[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2266 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2266

To amend the Recreation Management Act of 1992, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 July 1 (legislative day, June 7), 1994

Mr. Bradley (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Recreation Management Act of 1992, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2805 of 
the Recreation Management Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 460l-31) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Penalty.--Any person who violates any regulation issued under 
subsection (a)(2) shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United 
States Code, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, (and may be 
adjudged to pay all costs of the proceedings).
    ``(f) Law Enforcement Officers.--
            ``(1) Bureau of reclamation law enforcement officers.--In 
        addition to any other authorities conferred by law, the 
        Secretary of the Interior is authorized to designate, pursuant 
        to standards prescribed in regulations by the Secretary, 
        certain officers or employees of the Department of the Interior 
        who shall maintain law and order and protect persons and 
        property within the areas subject to the jurisdiction of the 
        Bureau of Reclamation. In the performance of such duties, the 
        officers or employees so designated may--
                    ``(A) carry firearms and make arrests without 
                warrant for any offense against the United States 
                committed in their presence, or for any felony 
                cognizable under the laws of the United States if they 
                have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to 
                be arrested has committed or is committing such a 
                felony, if such arrests occur within such areas of 
                jurisdiction of the Bureau or the person to be arrested 
                is fleeing therefrom to avoid arrest;
                    ``(B) execute any warrant or other process issued 
                by a court or officer of competent jurisdiction for the 
                enforcement of the provisions of any Federal law or 
                regulation issued pursuant to law arising out of an 
                offense committed in a Bureau of Reclamation project 
                or, where the person subject to the warrant or process 
                is in that project, in connection with any Federal 
                offense; and
                    ``(C) conduct investigations of offenses against 
                the United States committed in the jurisdiction of the 
                Bureau of Reclamation in the absence of investigation 
                thereof by any other Federal law enforcement agency 
                having investigative jurisdiction over the offenses 
                committed or with the concurrence of such other agency.
            ``(2) Special police.--The Secretary, acting through the 
        Commissioner, may--
                    ``(A) designate officers and employees of any other 
                Federal agency or law enforcement personnel of any 
                State or political subdivision thereof, when deemed 
                economical and in the public interest and with the 
                concurrence of that agency or that State or 
                subdivision, to act as special police in the areas 
                under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation 
                when supplemental law enforcement personnel may be 
                needed and to exercise the powers, specified in 
                paragraph (1);
                    ``(B) cooperate with the Bureau of Reclamation 
                system and with any State, or political subdivision 
                thereof, in the enforcement or supervision of the laws 
                or ordinances of that State or subdivisions; and
                    ``(C) provide limited reimbursement, to a State or 
                its political subdivisions, in accordance with such 
                regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, where the 
                State has ceded concurrent legislative jurisdiction 
                over the affected area of the Bureau of Reclamation 
                system, for expenditures incurred in connection with 
                the activities of the State or political subdivision 
                within the Bureau project which were rendered pursuant 
                to this paragraph; and
                    ``(D) perform any other law enforcement duty 
                specified by the Secretary of the Interior.
            ``(3) Rules relating to special officers.--
                    ``(A) Except as otherwise provided in this 
                subsection, a law enforcement officer of any State or 
                political subdivision thereof designated to act as 
                special police under paragraph (2) shall not be deemed 
                a Federal employee and shall not be subject to the 
                provisions of law relating to Federal employment, 
                including (but not limited to) those relating to hours 
                of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment 
                compensation, and Federal benefits.
                    ``(B) For purposes of the tort claim provisions of 
                title 28, United States Code, a law enforcement officer 
                of any State or political subdivision thereof shall, 
                when acting as special police under paragraph (2), be 
                considered a Federal employee.
                    ``(C) For purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of 
                title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation 
                to Federal employees for work injuries, a law 
                enforcement officer of any State or political 
                subdivision thereof shall, when acting as a special 
                policeman under paragraph (2), be deemed to be a civil 
                service employee of the United States within the 
                meaning of the term `employee' as defined in section 
                8101 of title 5, United States Code, and the provisions 
                of that subchapter shall apply.
            ``(4) Status of authorities.--The authorities provided by 
        this subsection shall supplement the law enforcement 
        responsibilities of the Bureau of Reclamation and shall not 
        authorize the delegation of law enforcement responsibilities of 
        the Bureau of State and local governments.
    ``(g) Regulations Concerning Other Activities.--The Secretary, 
acting through the Commissioner, shall enforce regulations issued under 
subsection (a)(2) concerning boating and other activities on or 
relating to waters located within areas of the Bureau of Reclamation, 
including waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
    ``(h) Savings.--Nothing contained in this title shall be construed 
or applied to limit or restrict the investigative jurisdiction of any 
Federal law enforcement agency other than the Bureau of Reclamation, 
and nothing shall be construed or applied to affect any right of a 
State or political subdivision thereof to exercise civil and criminal 
jurisdiction within any of the Bureau of Reclamation projects.''.
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