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16 U.S.C. § 559 — Arrests by employees of Forest Service for violations of laws and regulations

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16 U.S.C. § 559 — Arrests by employees of Forest Service for violations of laws and regulations

All persons employed in the Forest Service of the United States shall have authority to make arrests for the violation of the laws and regulations relating to the national forests, and any person so arrested shall be taken before the nearest United States magistrate judge, within whose jurisdiction the forest is located, for trial; and upon sworn information by any competent person any United States magistrate judge in the proper jurisdiction shall issue process for the arrest of any person charged with the violation of said laws and regulations; but nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the arrest by any officer of the United States, without process, of any person taken in the act of violating said laws and regulations.

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28 U.S.C. § 631 — Appointment and tenure

**(a)** The judges of each United States district court and the district courts of the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands shall appoint United States magistrate judges in such numbers and to serve at such locations within the judicial districts as the Judicial Conference may determine under this chapter. In the case of a magistrate judge appointed by the district court of the Virgin Islands, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands, this chapter shall apply as though the court appointing such a magistrate judge were a United States district court. Where there is more than one judge of a district court, the appointment, whether an original appointment or a reappointment, shall be by the concurrence of a majority of all the judges of such district court, and when there is no such concurrence, then by the chief judge. Where the conference deems it desirable, a magistrate judge may be designated to serve in one or more districts adjoining the district for which he is appointed. Such a designation shall be made by the concurrence of a majority of the judges of each of the district courts involved and shall specify the duties to be performed by the magistrate judge in the adjoining district or districts. **(b)** No individual may be appointed or reappointed to serve as a magistrate judge under this chapter unless: (1) He has been for at least five years a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands of the United States, except that an individual who does not meet the bar membership requirements of this paragraph may be appointed and serve as a part-time magistrate judge if the appo

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16 U.S.C. § 10, 10a — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–383, § 10(a)(2), (3), as added Pub. L. 94–458, § 2, Oct. 7, 1976, 90 Stat. 1941

### Statutory Notes Section 10, act Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1405, 33 Stat. 873, authorized National Park Service employees to arrest and prosecute persons violating the laws and regulations relating to the national forests and national parks. Act Mar. 3, 1905, insofar as it relates to the Forest Service, is classified to [section 559 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section559&num=0&edition=prelim). Pub. L. 91–383, § 10(a), as amended, amended act Mar. 3, 1905, to delete references to the National Park Service and the national parks. Section 10a, act Mar. 2, 1933, ch. 180, § 2, 47 Stat. 1420, related to the authorization of commissioners, superintendents, caretakers, officers, or guards of national military parks, national parks, battlefield sites, national monuments, and miscellaneous memorials, to arrest and prosecute persons for violations of any of the regulations prescribed pursuant to former [section 9a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section9a&num=0&edition=prelim).

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16 U.S.C. § 460lll–14 — Civil and criminal jurisdiction

**(a) Administration** The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall administer the Recreation Area in accordance with this subchapter and the laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the National Forest System. **(b) Status** Land within the Recreation Area shall have the status of land acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the “Weeks Act”) ([16 U.S.C. 515](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section515&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.). **(c) Law enforcement** In order to provide for a cost-effective transfer of the law enforcement responsibilities between the Forest Service and the Tennessee Valley Authority, the law enforcement authorities designated under [section 831c–3 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section831c-3&num=0&edition=prelim) are hereby granted to special agents and law enforcement officers of the Forest Service. The law enforcement authorities designated under [section 551 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section551&num=0&edition=prelim), [section 559 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section559&num=0&edition=prelim), the National Forest System Drug Control Act of 1986 ([16 U.S.C. 559b–559g](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section559b–559g&num=0&edition=prelim)) are hereby granted to law enforcement agents of the Tennessee Valley Authority, within the boundaries of the Recreation Area, for a period of 1 year from October 21, 1998.

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16 U.S.C. § 559 — Arrests by employees of Forest Service for

Page 1059 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 559 (b) For the purpose of the tort claim provi- sions of title 28, a volunteer under this Act shall be considered a Federal employee. (c) For the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, relating to compensation to Federal employees for work injuries, volunteers under this Act shall be deemed civil employees of the United States within the meaning of the term ‘‘employee’’ as defined in section 8101 of title 5, and the provisions of that subchapter shall apply. (d) For the purposes of claims relating to dam- age to, or loss of, personal property of a volun- teer incident to volunteer service, a volunteer under this Act shall be considered a Federal em- ployee, and the provisions of section 3721 of title 31 shall apply. (e) For the purposes of subsections (b), (c), and (d), the term ‘‘volunteer’’ includes a person pro- viding volunteer services to either of the Secre- taries who— (1) is recruited, trained, and supported by a cooperator under a mutual benefit agreement or cooperative agreement with either of the Secretaries; and (2) performs such volunteer services under the supervision of the cooperator as directed by either of the Secretaries in the mutual ben- efit agreement or cooperative agreement in the mutual benefit agreement, including direc- tion that specifies— (A) the volunteer services, including the geographic boundaries of the work to be per- formed by the volunteers, and the super- vision to be provided by the cooperator; (B) the applicable project safety standards and protocols to be adhered to by the volun- teers and enforced by the cooperator; (C) the on-site visits to be made by either of the Secretaries, if feasible and only if nec- essary to verify that volunteers are per- forming

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