34 U.S.C. § 50102
Definitions
United States · Title 34 — CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT · Status: effective
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- 34 U.S.C. § 50102, Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/470673
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For purposes of this chapter—
the term “Federal law enforcement community” means the heads of the following departments or agencies:
the term “law enforcement emergency” means an uncommon situation which requires law enforcement, which is or threatens to become of serious or epidemic proportions, and with respect to which State and local resources are inadequate to protect the lives and property of citizens or to enforce the criminal law, except that such term does not include—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Homeland Security Act of 2002
- USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005