UNITED STATES CODE
U.S. Code Title 6
U.S. Code Title 6. DOMESTIC SECURITY
CHAPTER 1 HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION
- § 101 - Definitions
- § 102 - Construction; severability
- § 103 - Use of appropriated funds
- § 111 - Executive department; mission
- § 112 - Secretary; functions
- § 113 - Other officers
- § 114 - Sensitive Security Information
- § 115 - Trade and customs revenue functions of the Department
- § 121 - Information and Analysis and Infrastructure Protection
- § 121a - Homeland Security Intelligence Program
- § 122 - Access to information
- § 123 - Terrorist travel program
- § 124 - Homeland Security Advisory System
- § 124a - Homeland security information sharing
- § 124b - Comprehensive information technology network architecture
- § 124c - Coordination with information sharing environment
- § 124d - Intelligence components
- § 124e - Training for employees of intelligence components
- § 124f - Intelligence training development for State and local government officials
- § 124g - Information sharing incentives
- § 124h - Department of Homeland Security State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative
- § 124i - Homeland Security Information Sharing Fellows Program
- § 124j - Rural Policing Institute
- § 124k - Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group
- § 124l - National asset database
- § 124m - Classified Information Advisory Officer
- § 125 - Annual report on intelligence activities of the Department of Homeland Security
- § 131 - Definitions
- § 132 - Designation of critical infrastructure protection program
- § 133 - Protection of voluntarily shared critical infrastructure information
- § 134 - No private right of action
- § 141 - Procedures for sharing information
- § 142 - Privacy officer
- § 143 - Enhancement of Federal and non-Federal cybersecurity
- § 144 - NET Guard
- § 145 - Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2002
- § 146 - Cybersecurity workforce assessment and strategy
- § 147 - Cybersecurity recruitment and retention
- § 148 - National cybersecurity and communications integration center
- § 149 - Cybersecurity plans
- § 150 - Clearances
- § 151 - Federal intrusion detection and prevention system
- § 161 - Establishment of Office; Director
- § 162 - Mission of Office; duties
- § 163 - Definition of law enforcement technology
- § 164 - Abolishment of Office of Science and Technology of National Institute of Justice; transfer of functions
- § 165 - National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Centers
- § 181 - Under Secretary for Science and Technology
- § 182 - Responsibilities and authorities of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology
- § 183 - Functions transferred
- § 184 - Conduct of certain public health-related activities
- § 185 - Federally funded research and development centers
- § 186 - Miscellaneous provisions
- § 187 - Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
- § 188 - Conduct of research, development, demonstration, testing and evaluation
- § 189 - Utilization of Department of Energy national laboratories and sites in support of homeland security activities
- § 190 - Transfer of Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Department of Agriculture
- § 191 - Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee
- § 192 - Homeland Security Institute
- § 193 - Technology clearinghouse to encourage and support innovative solutions to enhance homeland security
- § 194 - Enhancement of public safety communications interoperability
- § 195 - Office for Interoperability and Compatibility
- § 195a - Emergency communications interoperability research and development
- § 195b - National Biosurveillance Integration Center
- § 195c - Promoting antiterrorism through international cooperation program
- § 195d - Social media working group
- § 201 - Repealed. Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 802(g)(2), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 212
- § 202 - Border, maritime, and transportation responsibilities
- § 203 - Functions transferred
- § 211 - Establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, and operational offices
- § 212 - Retention of Customs revenue functions by Secretary of the Treasury
- § 213 - Preservation of Customs funds
- § 214 - Separate budget request for Customs
- § 215 - Definition
- § 216 - Repealed. Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 802(f), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 210
- § 217 - Allocation of resources by the Secretary
- § 218 - Repealed. Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 802(f), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 210
- § 220 - Methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals
