Section was formerly classified to section 403o of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Pub. L. 98–473, title I, § 140 and Pub. L. 98–618, title IV, § 401, added substantially identical sections 15 to act June 20, 1949, ch. 227. This section is based on the section 15 of act June 20, 1949, ch. 227, as added by Pub. L. 98–618.

2023—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–31 substituted “the maximum penalty authorized for a Class B misdemeanor under section 3559 of title 18” for “those specified in section 1315(c)(2) of title 40”.

2022—Subsec. (a)(1)(D). Pub. L. 117–263, § 6303(a)(1)(A), (C), added subpar. (D). Former subpar. (D) redesignated (E).

Subsec. (a)(1)(E). Pub. L. 117–263, § 6303(a)(1)(B), (D), redesignated subpar. (D) as (E) and inserted “or (D)” after “in subparagraph (C)”.

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 117–263, § 6303(a)(2), substituted “or (E)” for “or (D)”.

Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 117–263, § 6303(a)(3), substituted “in subparagraph (A), (C), or (D)” for “in subparagraph (A) or (C)”.

Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 117–263, § 6414(b), substituted “designated by the Director to carry firearms under subparagraph (D) or (E) of section 3506(a)(4) of this title,” for “designated by the Director under section 3506(a)(4) of this title to carry firearms for the protection of current or former Agency personnel and their immediate families, defectors and their immediate families, and other persons in the United States under Agency auspices,” in introductory provisions.

2019—Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 116–92, § 6413(1), substituted “500 yards;” for “500 feet;”.

Subsec. (a)(1)(D). Pub. L. 116–92, § 6413(2), substituted “500 yards.” for “500 feet.”.

2003—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 108–177, § 377(b)(3)(A), substituted “officers and agents of the Department of Homeland Security, as provided in section 1315(b)(2) of title 40,” for “special policemen of the General Services Administration perform under the first section of the Act entitled ‘An Act to authorize the Federal Works Administrator or officials of the Federal Works Agency duly authorized by him to appoint special policeman for duty upon Federal property under the jurisdiction of the Federal Works Agency, and for other purposes’ (40 U.S.C. 318),”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–177, § 377(b)(3)(B), substituted “section 1315(c)(2) of title 40” for “the fourth section of the Act referred to in subsection (a) of this section (40 U.S.C. 318c)”.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–177, § 402, added subsec. (d).

2002—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 107–306 struck out par. (5) which read as follows: “Not later than December 1, 1998, and annually thereafter, the Director shall submit a report to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate that describes in detail the exercise of the authority granted by this subsection, and the underlying facts supporting the exercise of such authority, during the preceding fiscal year. The Director shall make such report available to the Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency.”

1997—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105–107, § 404(1), (2), inserted “(1)” after “(a)”, substituted “powers—” for “powers only within Agency installations, and the rules and regulations enforced by such personnel shall be rules and regulations promulgated by the Director.”, and added subpars. (A) to (D).

Subsec. (a)(2) to (5). Pub. L. 105–107, § 404(3), added pars. (2) to (5).

Reference to the headquarters compound of the Central Intelligence Agency deemed to be a reference to the George Bush Center for Intelligence, see section 309 of Pub. L. 105–272, set out as a note under section 3501 of this title.