Title 6, Chapter 1
Domestic Security — 409 sections
- § 1 Section 1 - Integrated public alert and warning system
- § 101 Section 101 - Definitions
- § 102 Section 102 - Construction; severability
- § 103 Section 103 - Use of appropriated funds
- § 103a Section 103a - Department of Homeland Security Nonrecurring Expenses Fund
- § 104 Section 104 - National biodefense strategy
- § 105 Section 105 - Biodefense analysis and budget submission
- § 106 Section 106 - Update of national biodefense implementation plan
- § 111 Section 111 - Executive department; mission
- § 112 Section 112 - Secretary; functions
- § 113 Section 113 - Other officers
- § 114 Section 114 - Sensitive Security Information
- § 115 Section 115 - Trade and customs revenue functions of the Department
- § 121 Section 121 - Information and Analysis and Infrastructure Protection
- § 121a Section 121a - Homeland Security Intelligence Program
- § 122 Section 122 - Access to information
- § 123 Section 123 - Terrorist travel program
- § 124 Section 124 - Homeland Security Advisory System
- § 124a Section 124a - Homeland security information sharing
- § 124c Section 124c - Coordination with information sharing environment
- § 124b Section 124b - Comprehensive information technology network architecture
- § 124d Section 124d - Intelligence components
- § 124e Section 124e - Training for employees of intelligence components
- § 124f Section 124f - Intelligence training development for State and local government officials
- § 124g Section 124g - Information sharing incentives
- § 124h Section 124h - Department of Homeland Security State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative
- § 124i Section 124i - Homeland Security Information Sharing Fellows Program
- § 124j Section 124j - Rural Policing Institute
- § 124k Section 124k - Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group
- § 124l Section 124l - National asset database
- § 124m Section 124m - Classified Information Advisory Officer
- § 124n Section 124n - Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft
- § 125 Section 125 - Annual report on intelligence activities of the Department of Homeland Security
- § 126 Section 126 - Department of Homeland Security data framework
- § 131 Section 131 - Definitions
- § 132 Section 132 - Designation of critical infrastructure protection program
- § 133 Section 133 - Protection of voluntarily shared critical infrastructure information
- § 134 Section 134 - No private right of action
- § 141 Section 141 - Procedures for sharing information
- § 142 Section 142 - Privacy officer
- § 143 Section 143 - Enhancement of Federal and non-Federal cybersecurity
- § 144 Section 144 - NET Guard
- § 145 Section 145 - Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2002
- § 146 Section 146 - Cybersecurity workforce assessment and strategy
- § 147 Section 147 - Cybersecurity recruitment and retention
- § 148 Section 148 - National cybersecurity and communications integration center
- § 149 Section 149 - Cybersecurity plans
- § 150 Section 150 - Clearances
- § 151 Section 151 - Federal intrusion detection and prevention system
- § 161 Section 161 - Establishment of Office; Director
- § 162 Section 162 - Mission of Office; duties
- § 163 Section 163 - Definition of law enforcement technology
- § 164 Section 164 - Abolishment of Office of Science and Technology of National Institute of Justice; transfer of functions
- § 165 Section 165 - National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Centers
- § 181 Section 181 - Under Secretary for Science and Technology
- § 182 Section 182 - Responsibilities and authorities of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology
- § 183 Section 183 - Functions transferred
- § 184 Section 184 - Conduct of certain public health-related activities
- § 185 Section 185 - Federally funded research and development centers
- § 186 Section 186 - Miscellaneous provisions
- § 187 Section 187 - Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
- § 188 Section 188 - Conduct of research, development, demonstration, testing and evaluation
- § 189 Section 189 - Utilization of Department of Energy national laboratories and sites in support of homeland security activities
- § 190 Section 190 - Transfer of Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Department of Agriculture
