5 U.S.C. § 4521
Section 4521 · Definition
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 64 Fed. Cl. 583 - Contreras v. United States (2005)
Most recently applied in Hindman v. United States (March 2017)
For the purpose of this subchapter, the term “law enforcement officer” means—
(1) a law enforcement officer within the meaning of section 5541(3) and to whom the provisions of chapter 51 apply;
(2) a member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division;
(3) a member of the United States Park Police;
(4) a special agent in the Diplomatic Security Service;
(5) a probation officer (referred to in section 3672 of title 18); and
(6) a pretrial services officer (referred to in section 3153 of title 18).
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1992—Pub. L. 102–378 amended section generally, substituting in par. (1) “section 5541(3)” for “section 8331(20) or section 8401(17)”.
1991—Pub. L. 102–141 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “For the purpose of this subchapter, the term ‘law enforcement officer’ has the same meaning as under section 5949(a).”
Effective Date
Section 529 [title IV, §408(d)] of Pub. L. 101–509 provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this subchapter and amending provisions set out as a note under section 5541 of this title] shall be effective on January 1, 1992.”