- § 221 - Requirements with respect to administering polygraph examinations to law enforcement personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- § 222 - Advanced Training Center Revolving Fund
- § 231 - Transfer of certain agricultural inspection functions of the Department of Agriculture
- § 232 - Functions of Administrator of General Services
- § 233 - Functions of Transportation Security Administration
- § 234 - Preservation of Transportation Security Administration as a distinct entity
- § 235 - Coordination of information and information technology
- § 236 - Visa issuance
- § 237 - Information on visa denials required to be entered into electronic data system
- § 238 - Office for Domestic Preparedness
- § 239 - Office of Cargo Security Policy
- § 240 - Border Enforcement Security Task Force
- § 241 - Prevention of international child abduction
- § 251 - Transfer of functions
- § 252 - Establishment of Bureau of Border Security
- § 253 - Professional responsibility and quality review
- § 254 - Employee discipline
- § 255 - Report on improving enforcement functions
- § 256 - Sense of Congress regarding construction of fencing near San Diego, California
- § 257 - Report
- § 271 - Establishment of Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
- § 272 - Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman
- § 273 - Professional responsibility and quality review
- § 274 - Employee discipline
- § 275 - Transition
- § 276 - Report on improving immigration services
- § 277 - Report on responding to fluctuating needs
- § 278 - Application of Internet-based technologies
- § 279 - Children’s affairs
- § 291 - Abolishment of INS
- § 292 - Voluntary separation incentive payments
- § 293 - Authority to conduct a demonstration project relating to disciplinary action
- § 294 - Sense of Congress
- § 295 - Director of Shared Services
- § 296 - Separation of funding
- § 297 - Reports and implementation plans
- § 298 - Immigration functions
- § 311 - Definitions
- § 312 - Definition
- § 313 - Federal Emergency Management Agency
- § 314 - Authority and responsibilities
- § 314a - FEMA programs
- § 315 - Functions transferred
- § 316 - Preserving the Federal Emergency Management Agency
- § 317 - Regional offices
- § 318 - National Advisory Council
- § 319 - National Integration Center
- § 320 - Credentialing and typing
- § 321 - The National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center
- § 321a - Evacuation plans and exercises
- § 321b - Disability Coordinator
- § 321c - Department and Agency officials
- § 321d - National Operations Center
- § 321e - Chief Medical Officer
- § 321f - Nuclear incident response
- § 321g - Conduct of certain public health-related activities
- § 321h - Use of national private sector networks in emergency response
- § 321i - Use of commercially available technology, goods, and services
- § 321j - Procurement of security countermeasures for Strategic National Stockpile
- § 321k - Model standards and guidelines for critical infrastructure workers
- § 321l - Guidance and recommendations
- § 321m - Voluntary private sector preparedness accreditation and certification program
- § 321n - Acceptance of gifts
- § 321o - Integrated public alert and warning system modernization
- § 331 - Treatment of charitable trusts for members of the Armed Forces of the United States and other governmental organizations
- § 341 - Under Secretary for Management
- § 342 - Chief Financial Officer
- § 343 - Chief Information Officer
- § 344 - Chief Human Capital Officer
- § 345 - Establishment of Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- § 346 - Consolidation and co-location of offices
- § 347 - Quadrennial homeland security review
- § 361 - Office for State and Local Government Coordination
- § 371 - Repealed. Pub. L. 108–7, div. L, § 104(c)(1), Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 531
- § 381 - Functions transferred
- § 382 - Use of proceeds derived from criminal investigations
- § 391 - Research and development projects
- § 392 - Personal services
- § 393 - Special streamlined acquisition authority
- § 394 - Unsolicited proposals
- § 395 - Prohibition on contracts with corporate expatriates
- § 396 - Lead system integrator; financial interests
- § 411 - Establishment of human resources management system
- § 412 - Labor-management relations
- § 413 - Use of counternarcotics enforcement activities in certain employee performance appraisals
- § 414 - Homeland Security Rotation Program
- § 415 - Homeland Security Education Program
- § 416 - Use of protective equipment or measures by employees
- § 421 - Definition
- § 422 - Procurements for defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack
- § 423 - Increased simplified acquisition threshold for procurements in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operations or contingency operations
- § 424 - Increased micro-purchase threshold for certain procurements
