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§10211 Training and manpower development

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Comprehensive Acts › Chapter CHAPTER 101— - JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - FBI TRAINING OF STATE AND LOCAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL › § 10211

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the FBI can set up and run training at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia when a State, local government, or rail carrier asks. The FBI can also work on new methods, tools, and equipment to make criminal justice better. The FBI can help run local and regional training too. The training is for State and local law officers (like state police, highway patrol, city police, sheriffs and deputies) and for railroad police officers, and for other people a State, local government, or rail carrier names, as long as they are actually working as officers. When doing this work the FBI Director is under the general authority of the Attorney General. The Secretary of the Treasury may run similar training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center at Glynco, Georgia, if it does not interfere with training federal officers. Federal money cannot pay travel, transport, or living costs for railroad police officers who attend the FBI programs. Definitions: "rail carrier/railroad" means the terms in 49 U.S.C. 20102; "railroad police officer" means a peace officer commissioned in their State of residence or main work State and employed by a rail carrier to enforce State laws to protect railroad property, people, passengers, or cargo.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §10211

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(a)The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is authorized to—
(1)establish and conduct training programs at the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy at Quantico, Virginia, to provide, at the request of a State, unit of local government, or rail carrier, training for State and local criminal justice personnel, including railroad police officers;
(2)develop new or improved approaches, techniques, systems, equipment, and devices to improve and strengthen criminal justice; and
(3)assist in conducting, at the request of a State, unit of local government, or rail carrier, local and regional training programs for the training of State and local criminal justice personnel engaged in the investigation of crime and the apprehension of criminals. Training for rural criminal justice personnel shall include, when appropriate, effective use of regional resources and methods to improve coordination among criminal justice personnel in different areas and in different levels of government. Such training shall be provided only for persons actually employed as State police or highway patrol, police of a unit of local government, sheriffs, and their deputies, railroad police officer,11 So in original. Probably should be “officers,”. and other persons as the State, unit of local government, or rail carrier may nominate for police training while such persons are actually employed as officers of such State, unit of local government, or rail carrier.
(b)In the exercise of the functions, powers, and duties established under this section the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall be under the general authority of the Attorney General.
(c)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to establish, develop, and conduct training programs at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center at Glynco, Georgia, to provide, at the request of a State or unit of local government, training for State and local criminal justice personnel provided that such training does not interfere with the Center’s mission to train Federal law enforcement personnel.
(d)No Federal funds may be used for any travel, transportation, or subsistence expenses incurred in connection with the participation of a railroad police officer in a training program conducted under subsection (a).
(e)In this section—
(1)the terms “rail carrier” and “railroad” have the meanings given such terms in section 20102 of title 49; and
(2)the term “railroad police officer” means a peace officer who is commissioned in his or her State of legal residence or State of primary employment and employed by a rail carrier to enforce State laws for the protection of railroad property, personnel, passengers, or cargo.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3771 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Another section 701 of Pub. L. 90–351, title II, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 210, enacted section 3501 and 3502 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 701 of title I of Pub. L. 90–351, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1198, contained Congressional statement of purpose for training and manpower development, prior to the general amendment of part G of title I of Pub. L. 90–351 by Pub. L. 98–473. Another prior section 701 of Pub. L. 90–351, title I, as added Pub. L. 94–430, § 2, Sept. 29, 1976, 90 Stat. 1346, provided for payments of Public safety officers’ death benefits and was classified to former section 3796 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to the general amendment of title I of Pub. L. 90–351 by Pub. L. 96–157.

Amendments

1999—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 106–110, § 1(a)(1), substituted “State, unit of local government, or rail carrier” for “State or unit of local government” and inserted “, including railroad police officers” before semicolon at end. Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 106–110, § 1(a)(2), substituted “State, unit of local government, or rail carrier” for “State or unit of local government”, “State or such unit”, and “State or unit” and inserted “railroad police officer,” after “deputies,”. Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 106–110, § 1(b), (c), added subsecs. (d) and (e).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 609AA(a) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as a note under section 10101 of this title.

Transfer of Functions

For

Transfer of Functions

, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Law

Enforcement

Training Center of the Department of the Treasury to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 203(4), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. Employment of Annuitants by Federal Law

Enforcement

Training Center Pub. L. 107–206, title I, § 1202, Aug. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 887, as amended by Pub. L. 109–295, title IV, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1374; Pub. L. 110–161, div. E, title IV, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2068; Pub. L. 110–329, div. D, title IV, Sept. 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 3677; Pub. L. 111–83, title IV, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2166; Pub. L. 112–74, div. D, title IV, Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 966; Pub. L. 113–6, div. D, title IV, Mar. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 364; Pub. L. 113–76, div. F, title IV, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 266; Pub. L. 114–4, title IV, Mar. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 59; Pub. L. 114–113, div. F, title IV, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2509, provided that: “(a) The Federal Law

Enforcement

Training Center may, for a period ending not later than December 31, 2018, appoint and maintain a cadre of up to 350 Federal annuitants: (1) without regard to any provision of title 5, United States Code, which might otherwise require the application of competitive hiring procedures; and (2) who shall not be subject to any reduction in pay (for annuity allocable to the period of actual employment) under the provisions of section 8344 or 8468 of such title 5 or similar provision of any other retirement system for employees. A reemployed Federal annuitant as to whom a waiver of reduction under paragraph (2) applies shall not, for any period during which such waiver is in effect, be considered an employee for purposes of subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or such other retirement system (referred to in paragraph (2)) as may apply. “(b) No appointment under this section may be made which would result in the displacement of any employee. “(c) For purposes of this section—“(1) the term ‘Federal annuitant’ means an employee who has retired under the Civil Service Retirement System, the Federal Employees’ Retirement System, or any other retirement system for employees; “(2) the term ‘employee’ has the meaning given such term by section 2105 of such title 5; and “(3) the counting of Federal annuitants shall be done on a full time equivalent basis.” Annual Outstanding Student Award Pub. L. 107–67, title I, Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 516, and similar provisions authorizing the Federal Law

Enforcement

Training Center to use gifts of property for authorized purposes, including funding of an annual gift to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic training program at the Center during the previous fiscal year, were transferred to a note set out under section 464 of Title 6, Domestic Security. Travel and Subsistence Expenses of State and Local Law

Enforcement

Officers Attending Meetings, Courses, Etc., at FBI National Academy Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title II], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–48, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title II], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–48, provided that: “Notwithstanding section 1345 of title 31, United States Code, funds made available to the Drug

Enforcement

Administration in any fiscal year may be used for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses of State, county, and local law

Enforcement

officers attending conferences, meetings, and training courses at the FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia.” Fees To Provide Training for State and Local Law

Enforcement

Officers at FBI National Academy; Prohibition; Reimbursement Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title II, § 210], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–56, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title II, § 210], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–56, provided that: “The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Administrator of the Drug

Enforcement

Administration shall not establish and collect fees to provide training to State and local law

Enforcement

officers at the FBI National Academy. Any fees collected for training of State and local law

Enforcement

officers, which occurred at the National Academy on or after
October 1, 1986, shall be reimbursed to the appropriate official or agency. In addition, the Director of the National Institute of Corrections shall not establish and collect fees to provide training to State and local officers which was not provided on a reimbursable basis prior to
October 1, 1986.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

34 U.S.C. § 10211

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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