---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3063"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "3063"
heading: "Powers of Environmental Protection Agency"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/3063"
units:
  - "Part II — Criminal Procedure"
  - "Chapter 203 — Arrest and Commitment"
---

# §3063. Powers of Environmental Protection Agency

- (a) Upon designation by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, any [law enforcement officer](/usc/18/3673.md?p=3) of the Environmental Protection Agency with responsibility for the investigation of criminal violations of a law administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, may—
  - (1) carry firearms;
  - (2) execute and serve any warrant or other processes issued under the authority of the United States; and
  - (3) make arrests without warrant for—
    - (A) any [offense](/usc/18/3156.md?p=a-2) against the United States committed in such officer’s presence; or
    - (B) any [felony](/usc/18/3156.md?p=a-3) [offense](/usc/18/3156.md?p=a-2) against the United States if such officer has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing that [felony](/usc/18/3156.md?p=a-3) [offense](/usc/18/3156.md?p=a-2).
- (b) The powers granted under [subsection (a)](#a) of this section shall be exercised in accordance with guidelines approved by the [Attorney General](/usc/18/3077.md?p=7).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 100–582, § 4(a), Nov. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2958.)