- § 425 - Application of certain commercial items authorities to certain procurements
- § 426 - Use of streamlined procedures
- § 427 - Review and report by Comptroller General
- § 428 - Identification of new entrants into the Federal marketplace
- § 441 - Administration
- § 442 - Litigation management
- § 443 - Risk management
- § 444 - Definitions
- § 451 - Advisory committees
- § 452 - Reorganization
- § 453 - Use of appropriated funds
- § 453a - Additional uses of appropriated funds
- § 453b - Requirement to buy certain items related to national security interests from American sources; exceptions
- § 453c - Disposition of equines unfit for service
- § 454 - Future Years Homeland Security Program
- § 455 - Miscellaneous authorities
- § 456 - Military activities
- § 457 - Regulatory authority and preemption
- § 458 - Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement
- § 459 - Office of International Affairs
- § 460 - Prohibition of the Terrorism Information and Prevention System
- § 461 - Review of pay and benefit plans
- § 462 - Office of National Capital Region Coordination
- § 463 - Requirement to comply with laws protecting equal employment opportunity and providing whistleblower protections
- § 464 - Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
- § 464a - Repealed. Pub. L. 111–245, § 2(b)(2), Sept. 30, 2010, 124 Stat. 2621
- § 464b - Staffing accreditation function
- § 464c - Student housing
- § 464d - Additional funds for training
- § 464e - Short-term medical services for students
- § 465 - Joint Interagency Task Force
- § 466 - Sense of Congress reaffirming the continued importance and applicability of the Posse Comitatus Act
- § 467 - Coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services under the Public Health Service Act
- § 468 - Preserving Coast Guard mission performance
- § 469 - Fees for credentialing and background investigations in transportation
- § 469a - Collection of fees from non-Federal participants in meetings
- § 470 - Disclosures regarding homeland security grants
- § 471 - Annual ammunition report
- § 472 - Annual weaponry report
- § 473 - Cyber Crimes Center, Child Exploitation Investigations Unit, Computer Forensics Unit, and Cyber Crimes Unit
- § 481 - Short title; findings; and sense of Congress
- § 482 - Facilitating homeland security information sharing procedures
- § 483 - Report
- § 484 - Authorization of appropriations
- § 485 - Information sharing
- § 486 - Limitation of liability
- § 488 - Definitions
- § 488a - Regulation of the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate
- § 488b - Inspection and auditing of records
- § 488c - Administrative provisions
- § 488d - Theft reporting requirement
- § 488e - Prohibitions and penalty
- § 488f - Protection from civil liability
- § 488g - Preemption of other laws
- § 488h - Deadlines for regulations
- § 488i - Authorization of appropriations
- § 491 - National Homeland Security Council
- § 492 - Function
- § 493 - Membership
- § 494 - Other functions and activities
- § 495 - Staff composition
- § 496 - Relation to the National Security Council
- § 511 - Information security responsibilities of certain agencies
- § 512 - Construction
- § 513 - Federal air marshal program
- § 521 - Legal status of EOIR
- § 522 - Statutory construction
- § 531 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
- § 532 - Explosives Training and Research Facility
- § 533 - Transferred
- § 541 - Definitions
- § 542 - Reorganization plan
- § 543 - Review of congressional committee structures
- § 551 - Transitional authorities
- § 552 - Savings provisions
- § 552a - Savings provision of certain transfers made under the Homeland Security Act of 2002
- § 553 - Terminations
- § 554 - National identification system not authorized
- § 555 - Continuity of Inspector General oversight
- § 556 - Incidental transfers
- § 557 - Reference
- § 561 - Definitions
- § 563 - 5-year technology investment plan
- § 563a - Acquisition justification and reports
- § 563b - Acquisition baseline establishment and reports
- § 563c - Inventory utilization
- § 563d - Small business contracting goals
- § 563e - Consistency with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and departmental policies and directives
- § 571 - Office of Emergency Communications
- § 572 - National Emergency Communications Plan
- § 573 - Assessments and reports
- § 574 - Coordination of Department emergency communications grant programs
- § 575 - Regional emergency communications coordination
- § 576 - Emergency Communications Preparedness Center
- § 577 - Urban and other high risk area communications capabilities
- § 578 - Definition
- § 579 - Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program
- § 580 - Border interoperability demonstration project
- § 591 - Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
