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§50102 Definitions

Title 34 › Subtitle V — Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Personnel › CHAPTER 501 — EMERGENCY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE › § 50102

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in this chapter. "Federal law enforcement assistance" means money, equipment, training, intelligence, or people sent to help. "Federal law enforcement community" means the heads of these agencies: Federal Bureau of Investigation; Drug Enforcement Administration; Criminal Division of the Department of Justice; Internal Revenue Service; Customs Service; Immigration and Naturalization Service; United States Marshals Service; National Park Service; United States Postal Service; Secret Service; Coast Guard; National Security Division of the Department of Justice; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; and other federal agencies that can investigate federal crimes. "Law enforcement emergency" means an unusual situation that is or could become very serious or widespread and where state and local resources are not enough to protect lives or property or to enforce criminal law; it does not include routine crowd-control planning or enforcement for scheduled public events like political conventions or sports events. "State" includes any U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §50102

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For purposes of this chapter—
(1)the term “Federal law enforcement assistance” means funds, equipment, training, intelligence information, and personnel,
(2)the term “Federal law enforcement community” means the heads of the following departments or agencies:
(A)the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
(B)the Drug Enforcement Administration,
(C)the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice,
(D)the Internal Revenue Service,
(E)the Customs Service,
(F)the Immigration and Naturalization Service,
(G)the United States Marshals Service,
(H)the National Park Service,
(I)the United States Postal Service,
(J)the Secret Service,
(K)the Coast Guard,
(L)the National Security Division of the Department of Justice,
(M)the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Justice, and
(N)other Federal agencies with specific statutory authority to investigate violations of Federal criminal laws,
(3)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—
(A)the perceived need for planning or other activities related to crowd control for general public safety projects, or
(B)a situation requiring the enforcement of laws associated with scheduled public events, including political conventions and sports events, and
(4)the term “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subdivision” probably meaning subtitle B (which probably should have been designated “subdivision” B) of division I of chapter VI of title II of Pub. L. 98–473, which enacted this chapter. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 10502 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2006—Par. (2)(L) to (N). Pub. L. 109–177 added subpar. (L) and redesignated former subpars. (L) and (M) as (M) and (N), respectively. 2002—Par. (2)(L). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Justice” for “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2002 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective 60 days after Nov. 25, 2002, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 101 of Title 6, Domestic Security.

Transfer of Functions

For

Transfer of Functions

, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 203(1), 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. For establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of Nov. 25, 2002, see section 211 of Title 6, as amended generally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L. 114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6. For transfer of the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of the United States Secret Service, including the functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 381, 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. For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 468(b), 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. Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and

Transfer of Functions

For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service,

Transfer of Functions

, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.

Executive Documents

Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

34 U.S.C. § 50102

Title 34, Navy

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102