TITLE 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
    CHAPTER 13 - DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
    SUBCHAPTER I - CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT
    Part E - Administrative and Enforcement Provisions

Sec. 878. Powers of enforcement personnel

(a) Any officer or employee of the Drug Enforcement
    Administration or any State or local law enforcement officer
    designated by the Attorney General may -
        (1) carry firearms;
        (2) execute and serve search warrants, arrest warrants,
      administrative inspection warrants, subpenas, and summonses
      issued under the authority of the United States;
        (3) make arrests without warrant (A) for any offense against
      the United States committed in his presence, or (B) for any
      felony, cognizable under the laws of the United States, if he has
      probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has
      committed or is committing a felony;
        (4) make seizures of property pursuant to the provisions of
      this subchapter; and
        (5) perform such other law enforcement duties as the Attorney
      General may designate.
      (b) State and local law enforcement officers performing functions
    under this section shall not be deemed Federal employees and shall
    not be subject to provisions of law relating to Federal employees,
    except that such officers shall be subject to section 3374(c) of
    title 5.

(Pub. L. 91-513, title II, Sec. 508, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1273;
    Pub. L. 96-132, Sec. 16(b), Nov. 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 1049; Pub. L.
    99-570, title I, Sec. 1869, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-55; Pub.
    L. 99-646, Sec. 86, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3620.)

AMENDMENTS
      1986 - Pub. L. 99-570 and Pub. L. 99-646 amended section
    substantially identically designating existing provisions as
    subsec. (a) and adding subsec. (b), with the exception of the
    amendment of subsec. (a) for which Pub. L. 99-570 directed the
    insertion of ''or (with respect to offenses under this subchapter
    or subchapter II of this chapter) any State or local law
    enforcement officer'' and Pub. L. 99-646 directed the insertion of
    ''or any State or local law enforcement officer'', the latter of
    which was executed to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
      1979 - Pub. L. 96-132 substituted ''Drug Enforcement
    Administration'' for ''Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs''.