- § 592 - Mission of Office
- § 592a - Technology research and development investment strategy for nuclear and radiological detection
- § 593 - Hiring authority
- § 594 - Testing authority
- § 595 - Relationship to other Department entities and Federal agencies
- § 596 - Contracting and grant making authorities
- § 596a - Joint annual interagency review of global nuclear detection architecture
- § 601 - Definitions
- § 603 - Homeland security grant programs
- § 604 - Urban Area Security Initiative
- § 605 - State Homeland Security Grant Program
- § 606 - Grants to directly eligible tribes
- § 607 - Terrorism prevention
- § 608 - Prioritization
- § 609 - Use of funds
- § 611 - Administration and coordination
- § 612 - Accountability
- § 613 - Identification of reporting redundancies and development of performance metrics
- § 621 - Definitions
- § 622 - Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program
- § 623 - Protection and sharing of information
- § 624 - Civil enforcement
- § 625 - Whistleblower protections
- § 626 - Relationship to other laws
- § 627 - CFATS regulations
- § 628 - Small covered chemical facilities
- § 629 - Outreach to chemical facilities of interest
- § 641 - Definitions
- § 642 - Training for Department personnel to identify human trafficking
- § 643 - Certification and report to Congress
- § 644 - Assistance to non-Federal entities
CHAPTER 2 NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
- § 701 - Definitions
- § 711 - Surge Capacity Force
- § 721 - Evacuation preparedness technical assistance
- § 722 - Urban Search and Rescue Response System
- § 723 - Metropolitan Medical Response Grant Program
- § 724 - Logistics
- § 725 - Prepositioned equipment program
- § 726 - Basic life supporting first aid and education
- § 727 - Improvements to information technology systems
- § 728 - Disclosure of certain information to law enforcement agencies
- § 741 - Definitions
- § 742 - National preparedness
- § 743 - National preparedness goal
- § 744 - Establishment of national preparedness system
- § 745 - National planning scenarios
- § 746 - Target capabilities and preparedness priorities
- § 747 - Equipment and training standards
- § 748 - Training and exercises
- § 749 - Comprehensive assessment system
- § 750 - Remedial action management program
- § 751 - Federal response capability inventory
- § 752 - Reporting requirements
- § 753 - Federal preparedness
- § 754 - Use of existing resources
- § 761 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact grants
- § 762 - Emergency management performance grants program
- § 763 - Transfer of Noble Training Center
- § 763a - Training for Federal Government, foreign governments, or private entities
- § 764 - National exercise simulation center
- § 765 - Real property transactions
- § 771 - National Disaster Recovery Strategy
- § 772 - National Disaster Housing Strategy
- § 773 - Individuals with disabilities guidelines
- § 774 - Reunification
- § 775 - National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System
- § 776 - Individuals and households pilot program
- § 777 - Public assistance pilot program
- § 791 - Advance contracting
- § 792 - Limitations on tiering of subcontractors
- § 793 - Oversight and accountability of Federal disaster expenditures
- § 794 - Limitation on length of certain noncompetitive contracts
- § 795 - Fraud, waste, and abuse controls
- § 796 - Registry of disaster response contractors
- § 797 - Fraud prevention training program
- § 811 - Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 3 SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EVERY PORT
- § 901 - Definitions
- § 911 - Repealed. Pub. L. 111–281, title VIII, § 821(b), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3003
- § 912 - Port Security Exercise Program
- § 913 - Facility exercise requirements
- § 921 - Domestic radiation detection and imaging
- § 921a - Integration of detection equipment and technologies
- § 922 - Inspection of car ferries entering from abroad
- § 923 - Random searches of containers
- § 924 - Threat assessment screening of port truck drivers
- § 925 - Border Patrol unit for United States Virgin Islands
- § 926 - Center of Excellence for Maritime Domain Awareness
- § 941 - Strategic plan to enhance the security of the international supply chain
- § 942 - Post-incident resumption of trade
- § 943 - Automated Targeting System
- § 944 - Container security standards and procedures
- § 945 - Container Security Initiative
- § 961 - Establishment
- § 962 - Eligible entities
- § 963 - Minimum requirements
- § 964 - Tier 1 participants in C–TPAT
- § 965 - Tier 2 participants in C–TPAT
- § 966 - Tier 3 participants in C–TPAT
- § 967 - Consequences for lack of compliance
- § 968 - Third party validations
- § 969 - Revalidation
- § 970 - Noncontainerized cargo
- § 971 - C–TPAT program management