- § 191 Section 191 - Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee
- § 192 Section 192 - Homeland Security Institute
- § 193 Section 193 - Technology clearinghouse to encourage and support innovative solutions to enhance homeland security
- § 194 Section 194 - Enhancement of public safety communications interoperability
- § 195 Section 195 - Office for Interoperability and Compatibility
- § 195a Section 195a - Emergency communications interoperability research and development
- § 195b Section 195b - National Biosurveillance Integration Center
- § 195c Section 195c - Promoting antiterrorism through international cooperation program
- § 195d Section 195d - Social media working group
- § 195e Section 195e - Transparency in research and development
- § 195f Section 195f - EMP and GMD mitigation research and development and threat assessment, response, and recovery
- § 195h Section 195h - National Urban Security Technology Laboratory
- § 195g Section 195g - Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator
- § 195i Section 195i - Chemical Security Analysis Center
- § 201 Section 201 - Repealed. Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII , § 802(g)(2), Feb. 24, 2016 , 130 Stat. 212
- § 202 Section 202 - Border, maritime, and transportation responsibilities
- § 203 Section 203 - Functions transferred
- § 204 Section 204 - Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee
- § 205 Section 205 - Ombudsman for immigration detention
- § 211 Section 211 - Establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, and operational offices
- § 212 Section 212 - Retention of Customs revenue functions by Secretary of the Treasury
- § 213 Section 213 - Preservation of Customs funds
- § 214 Section 214 - Separate budget request for Customs
- § 215 Section 215 - Definition
- § 216 Section 216 - Repealed. Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII , § 802(f), Feb. 24, 2016 , 130 Stat. 210
- § 217 Section 217 - Allocation of resources by the Secretary
- § 218 Section 218 - Repealed. Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII , § 802(f), Feb. 24, 2016 , 130 Stat. 210
- § 220 Section 220 - Methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals
- § 221 Section 221 - Requirements with respect to administering polygraph examinations to law enforcement personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- § 222 Section 222 - Advanced Training Center Revolving Fund
- § 223 Section 223 - Border security metrics
- § 224 Section 224 - Other reporting requirements
- § 225 Section 225 - Reports, evaluations, and research regarding drug interdiction at and between ports of entry
- § 226 Section 226 - Ensuring timely updates to U.S. Customs and Border Protection field manuals
- § 231 Section 231 - Transfer of certain agricultural inspection functions of the Department of Agriculture
- § 232 Section 232 - Functions of Administrator of General Services
- § 233 Section 233 - Functions of Transportation Security Administration
- § 234 Section 234 - Preservation of Transportation Security Administration as a distinct entity
- § 235 Section 235 - Coordination of information and information technology
- § 236 Section 236 - Visa issuance
- § 237 Section 237 - Information on visa denials required to be entered into electronic data system
- § 238 Section 238 - Office for Domestic Preparedness
- § 239 Section 239 - Office of Cargo Security Policy
- § 240 Section 240 - Border Enforcement Security Task Force
- § 241 Section 241 - Prevention of international child abduction
- § 242 Section 242 - Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign
- § 242a Section 242a - Department of Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking
- § 242b Section 242b - Reports
- § 243 Section 243 - Maritime operations coordination plan
- § 244 Section 244 - Maritime security capabilities assessments
- § 245 Section 245 - Operational data sharing capability
- § 251 Section 251 - Transfer of functions
- § 252 Section 252 - Establishment of Bureau of Border Security
- § 253 Section 253 - Professional responsibility and quality review
- § 254 Section 254 - Employee discipline
- § 255 Section 255 - Report on improving enforcement functions
- § 256 Section 256 - Sense of Congress regarding construction of fencing near San Diego, California
- § 257 Section 257 - Report
- § 258 Section 258 - Homeland Security Investigations Victim Assistance Program
