Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In the United States, a federal crime or federal offence is a crime that is either made illegal by U.S. federal legislation or a crime that occurs on U.S. federal property. The FBI has been granted powers to investigate federal offences. The term "federal offence" also has a separate meaning in Canada. External links US Code--Title 18--Crimes and Criminal Procedure US Code--Title 18--Appendix This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.