Sec. 11712. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN FEDERAL AGENCIES AND METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

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## SEC. 11712 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN FEDERAL AGENCIES AND METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT ###

(a)Agreements Each covered Federal law enforcement agency may enter into a cooperative agreement with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia to assist the Department in carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement activities in the District of Columbia, including taking appropriate action to enforce subsection

(e)(except that nothing in such an agreement may be construed to grant authority to the United States to prosecute violations of subsection (e)). ###

(b)Contents of Agreement An agreement entered into between a covered Federal law enforcement agency and the Metropolitan Police Department pursuant to this section may include agreements relating to— ####

(1)sending personnel of the agency on patrol in areas of the District of Columbia which immediately surround the area of the agency's jurisdiction, and granting personnel of the agency the power to arrest in such areas; ####

(2)sharing and donating equipment and supplies with the Metropolitan Police Department; ####

(3)operating on shared radio frequencies with the Metropolitan Police Department; ####

(4)permitting personnel of the agency to carry out processing and papering of suspects they arrest in the District of Columbia; and ####

(5)such other items as the agency and the Metropolitan Police Department may agree to include in the agreement. ###

(c)Coordination With U.S. Attorney's Office Agreements entered into pursuant to this section shall be coordinated in advance with the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. ###

(d)Covered Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Described In this section, the term “**covered Federal law enforcement agency**” means any of the following: ####

(1)United States Capitol Police. ####

(2)United States Marshals Service. ####

(3)Library of Congress Police. ####

(4)Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police Force. ####

(5)Supreme Court Police. ####

(6)Amtrak Police Department. ####

(7)Department of Protective Services, United States Holocaust Museum. ####

(8)Government Printing Office Police. ####

(9)United States Park Police. ####

(10)Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. ####

(11)Drug Enforcement Administration. ####

(12)Federal Bureau of Investigation. ####

(13)Criminal Investigation Division, Internal Revenue Service. ####

(14)Department of the Navy Police Division, Naval District Washington. ####

(15)Naval Criminal Investigative Service. ####

(16)11th Security Police Squadron, Bolling Air Force Base. ####

(17)United States Army Military District of Washington. ####

(18)United States Customs Service. ####

(19)Immigration and Naturalization Service. ####

(20)Postal Inspection Service, United States Postal Service. ####

(21)Uniformed Division, United States Secret Service. ####

(22)United States Secret Service. ####

(23)National Zoological Part Police. ####

(24)Federal Protective Service, General Services Administration, National Capital Region. ####

(25)Defense Protective Service, Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Services. ####

(26)Office of Protective Services, Smithsonian Institution. ####

(27)Office of Protective Services, National Gallery of Art. ####

(28)United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, Department of the Army Washington District, 3rd Military Police Group. ####

(29)Marine Corps Law Enforcement. ####

(30)Department of State Diplomatic Security. ####

(31)United States Coast Guard. ####

(32)United States Postal Police. ####

(33)Any other law enforcement agency of the Federal government that the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department and the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia deem appropriate to enter into an agreement pursuant to this section. ###

(e)Certain Prohibited Activity Effective with respect to conduct occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this title, whoever in the District of Columbia knowingly and willfully obstructs any bridge connecting the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia— ####

(1)shall be fined not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000, and in addition may be imprisoned not more than 30 days; or ####

(2)if applicable, shall be subject to prosecution by the District of Columbia under the provisions of District law and regulation amended by the Safe Streets Anti-Prostitution Amendment Act of 1996 (D.C. Law 11–130).