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Larrry

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The Federal Land Policy and Management Act, or FLPMA (Pub.L. 94–579), is a United States federal law that governs the way in which the public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management are managed. The law was enacted in 1976 by the 94th Congress and is found in the United States Code under Title 43.





(c) (1) When the Secretary determines that assistance is necessary in enforcing Federal laws and regulations relating to the public lands or their resources he shall offer a contract to appropriate local officials having law enforcement authority within their respective jurisdictions with the view of achieving maximum feasible reliance upon local law enforcement officials in enforcing such laws and regulations. The Secretary shall negotiate on reasonable terms with such officials who have authority to enter into such contracts to enforce such Federal laws and regulations. In the performance of their duties under such contracts such officials and their agents are authorized to carry firearms; execute and serve any warrant or other process issued by a court or officer of competent jurisdiction; make arrests without warrant or process for a misdemeanor he has reasonable grounds to believe is being committed in his presence or view, or for a felony if he has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony; search without warrant or process any person, place, or conveyance according to any Federal law or rule of law; and seize without warrant or process any evidentiary item as provided by Federal law. The Secretary shall provide such law enforcement training as he deems necessary in order to carry out the contracted for responsibilities. While exercising the powers and authorities provided by such contract pursuant to this section, such law enforcement officials and their agents shall have all the immunities of Federal law enforcement officials.
(2) The Secretary may authorize Federal personnel or appropriate local officials to carry out his law enforcement responsibilities with respect to the public lands and their resources.
Public Law 94–579—Oct. 21, 1976, as amended through May 7, 2001 ———— 23
Such designated personnel shall receive the training and have the responsibilities and authority provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection
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(d) In connection with the administration and regulation of the use and occupancy of the public lands, the Secretary is authorized to cooperate with the regulatory and law enforcement officials of any State or political subdivision thereof in the enforcement of the laws or ordinances of such State or subdivision. Such cooperation may include reimbursement to a State or its subdivision for expenditures incurred by it in connection with activities which assist in the administration and regulation of use and occupancy of the public lands.
(e) Nothing in this section shall prevent the Secretary from promptly establishing a uniformed desert ranger force in the California Desert Conservation Area established pursuant to section 601 of this Act for the purpose of enforcing Federal laws and regulations relating to the public lands and resources managed by him in such area. The officers and members of such ranger force shall have the same responsibilities and authority as provided for in paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of this section.
(f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as reducing or limiting the enforcement authority vested in the Secretary by any other statute.

http://www.blm.gov/flpma/FLPMA.pdf

It appears that the honorable Congressman forgot to read on- subsection (c) (2) which if my take on the legalize is right gives the Interior Secretary the authority to hire federal employees and train them as law enforcement as an addition/alternative to (c) (1).....

And like I've said before- whenever a government bureaucrat is given the choice between contracting with other agencies- or expanding their own-- guess which one they pick :???:
 

Mike

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(e) Nothing in this section shall prevent the Secretary from promptly establishing a uniformed desert ranger force in the California Desert Conservation Area established pursuant to section 601 of this Act for the purpose of enforcing Federal laws and regulations relating to the public lands and resources managed by him in such area. The officers and members of such ranger force shall have the same responsibilities and authority as provided for in paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of this section.

It says that the Sec. may form a ranger force in California......Only.

Since it explicitly and solely mentions California, it may not be legal to do so in Nevada.(Or the other 56 states.)

In other words if, "nothing shall prevent him in California".

"Something may prevent him in some other States".

This ambiguous at best.
 

habnut

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Were they told that they had full authority, but no responsibility? What if they would have opened fire? The more I learn, the more I think I should stop reading. Scary stuff.
 

loomixguy

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hypocritexposer said:
"Please rise for the dishonorable Judge OT, as he puts on his rose coloured glasses to see the law, as he sees fit"

:lol:

The phrase "Contempt of Court" was never more accurate than with this...
 
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