SPECIAL AGENTS.

SEC. 134. SPECIAL AGENTS. (a) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this act, the Attorney General and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the Committees on the Judiciary and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on the Judiciary and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report and rec-105 STAT. 666ommendations regarding whether Special Agents of the Diplomatic Security Service should be authorized to make arrests without warrants for offenses against the United States committed in their presence or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such a felony. (b) Terms of Reference.—The report required by subsection (a) shall address at least the following topics: (1) Whether similar arrest authority granted other Federal law enforcement agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Agency, the United States Customs Service, United States Marshals, the Secret Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation has on balance served the public interest. (2) Whether execution of the existing statutory responsibilities of the Diplomatic Security Service would be furthered by granting of such authority. (3) Disadvantages which would be likely to result from granting of such authority, including disadvantages in terms of protection of civil liberties. (4) Proposed statutory language which would if enacted provide any such authority recommended. (5) Proposed regulations to implement any such enacted authority.