Pub. L. 100-440, tit. VI, sec. 609

Sec. 609. Funds made available by this or any other Act to (1) the General Services Administration, including the fund created by the Public Building Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), and (2) the “Postal Service Fund” (39 U.S.C. 2003), shall be available for employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or occupied by the United States or the Postal Service and under the charge and control of the General Services Administration or the Postal Service, and such guards shall have, with respect to such property, the powers of special policemen provided by the first section of the Act of June 1, 1948 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318), but shall not be restricted to certain Federal property as otherwise required by the proviso contained in said section and, as to property owned or occupied by the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the same actions as the Administrator of General Services may take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of June 1, 1948 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a, 318b), attaching thereto penal con-sequences under the authority and within the limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c): Provided, That when the Administrator of General Services delegates responsibility to protect property under this charge and con-102 STAT. 1753trol to the head of another Federal agency, that agency may employ guards to protect the property who shall have the same powers of special policemen in same manner as the foregoing.