[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR102-34.195]

[Page 83-85]
 
           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
               CHAPTER 102--FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION
 
PART 102-34--MOTOR VEHICLE MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart B--Identifying and Registering Motor Vehicles
 
Sec. 102-34.195  What agencies have an unlimited exemption from displaying 
U.S. Government license plates and motor vehicle identification?

    The following Federal agencies, or activities within agencies, are 
granted an unlimited exemption based on ongoing mission requirements and 
do not need to certify:
    (a) Administrative Office of the United States Courts. All motor 
vehicles used by United States probation offices and pretrial services 
agencies of the judicial branch of the U.S. Government.
    (b) Department of Agriculture. Motor vehicles used for investigative 
or law enforcement activities by the Agricultural Marketing Service, 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Food Safety and Inspection 
Service, Forest Service, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard 
Administration, Packers and Stockyard Program, Food and Consumers 
Service, and Office of the Inspector General.
    (c) Department of Commerce. Motor vehicles used for surveillance and 
other law enforcement activities by the Office of Export Enforcement, 
International Trade Administration, the National Marine Fisheries 
Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    (d) Department of Defense. Motor vehicles used for intelligence, 
investigative, or security activities by the U.S. Army Intelligence 
Agency and the Criminal Investigation Command of the Department of the 
Army; Office of Naval Intelligence of the Department of the Navy; Office 
of Special Investigations of the Department of the Air Force; the 
Defense Criminal Investigation Service, Office of the Inspector

[[Page 84]]

General; and the Defense Logistics Agency.
    (e) District of Columbia. Motor vehicles used by St. Elizabeth's 
Hospital in outpatient work where identifying the motor vehicles would 
be prejudicial to patients.
    (f) Department of Education. Motor vehicles used for investigative 
and law enforcement activities by the Office of the Inspector General.
    (g) Department of Energy. Motor vehicles used for investigative or 
security activities.
    (h) Environmental Protection Agency. Motor vehicles used for 
investigative and law enforcement activities by the Office of Inspector 
General and the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
    (i) Federal Communications Commission. Motor vehicles used for 
investigative activities by the Field Operations Bureau.
    (j) General Services Administration. Motor vehicles used for 
investigative, surveillance, and security activities by special agents 
of the Federal Protective Service, and Office of the Inspector General.
    (k) Department of Health and Human Services. Motor vehicles used for 
undercover law enforcement and similar investigative work by the Food 
and Drug Administration; motor vehicles used to transport mentally 
disturbed children by the National Institutes of Health; and motor 
vehicles used for law enforcement and investigative purposes by the 
Office of Investigations and the Office of the Inspector General.
    (l) Department of Housing and Urban Development. Motor vehicles used 
for law enforcement or investigative purposes by the Office of the 
Inspector General.
    (m) Department of the Interior. Motor vehicles used to enforce game 
laws by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; motor vehicles assigned to 
special agents of the Bureau of Land Management who investigate crimes 
against public lands; motor vehicles assigned to special officers of the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs; motor vehicles used for investigating crimes 
against public lands by the National Park Service and assigned to the 
U.S. Park Police; and motor vehicles assigned to the special agents of 
the Office of the Inspector General who investigate possible crimes of 
fraud and abuse by departmental employees, contractors, and grantees.
    (n) Department of Justice. All motor vehicles used for undercover 
law enforcement activities or investigative work by the Department.
    (o) Department of Labor. All motor vehicles used for investigative, 
law enforcement, and compliance activities by the Employment and 
Training Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
Employment Standards Administration, and the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration.
    (p) National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Motor vehicles 
used for investigative or law enforcement activities.
    (q) National Labor Relations Board. Motor vehicles used for 
investigative activities by field offices.
    (r) National Security Council. Motor vehicles used by the Central 
Intelligence Agency.
    (s) Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Motor vehicles used for the 
conduct of security operations or in the enforcement of security 
regulations.
    (t) Office of Personnel Management. Motor vehicles used for the 
investigative program of the Office of Personnel Investigations and 
regional investigation activities.
    (u) United States Postal Service. Motor vehicles that the Postal 
Inspection Service uses for investigative and law enforcement 
activities.
    (v) Department of State. Motor vehicles used for protecting domestic 
and foreign dignitaries and investigating passport and visa fraud.
    (w) Department of Transportation. Motor vehicles used for 
intelligence, investigative, or security activities by the Office of the 
Inspector General, the OST Office of Security, the Investigations and 
Security Division and field counterparts in the U.S. Coast Guard, the 
Office of Civil Aviation Security and field counterparts in the Federal 
Aviation Administration, and the Idaho Division Office of Motor Carriers 
in the Federal Highway Administration.

[[Page 85]]

    (x) Department of Treasury. Motor vehicles used by the U.S. Secret 
Service; the Criminal Investigation Division and the Internal Security 
Division of the Internal Revenue Service; motor vehicles used for 
investigative activities by the Collection Division of the Internal 
Revenue Service; motor vehicles used by the Office of Enforcement and 
the Office of Inspection at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and 
Firearms; and motor vehicles used by the Office of Enforcement, Office 
of Compliance Operations, and the Office of Internal Affairs at the U.S. 
Customs Service.
    (y) Department of Veterans Affairs. Motor vehicles used for 
investigative activities by the Office of the Inspector General and 
regional Field Examiners and Property Management Inspectors.