USC IV - Federal Bureau of Investigation
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:31 am
U.S. CODE TITLE IV
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
(A) Federal Bureau of Investigation is established as a Federal Law Enforcement Agency
- (1) The FBI is authorized to enforce the Federal Law and use Law Enforcement Authority defined under Title IV section (C).
(B) The Federal Bureau of Investigation is authorized to prosecute in the name of the United States
- (1) The FBI is authorized to prosecute individuals or organizations on behalf of the United States before the Federal Courts.
(C) The Federal Bureau of Investigation is given the jurisdiction in following cases
- (1) Terrorism and counterterrorism;
- (2) Intelligence gathering and counterintelligence;
- (3) Cyber crime;
- (4) Civil rights;
- (5) Organized crime;
- (6) White-Collar crime;
- (7) Violent crime;
- (8) Weapons of mass destruction;
- (9) Illegal immigration and human trafficking;
- (10) Production and distribution of narcotics and weapons;
- (11) Protection government officials;
- (12) Other violations of the federal law.
(D) The head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is the Director
- (1) The Director of the FBI is appointed by the United States Congress in conjunction with the President of the United States.
(E) The members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are Agents
- (1) Agents are recruited through the recruitment system set by the agency.
- (2) "Federal Agent" is a general term that can be used to refer to a member of the FBI.
- (3) Agents are recognized as Federal Law Enforcement Officers.
(F) Federal Bureau of Investigation authority
(1) The following authorities are granted to Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
- (A) To hold right of passage on the road when responding to an emergency;
- (B) To be able to violate the speed limits and traffic orientation during emergencies;
- (C) To restrict access to an area if there is an emergency in progress, or a possible and concrete risk of one happening, such as death threats to the dwellers of said area or an important figure such as a politician visiting it;
- (D) To detain an individual upon probable cause if the act was witnessed by a law enforcement officer or another individual;
- (E) To seize the properties of others if pertaining to a violation of federal law or an order of the court, and to provide the reason of why the seizure happened when asked by the victims or when interrogated in front of the judiciary branch;
- (F) To bear arms and other military equipment forbidden to the general population, with lawful intent and justification;
- (G) To approve search and arrest warrants, if ranked Special Agent in Charge or higher;
- (H) To arrest or detain government officials implicated in violations of federal law or ongoing investigations with probable cause or warrant;
- (I) To put into protective custody a serving Government official or running candidate, and restrict same persons from conducting unsafe acts.
(G) The Federal Bureau of Investigation's vehicles must meet the following Federal regulations:
- (1) Have blue and red flashing emergency lights in the front of the vehicle (or a blue and red lightbar on the roof)
- (2) Have number plate formatted as "US <NUMBER> FBI" on the marked vehicles