- § 271 Section 271 - Establishment of Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
- § 272 Section 272 - Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman
- § 273 Section 273 - Professional responsibility and quality review
- § 274 Section 274 - Employee discipline
- § 275 Section 275 - Transition
- § 276 Section 276 - Report on improving immigration services
- § 277 Section 277 - Report on responding to fluctuating needs
- § 278 Section 278 - Application of Internet-based technologies
- § 279 Section 279 - Children’s affairs
- § 291 Section 291 - Abolishment of INS
- § 292 Section 292 - Voluntary separation incentive payments
- § 293 Section 293 - Authority to conduct a demonstration project relating to disciplinary action
- § 294 Section 294 - Sense of Congress
- § 295 Section 295 - Director of Shared Services
- § 296 Section 296 - Separation of funding
- § 297 Section 297 - Reports and implementation plans
- § 298 Section 298 - Immigration functions
- § 301 Section 301 - Fee agreements for certain services at ports of entry
- § 301a Section 301a - Port of entry donation authority
- § 301b Section 301b - Current and proposed agreements
- § 301c Section 301c - Definitions
- § 311 Section 311 - Definitions
- § 312 Section 312 - Definition
- § 313 Section 313 - Federal Emergency Management Agency
- § 314 Section 314 - Authority and responsibilities
- § 314a Section 314a - FEMA programs
- § 315 Section 315 - Functions transferred
- § 316 Section 316 - Preserving the Federal Emergency Management Agency
- § 317 Section 317 - Regional offices
- § 318 Section 318 - National Advisory Council
- § 319 Section 319 - National Integration Center
- § 320 Section 320 - Credentialing and typing
- § 321 Section 321 - The National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center
- § 321a Section 321a - Evacuation plans and exercises
- § 321b Section 321b - Disability Coordinator
- § 321d Section 321d - National Operations Center
- § 321c Section 321c - Department and Agency officials
- § 321e Section 321e - Chief Medical Officer
- § 321f Section 321f - Nuclear incident response
- § 321g Section 321g - Conduct of certain public health-related activities
- § 321h Section 321h - Use of national private sector networks in emergency response
- § 321i Section 321i - Use of commercially available technology, goods, and services
- § 321j Section 321j - Procurement of security countermeasures for Strategic National Stockpile
- § 321k Section 321k - Model standards and guidelines for critical infrastructure workers
- § 321l Section 321l - Guidance and recommendations
- § 321m Section 321m - Voluntary private sector preparedness accreditation and certification program
- § 321n Section 321n - Acceptance of gifts
- § 321o Section 321o - Integrated public alert and warning system modernization
- § 321p Section 321p - National planning and education
- § 321q Section 321q - Coordination of Department of Homeland Security efforts related to food, agriculture, and veterinary defense against terrorism
- § 321r Section 321r - Transfer of equipment during a public health emergency
- § 322 Section 322 - Continuity of the economy plan
- § 323 Section 323 - Guidance on how to prevent exposure to and release of PFAS
- § 331 Section 331 - Treatment of charitable trusts for members of the Armed Forces of the United States and other governmental organizations
- § 341 Section 341 - Under Secretary for Management
- § 342 Section 342 - Chief Financial Officer
- § 343 Section 343 - Chief Information Officer
- § 344 Section 344 - Chief Human Capital Officer
- § 345 Section 345 - Establishment of Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- § 346 Section 346 - Consolidation and co-location of offices
- § 347 Section 347 - Quadrennial homeland security review
- § 348 Section 348 - Joint task forces
- § 349 Section 349 - Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans
- § 350 Section 350 - Workforce health and medical support
- § 351 Section 351 - Employee engagement
- § 352 Section 352 - Annual employee award program
- § 353 Section 353 - Acquisition professional career program
- § 361 Section 361 - Office for State and Local Government Coordination
- § 371 Section 371 - Repealed. Pub. L. 108–7, div. L , § 104(c)(1), Feb. 20, 2003 , 117 Stat. 531
- § 381 Section 381 - Functions transferred
