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46 U.S.C. § 70131: Definitions

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute defines 'law enforcement agency' as a state, local, or tribal agency authorized by law to supervise prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of criminal violations.

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The term “law enforcement agency” means an agency of a State, a political subdivision of a State, or a Federally recognized tribe that is authorized by law to supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of criminal law. enters, or operates within, the internal waters of the United States and the territorial sea of the United States; or transfers such cargo or residue in any port or place, under the jurisdiction of the United States, within the territorial sea of the United States or the internal waters of the United States.

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