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.

dards 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].

[updated January 2020]