PROTECTION OF STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE.

SECTION 1. PROTECTION OF STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE. (a) In General.— Title VI of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7211–7270) is amended by adding at the end the following new sections: “guards for strategic petroleum reserve facilities “Sec. 661. Under guidelines prescribed by the Secretary and concurred with by the Attorney General, employees of the Department of Energy and employees of contractors and subcontractors (at any tier) of the Department of Energy, while discharging their official duties of protecting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (established under part B of title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act) or its storage or related facilities or of protecting persons upon the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or its storage or related facilities, may— “(1) carry firearms, if designated by the Secretary and qualified for the use of firearms under the guidelines; and “(2) arrest without warrant any person for an offense against the United States— “(A) in the case of a felony, if the employee has reasonable grounds to believe that the person— “(i) has committed or is committing a felony; and “(ii) is in or is fleeing from the immediate area of the felony; and “(B) in the case of a felony or misdemeanor, if the violation is committed in the presence of the employee. “trespass on strategic petroleum reserve facilities “Sec. 662. (a) The Secretary may issue regulations relating to the entry upon or carrying, transporting, or otherwise introducing or causing to be introduced any dangerous weapon, explosive, or other dangerous instrument or material likely to produce substantial injury or damage to persons or property into or onto the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, its storage or related facilities, or real property subject to the jurisdiction, administration, or in the custody of the Secretary under part B of title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6231–6247). The Secretary shall post conspicuously, on the property subject to the regulations, notification that the property is subject to the regulations. 102 STAT. 2653 “(b) Whoever willfully violates a regulation of the Secretary issued under subsection (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished upon conviction by a fine of not more than $5,000, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.”. (b) Conforming Amendment.— The table of contents for the Department of Energy Organization Act is amended by adding after the item relating to section 660 the following new items: ”Sec. 661. Guards for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities. “Sec. 662. Trespass on Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities.”.