---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 7377"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "7377"
heading: "Certain civilian special agents: authority to execute warrants and make arrests"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/7377"
units:
  - "Subtitle B — Army"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 747 — Civilian Employees"
---

# §7377. Certain civilian special agents: authority to execute warrants and make arrests

- (a) **Authority.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/7551.md?p=5) of the Army may authorize any [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the Army civilian employee described in [subsection (b)](#b) to have the same authority to execute and serve warrants and other processes issued under the authority of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) and to make arrests without a warrant as may be authorized under [section 1585a of this title](/usc/10/1585a.md) for special agents of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service.
- (b) **Agents To Have Authority.—**
  - (1) [Subsection (a)](#a) applies to any employee of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the Army who is a special agent of the Army Criminal Investigation Command (or a successor to that command) whose duties include conducting, supervising, or coordinating investigations of criminal activity in programs and operations of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the Army.
  - (2) In addition to [paragraph (1)](#b-1), during the four-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, [subsection (a)](#a) applies to any employee of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the Army who is a special agent of the Army Counterintelligence Command (or a successor to that command) whose duties include conducting, supervising, or coordinating counterintelligence investigations in programs and operations of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the Army.
- (c) **Guidelines for Exercise of Authority.—** The authority provided under [subsection (a)](#a) shall be exercised in accordance with guidelines prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/10/7551.md?p=5) of the Army and approved by the [Secretary](/usc/10/7551.md?p=5) of Defense and the Attorney General and any other applicable guidelines prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/10/7551.md?p=5) of the Army, the [Secretary](/usc/10/7551.md?p=5) of Defense, or the Attorney General.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title V, § 554(a)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–126, § 4027; renumbered § 7377, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(15), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839; amended Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVI, § 1613(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2168.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 118–159, also known as the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, which was approved Dec. 23, 2024.

### Amendments

2024—Pub. L. 118–159, § 1613(a)(1), substituted “Certain civilian special agents:” for “Civilian special agents of the Criminal Investigation Command:” in section catchline.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1613(a)(2), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4027 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.