- § 382 Section 382 - Use of proceeds derived from criminal investigations
- § 383 Section 383 - National Computer Forensics Institute
- § 391 Section 391 - Research and development projects
- § 392 Section 392 - Personal services
- § 393 Section 393 - Special streamlined acquisition authority
- § 394 Section 394 - Unsolicited proposals
- § 395 Section 395 - Prohibition on contracts with corporate expatriates
- § 396 Section 396 - Lead system integrator; financial interests
- § 397 Section 397 - Requirements to buy certain items related to national security interests
- § 411 Section 411 - Establishment of human resources management system
- § 412 Section 412 - Labor-management relations
- § 413 Section 413 - Use of counternarcotics enforcement activities in certain employee performance appraisals
- § 414 Section 414 - Homeland Security Rotation Program
- § 415 Section 415 - Homeland Security Education Program
- § 416 Section 416 - Use of protective equipment or measures by employees
- § 417 Section 417 - Rotational cybersecurity research program
- § 421 Section 421 - Definition
- § 422 Section 422 - Procurements for defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack
- § 423 Section 423 - Increased simplified acquisition threshold for procurements in support of humanitarian or peacekeeping operations or contingency operations
- § 424 Section 424 - Increased micro-purchase threshold for certain procurements
- § 425 Section 425 - Application of certain commercial items authorities to certain procurements
- § 426 Section 426 - Use of streamlined procedures
- § 427 Section 427 - Review and report by Comptroller General
- § 428 Section 428 - Identification of new entrants into the Federal marketplace
- § 441 Section 441 - Administration
- § 442 Section 442 - Litigation management
- § 443 Section 443 - Risk management
- § 444 Section 444 - Definitions
- § 451 Section 451 - Advisory committees
- § 452 Section 452 - Reorganization
- § 453 Section 453 - Use of appropriated funds
- § 453a Section 453a - Additional uses of appropriated funds
- § 453b Section 453b - Requirement to buy certain items related to national security interests from American sources; exceptions
- § 453c Section 453c - Disposition of equines unfit for service
- § 454 Section 454 - Future Years Homeland Security Program
- § 455 Section 455 - Miscellaneous authorities
- § 456 Section 456 - Military activities
- § 457 Section 457 - Regulatory authority and preemption
- § 458 Section 458 - Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement
- § 459 Section 459 - Office of International Affairs
- § 460 Section 460 - Prohibition of the Terrorism Information and Prevention System
- § 461 Section 461 - Review of pay and benefit plans
- § 462 Section 462 - Office of National Capital Region Coordination
- § 463 Section 463 - Requirement to comply with laws protecting equal employment opportunity and providing whistleblower protections
- § 464 Section 464 - Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
- § 464a Section 464a - Repealed. Pub. L. 111–245 , § 2(b)(2), Sept. 30, 2010 , 124 Stat. 2621
- § 464c Section 464c - Student housing
- § 464b Section 464b - Staffing accreditation function
- § 464d Section 464d - Additional funds for training
- § 464e Section 464e - Short-term medical services for students
- § 465 Section 465 - Joint Interagency Task Force
- § 466 Section 466 - Sense of Congress reaffirming the continued importance and applicability of the Posse Comitatus Act
- § 467 Section 467 - Coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services under the Public Health Service Act
- § 468 Section 468 - Preserving Coast Guard mission performance
- § 469a Section 469a - Collection of fees from non-Federal participants in meetings
- § 469 Section 469 - Fees for credentialing and background investigations in transportation
- § 470 Section 470 - Disclosures regarding homeland security grants
- § 471 Section 471 - Annual ammunition report
- § 472 Section 472 - Annual weaponry report
- § 473 Section 473 - Cyber Crimes Center, Child Exploitation Investigations Unit, Computer Forensics Unit, and Cyber Crimes Unit
- § 474 Section 474 - Homeland security critical domain research and development
- § 475 Section 475 - Transnational Criminal Investigative Units
- § 475a Section 475a - Mentor-protégé program
