16 U.S.C. § 559c : US Code - Section 559C: Powers of officers and employees of Forest Service

Search 16 U.S.C. § 559c : US Code - Section 559C: Powers of officers and employees of Forest Service

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 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;; (!1)
(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.