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Code · U.S. Code · Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 33— FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION · § 540

§ 540. Investigation of felonious killings of State or local law enforcement officers

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The Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation may investigate felonious killings of officials and employees of a State or political subdivision thereof while engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties relating to the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of an offense against the criminal laws of a State or political subdivision, when such investigation is requested by the head of the agency employing the official or employee killed, and under such guidelines as the Attorney General or his designee may establish.
(Added Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7331(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4468.)
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§ 540
Investigation of felonious killings of State or local law enforcement officers
Pub. L.Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7331(a)
Stat.102 Stat. 4468
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