- § 481 Section 481 - Short title; findings; and sense of Congress
- § 482 Section 482 - Facilitating homeland security information sharing procedures
- § 483 Section 483 - Report
- § 484 Section 484 - Authorization of appropriations
- § 484a Section 484a - Reciprocal information sharing
- § 485 Section 485 - Information sharing
- § 486 Section 486 - Limitation of liability
- § 488 Section 488 - Definitions
- § 488a Section 488a - Regulation of the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate
- § 488b Section 488b - Inspection and auditing of records
- § 488c Section 488c - Administrative provisions
- § 488e Section 488e - Prohibitions and penalty
- § 488d Section 488d - Theft reporting requirement
- § 488f Section 488f - Protection from civil liability
- § 488g Section 488g - Preemption of other laws
- § 488h Section 488h - Deadlines for regulations
- § 488i Section 488i - Authorization of appropriations
- § 491 Section 491 - National Homeland Security Council
- § 492 Section 492 - Function
- § 493 Section 493 - Membership
- § 494 Section 494 - Other functions and activities
- § 495 Section 495 - Staff composition
- § 496 Section 496 - Relation to the National Security Council
- § 511 Section 511 - Information security responsibilities of certain agencies
- § 512 Section 512 - Construction
- § 513 Section 513 - Federal air marshal program
- § 521 Section 521 - Legal status of EOIR
- § 522 Section 522 - Statutory construction
- § 531 Section 531 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
- § 532 Section 532 - Explosives Training and Research Facility
- § 533 Section 533 - Transferred
- § 541 Section 541 - Definitions
- § 542 Section 542 - Reorganization plan
- § 543 Section 543 - Review of congressional committee structures
- § 551 Section 551 - Transitional authorities
- § 552 Section 552 - Savings provisions
- § 552a Section 552a - Savings provision of certain transfers made under the Homeland Security Act of 2002
- § 553 Section 553 - Terminations
- § 554 Section 554 - National identification system not authorized
- § 555 Section 555 - Continuity of Inspector General oversight
- § 556 Section 556 - Incidental transfers
- § 557 Section 557 - Reference
- § 561 Section 561 - Definitions
- § 563a Section 563a - Acquisition justification and reports
- § 563 Section 563 - 5-year technology investment plan
- § 563c Section 563c - Inventory utilization
- § 563b Section 563b - Acquisition baseline establishment and reports
- § 563d Section 563d - Small business contracting goals
- § 563e Section 563e - Consistency with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and departmental policies and directives
- § 563f Section 563f - Diversified security technology industry marketplace
- § 565 Section 565 - Maintenance validation and oversight
- § 571 Section 571 - Office of Emergency Communications
- § 572 Section 572 - National Emergency Communications Plan
- § 573 Section 573 - Assessments and reports
- § 574 Section 574 - Coordination of Department emergency communications grant programs
- § 575 Section 575 - Regional emergency communications coordination
- § 576 Section 576 - Emergency Communications Preparedness Center
- § 577 Section 577 - Urban and other high risk area communications capabilities
- § 578 Section 578 - Definition
- § 579 Section 579 - Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program
- § 580 Section 580 - Border interoperability demonstration project
- § 590 Section 590 - Definitions
- § 591 Section 591 - Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
- § 591g Section 591g - Mission of the Office
- § 591h Section 591h - Relationship to other Department components and Federal agencies
- § 592 Section 592 - Mission of Office
- § 592a Section 592a - Technology research and development investment strategy for nuclear and radiological detection
- § 593 Section 593 - Hiring authority
- § 594 Section 594 - Testing authority
- § 595 Section 595 - Relationship to other Department entities and Federal agencies
- § 596 Section 596 - Contracting and grant making authorities
- § 596a Section 596a - Joint annual interagency review of global nuclear detection architecture
- § 596b Section 596b - Securing the Cities program
- § 597 Section 597 - Chief Medical Officer
- § 597a Section 597a - Medical countermeasures
- § 601 Section 601 - Definitions
- § 603 Section 603 - Homeland security grant programs
