US Code Title 6 Chapter 1 Homeland Security Organization

§ 101 - Definitions
§ 102 - Construction; Severability
§ 103 - Use of Appropriated Funds

Subchapter I - Department of Homeland Security

§ 111 - Executive Department; Mission
§ 112 - Secretary; Functions
§ 113 - Other Officers
§ 114 - Sensitive Security Information
§ 115 - Trade and Customs Revenue Functions of the Department

Subchapter II - Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection

Part A - Information and Analysis and Infrastructure Protection; Access to Information

§ 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

Part B - Critical Infrastructure Information

§ 131 - Definitions
§ 132 - Designation of Critical Infrastructure Protection Program
§ 133 - Protection of Voluntarily Shared Critical Infrastructure Information
§ 134 - No Private Right of Action

Part C - Information Security

§ 141 - Procedures for Sharing Information
§ 142 - Privacy Officer
§ 143 - Enhancement of Non-federal Cybersecurity
§ 144 - Net Guard
§ 145 - Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2002

Part D - Office of Science and Technology

§ 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

Subchapter III - Science and Technology in Support of Homeland Security

§ 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

Subchapter IV - Directorate of Border and Transportation Security

Part A - Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security

§ 201 - Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security
§ 202 - Responsibilities
§ 203 - Functions Transferred

Part B - United States Customs Service

§ 211 - Establishment; Commissioner of Customs
§ 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 - Gao Report to Congress
§ 217 - Allocation of Resources by the Secretary
§ 218 - Reports to Congress
§ 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

Part C - Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 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

Part D - Immigration Enforcement Functions

§ 251 - Transfer of Functions to Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security
§ 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

Part E - Citizenship and Immigration Services

§ 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

Part F - General Immigration Provisions

§ 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

Subchapter V - National Emergency Management

§ 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

Subchapter VI - Treatment of Charitable Trusts for Members of the Armed Forces of the United States and Other Governmental Organizations

§ 331 - Treatment of Charitable Trusts for Members of the Armed Forces of the United States and Other Governmental Organizations

Subchapter VII - Management

§ 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

Subchapter VIII - Coordination With Non-federal Entities; Inspector General; United States Secret Service; Coast Guard; General Provisions

Part A - Coordination With Non-federal Entities

§ 361 - Office for State and Local Government Coordination

Part B - Inspector General

§ 371 - Repealed. Pub. L. 108–7, Div. L, §104(c)(1), Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 531

Part C - United States Secret Service

§ 381 - Functions Transferred

Part D - Acquisitions

§ 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

Part E - Human Resources Management

§ 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

Part F - Federal Emergency Procurement Flexibility

§ 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

Part G - Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies

§ 441 - Administration
§ 442 - Litigation Management
§ 443 - Risk Management
§ 444 - Definitions

Part H - Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 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

Part I - Information Sharing

§ 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

Part J - Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate

§ 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

Subchapter IX - National Homeland Security Council

§ 491 - National Homeland Security Council
§ 492 - Function
§ 493 - Membership
§ 494 - Other Functions and Activities
§ 495 - Staff Composition
§ 496 - Relation to the National Security Council

Subchapter X - Construction

§ 511 - Information Security Responsibilities of Certain Agencies
§ 512 - Construction
§ 513 - Federal Air Marshal Program

Subchapter XI - Department of Justice Divisions

Part A - Executive Office for Immigration Review

§ 521 - Legal Status of Eoir
§ 522 - Statutory Construction

Part B - Transfer of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to the Department of Justice

§ 531 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
§ 532 - Explosives Training and Research Facility
§ 533 - Transferred

Subchapter XII - Transition

Part A - Reorganization Plan

§ 541 - Definitions
§ 542 - Reorganization Plan
§ 543 - Review of Congressional Committee Structures

Part B - Transitional Provisions

§ 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

Subchapter XIII - Emergency Communications

§ 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

Subchapter XIV - Domestic Nuclear Detection Office

§ 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

Subchapter XV - Homeland Security Grants

§ 601 - Definitions

Part A - Grants to States and High-risk Urban Areas

§ 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

Part B - Grants Administration

§ 611 - Administration and Coordination
§ 612 - Accountability
§ 613 - Identification of Reporting Redundancies and Development of Performance Metrics

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