Forest System or which affect the administration of the National Forest System.11 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.
(3) the Forest Service shall cooperate with the Attorney General in carrying out the seizure and forfeiture provisions of section 511 of the Controlled Substances Act ([21 U.S.C. 881](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section881&num=0&edition=prelim)) for violations of the Controlled Substances Act [[21 U.S.C. 801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] relating to offenses committed within the National Forest System, or which affect the administration of the National Forest System;
(4) the Secretary is authorized to designate law enforcement officers of any other Federal agency, when the Secretary determines su
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 559a
ests’’ and ‘‘or national park’’ after ‘‘jurisdiction the
forest’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
‘‘United States magistrate judge’’ substituted for
‘‘United States magistrate’’ wherever appearing in text
pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out as a
note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judi-
cial Procedure. Previously, ‘‘United States magistrate’’
substituted for ‘‘United States commissioner’’ pursuant
to Pub. L. 90–578. See chapter 43 (§ 631 et seq.) of Title
28.
§ 559a. Reward for information leading to arrest
and conviction for violating laws and regula-
tions
The Secretary of Agriculture may pay rewards
from appropriations available for the protection
and management of the national forests, under
such regulations as he may prescribe, for infor-
mation leading to the arrest and conviction for
violation of the laws and regulations relating to
fires in or near national forests, or for the un-
lawful taking of, or injury to, Government prop-
erty.
(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title II, § 201, 58 Stat. 736.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as a part of the Department of
Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.
§ 559b. Prevention of manufacture, etc., of mari-
juana and other controlled substances
(a) Purpose
The purpose of sections 559b to 559f of this
title is to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture
(hereinafter in sections 559b to 559f of this title
referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) to take actions
necessary, in connection with the administra-
tion and use of the National Forest System, to
prevent the manufacture, distribution, or dis-
pensing of marijuana and other controlled sub-
stances.
(b) Law enforcement authority
Nothing in sections 55
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