---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 6122"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "6122"
heading: "Designation of members of the Supreme Court Police"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/6122"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part C — Federal Building Complexes"
  - "Chapter 61 — United States Supreme Court Building and Grounds"
  - "Subchapter III — Policing Authority"
---

# §6122. Designation of members of the Supreme Court Police


Under the general supervision and direction of the Chief Justice of the [United States](/usc/40/3301.md?p=a-6), the Marshal of the Supreme Court may designate employees of the Supreme Court as members of the Supreme Court Police, without additional compensation.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1182.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6122 | 40:13f. | Aug. 18, 1949, ch. 479, § 1, 63 Stat. 616; Pub. L. 97–390, § 1(a), Dec. 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 1957. |