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Justice Manual § 9-139.020
Investigatory and Supervisory Jurisdiction for Miscellaneous Labor Statutes
The following agencies have investigative jurisdiction over the following miscellaneous labor statutes:
STATUTE
:
INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY(IES)
45 U.S.C. § 152
:
Federal Bureau of
Investigation; Inspector
General's Office of
Investigations, Division of
Labor Racketeering (by
authority conferred on its
investigators as Special
Deputy United States
Marshals).
29 U.S.C. § 216(a)
:
Wage and Hour Division,
U.S. Department of Labor
29 U.S.C. § 162
:
Federal Bureau of
Investigation
18 U.S.C. § 844
:
Federal Bureau of
Investigation; Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco &
Firearms, U.S. Department
of the Treasury; Postal
Inspection Service.
49 U.S.C. § 80501
:
Federal Bureau of
Investigation
29 U.S.C. §§ 461 and 463
:
Office of Labor Management
Standards, United States
Department of Labor
29 U.S.C. § 502
:
Office of Labor Management
Standards, United States
Department of Labor
29 U.S.C. § 503
:
Office of Labor Management
Standards, United States
Department of Labor (Union
Loans); Office of Labor
Management Standards,
United States Department of
Labor (Union Payment of
Fines); Federal Bureau of
Investigation (Employer
Payment of Fines).
29 U.S.C. § 522
:
Federal Bureau of Investigation;
Office of Labor Management Standards and the Inspector General’s Office of Investigations-Labor Racketeering and Fraud, U.S Department of Labor
18 U.S.C. § 1231
:
Federal Bureau of
Investigation
18 U.S.C. § 33
:
Federal Bureau of
Investigation
45 U.S.C. § 152, Tenth Railway Labor Act. See JM 9-139.103.
29 U.S.C. § 216(a) Fair Labor Standards Act.
29 U.S.C. § 162 Interference with National Labor Relations Board Agent.
29 U.S.C. § 461 and Sec. 463 Labor Organization Under Trusteeship.
29 U.S.C. § 502 Bonding of Officers and Employees of Labor Organizations.
29 U.S.C. § 503 Loans to Union Officers and Payment of Fines by Unions and Employers.
29 U.S.C. § 522 Extortionate Picketing.
18 U.S.C. § 1231 Transportation of Strikebreakers.
The Labor-Management Unit of the Violent Crime and Racketeering Section has supervisory jurisdiction concerning criminal enforcement of the following statutes in labor disputes. Violations of 18 U.S.C. § 33 and 49 U.S.C. § 80501 not involving labor disputes are supervised by the Counterterrorism Section of the National Security Division.
18 U.S.C. § 33 Destruction of Motor Vehicles.
18 U.S.C. § 844(i) Use of Arson or Explosives Affecting Property Used in Interstate Commerce.
49 U.S.C. § 80501 Damage to Property Being Transported In Interstate Commerce [formerly 15 Sec. 1281 and Sec. 1282 transferred effective July 5, 1994].
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