- § 604 Section 604 - Urban Area Security Initiative
- § 605 Section 605 - State Homeland Security Grant Program
- § 606 Section 606 - Grants to directly eligible tribes
- § 607 Section 607 - Terrorism prevention
- § 608 Section 608 - Prioritization
- § 609 Section 609 - Use of funds
- § 609a Section 609a - Nonprofit Security Grant Program
- § 611 Section 611 - Administration and coordination
- § 612 Section 612 - Accountability
- § 613 Section 613 - Identification of reporting redundancies and development of performance metrics
- § 621 Section 621 - Definitions
- § 622 Section 622 - Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program
- § 623 Section 623 - Protection and sharing of information
- § 624 Section 624 - Civil enforcement
- § 625 Section 625 - Whistleblower protections
- § 626 Section 626 - Relationship to other laws
- § 627 Section 627 - CFATS regulations
- § 628 Section 628 - Small covered chemical facilities
- § 629 Section 629 - Outreach to chemical facilities of interest
- § 641 Section 641 - Definitions
- § 642 Section 642 - Training for Department personnel to identify human trafficking
- § 643 Section 643 - Certification and report to Congress
- § 644 Section 644 - Assistance to non-Federal entities
- § 645 Section 645 - Victim protection training for the Department of Homeland Security
- § 645a Section 645a - Human trafficking assessment
- § 650 Section 650 - Definitions
- § 651 Section 651 - Definition
- § 652 Section 652 - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- § 652a Section 652a - Sector Risk Management Agencies
- § 653 Section 653 - Cybersecurity Division
- § 654 Section 654 - Infrastructure Security Division
- § 655 Section 655 - Enhancement of Federal and non-Federal cybersecurity
- § 656 Section 656 - NET Guard
- § 657 Section 657 - Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2002
- § 658 Section 658 - Cybersecurity recruitment and retention
- § 659 Section 659 - National cybersecurity and communications integration center
- § 660 Section 660 - Cybersecurity plans
- § 661 Section 661 - Cybersecurity strategy
- § 662 Section 662 - Clearances
- § 663 Section 663 - Federal intrusion detection and prevention system
- § 664 Section 664 - National asset database
- § 665 Section 665 - Duties and authorities relating to .gov internet domain
- § 665a Section 665a - Intelligence and cybersecurity diversity fellowship program
- § 665b Section 665b - Joint cyber planning office
- § 665c Section 665c - Cybersecurity State Coordinator
- § 665d Section 665d - Sector Risk Management Agencies
- § 665e Section 665e - Cybersecurity Advisory Committee
- § 665f Section 665f - Cybersecurity education and training programs
- § 665g Section 665g - State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
- § 665h Section 665h - National Cyber Exercise Program
- § 665i Section 665i - CyberSentry program
- § 665j Section 665j - Ransomware threat mitigation activities
- § 665k Section 665k - Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Evidence-based Practices
- § 665l Section 665l - School and daycare protection
- § 665m Section 665m - President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition
- § 665n Section 665n - Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training Initiative
- § 671 Section 671 - Definitions
- § 672 Section 672 - Designation of critical infrastructure protection program
- § 673 Section 673 - Protection of voluntarily shared critical infrastructure information
- § 674 Section 674 - No private right of action
- § 677 Section 677 - Sense of Congress
- § 677a Section 677a - Definitions
- § 677b Section 677b - Declaration
- § 677c Section 677c - Cyber Response and Recovery Fund
- § 677d Section 677d - Notification and reporting
- § 677e Section 677e - Rule of construction
- § 677f Section 677f - Authorization of appropriations
- § 677g Section 677g - Sunset
- § 681 Section 681 - Definitions
- § 681b Section 681b - Required reporting of certain cyber incidents
- § 681a Section 681a - Cyber incident review
- § 681c Section 681c - Voluntary reporting of other cyber incidents
- § 681d Section 681d - Noncompliance with required reporting
- § 681e Section 681e - Information shared with or provided to the Federal Government
- § 681f Section 681f - Cyber Incident Reporting Council
- § 681g Section 681g - Federal sharing of incident reports