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PUBLIC LAW 101-379—AUG. 18, 1990 104 STAT. 475 resolution, shall reestablish the line authority as requested by the tribe. (e)(1) The Secretary shall establish appropriate standards of education, experience, training, and other relevant qualifications for law enforcement personnel of the Division of Law Enforcement Services who are charged with law enforcement responsibilities pursuant to section 4. (2) The Secretary shall also provide for the classification of such positions within the Division of Law Enforcement Services at GS grades, as provided in section 5104 of title 5, United States Code, consistent with the responsibilities and duties assigned to such positions and with the qualifications established for such positions. (3) In classifying positions in the Division of Law Enforcement Services under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall ensure that such positions are classified at GS grades comparable to those for other Federal law enforcement personnel in other Federal Agencies in light of the responsibilities, duties, and qualifications required of such positions. LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY SEC. 4. The Secretary may charge employees of the Bureau with 25 USC 2803. law enforcement responsibilities and may authorize those employees to— (1) carry firearms; (2) execute or serve warrants, summonses, or other orders relating to a crime committed in Indian country and issued under the laws of^ (A) the United States (including those issued by a Court of Indian Offenses under regulations prescribed by the Secretary), or (B) an Indian tribe if authorized by the Indian tribe; (3) make an arrest without a warrant for an offense committed in Indian country if— (A) the offense is committed in the presence of the employee, or (B) the offense is a felony and the employee has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed, or is committing, the felony; (4) offer and pay a reward for services or information, or purchase evidence, sissisting in the detection or investigation of the commission of an offense committed in Indian country or in the arrest of an offender against the United States; (5) make inquiries of any person, and administer to, or take from, any person an oath, affirmation, or affidavit, concerning any matter relevant to the enforcement or carrying out in Indian country of a law of either the United States or an Indian tribe that has authorized the employee to enforce or carry out tribal laws; (6) wear a prescribed uniform and badge or carry prescribed credentials; (7) perform any other law enforcement related duty; and (8) when requested, assist (with or without reimbursement) any Federal, tribal. State, or local law enforcement agency in the enforcement or carrying out of the laws or regulations the agency enforces or administers.