- § 972 - Additional personnel
- § 973 - Authorization of appropriations
- § 981 - Pilot integrated scanning system
- § 981a - Pilot integrated scanning system
- § 982 - Screening and scanning of cargo containers
- § 983 - Inspection technology and training
- § 984 - Pilot program to improve the security of empty containers
- § 985 - Information sharing relating to supply chain security cooperation
- § 1001 - Designation of liaison office of Department of State
- § 1002 - Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee
- § 1003 - Research, development, test, and evaluation efforts in furtherance of maritime and cargo security
CHAPTER 4 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
- § 1101 - Definitions
- § 1102 - National Domestic Preparedness Consortium
- § 1103 - National Transportation Security Center of Excellence
- § 1104 - Immunity for reports of suspected terrorist activity or suspicious behavior and response
- § 1111 - Definitions
- § 1112 - Authorization of Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response teams
- § 1113 - Surface transportation security inspectors
- § 1114 - Surface transportation security technology information sharing
- § 1115 - TSA personnel limitations
- § 1116 - National explosives detection canine team training program
- § 1117 - Roles of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation
- § 1131 - Definitions
- § 1132 - Findings
- § 1133 - National Strategy for Public Transportation Security
- § 1134 - Security assessments and plans
- § 1135 - Public transportation security assistance
- § 1136 - Security exercises
- § 1137 - Public transportation security training program
- § 1138 - Public transportation research and development
- § 1139 - Information sharing
- § 1140 - Threat assessments
- § 1141 - Reporting requirements
- § 1142 - Public transportation employee protections
- § 1143 - Security background checks of covered individuals for public transportation
- § 1144 - Limitation on fines and civil penalties
- § 1151 - Definitions
- § 1152 - Oversight and grant procedures
- § 1153 - Authorization of appropriations
- § 1154 - Public awareness
- § 1161 - Railroad transportation security risk assessment and National Strategy
- § 1162 - Railroad carrier assessments and plans
- § 1163 - Railroad security assistance
- § 1164 - Systemwide Amtrak security upgrades
- § 1165 - Fire and life safety improvements
- § 1166 - Railroad carrier exercises
- § 1167 - Railroad security training program
- § 1168 - Railroad security research and development
- § 1169 - Railroad tank car security testing
- § 1170 - Security background checks of covered individuals
- § 1171 - International railroad security program
- § 1172 - Railroad security enhancements; Model State legislation
- § 1181 - Over-the-road bus security assessments and plans
- § 1182 - Over-the-road bus security assistance
- § 1183 - Over-the-road bus exercises
- § 1184 - Over-the-road bus security training program
- § 1185 - Over-the-road bus security research and development
- § 1186 - Memorandum of Understanding annex
- § 1201 - Railroad routing of security-sensitive materials
- § 1202 - Railroad security-sensitive material tracking
- § 1203 - Hazardous materials highway routing
- § 1204 - Motor carrier security-sensitive material tracking
- § 1205 - Hazardous materials security inspections and study
- § 1206 - Use of transportation security card in hazmat licensing
- § 1207 - Pipeline security inspections and enforcement
- § 1208 - Pipeline security and incident recovery plan
CHAPTER 5 BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION
- § 1401 - Definitions
- § 1402, 1403 - Repealed. Pub. L. 113–188, title X, § 1001(b), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2022
- § 1404 - Repealed. Pub. L. 114–4, title V, § 566, Mar. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 73
- § 1405 - Authorization of appropriations
CHAPTER 6 CYBERSECURITY
- § 1501 - Definitions
- § 1502 - Sharing of information by the Federal Government
- § 1503 - Authorizations for preventing, detecting, analyzing, and mitigating cybersecurity threats
- § 1504 - Sharing of cyber threat indicators and defensive measures with the Federal Government
- § 1505 - Protection from liability
- § 1506 - Oversight of government activities
- § 1507 - Construction and preemption
- § 1508 - Report on cybersecurity threats
- § 1509 - Exception to limitation on authority of Secretary of Defense to disseminate certain information
- § 1510 - Effective period
- § 1521 - Definitions
- § 1522 - Advanced internal defenses
- § 1523 - Federal cybersecurity requirements
- § 1524 - Assessment; reports
- § 1525 - Termination
- § 1531 - Apprehension and prosecution of international cyber criminals
- § 1532 - Enhancement of emergency services
- § 1533 - Improving cybersecurity in the health care industry