CHAPTER 1 — Homeland Security Organization
395 sections.
SUBCHAPTER I — DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 5 sections
SUBCHAPTER II — INFORMATION ANALYSIS 35 sections
Part A — Information and Analysis; Access to Information 24 sections
- § 121. — Information and Analysis
- § 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
- § 124h–1. — Threat information sharing
- § 124i. — Homeland Security Information Sharing Fellows Program
- § 124j. — Rural Policing Institute
- § 124k. — Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group
- § 124l. — Transferred
- § 124m. — Classified Information Advisory Officer
- § 124m–1. — Departmental coordination on counter threats
- § 124n. — Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft
- § 124n–1. — Penalties
- § 125. — Annual report on intelligence activities of the Department of Homeland Security
- § 126. — Department of Homeland Security data framework
Part B — Information Security 6 sections
Part C — Office of Science and Technology 5 sections
- § 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 24 sections
- § 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
- § 195e. — Transparency in research and development
- § 195f. — EMP and GMD mitigation research and development and threat assessment, response, and recovery
- § 195g. — Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator
- § 195h. — National Urban Security Technology Laboratory
- § 195i. — Chemical Security Analysis Center
SUBCHAPTER IV — BORDER, MARITIME, AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 66 sections
Part A — Border, Maritime, and Transportation Security Responsibilities and Functions 5 sections
Part B — U.S. Customs and Border Protection 15 sections
- § 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. — Protection against potential synthetic opioid exposure
- § 217. — Allocation of resources by the Secretary
- § 218. — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards
- § 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
- § 223. — Border security metrics
- § 224. — Other reporting requirements
- § 225. — Reports, evaluations, and research regarding drug interdiction at and between ports of entry
- § 226. — Ensuring timely updates to U.S. Customs and Border Protection field manuals
Part C — Miscellaneous Provisions 17 sections
- § 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
- § 242. — Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign
- § 242a. — Department of Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking
- § 242b. — Reports
- § 243. — Maritime operations coordination plan
- § 244. — Maritime security capabilities assessments
- § 245. — Operational data sharing capability
Part D — Immigration Enforcement Functions 8 sections
- § 251. — Transfer of functions
- § 252. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- § 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
- § 258. — Homeland Security Investigations Victim Assistance Program
Part E — Citizenship and Immigration Services 9 sections
- § 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 8 sections
- § 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
Part G — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Public Private Partnerships 4 sections
SUBCHAPTER V — NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 33 sections
- § 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. — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(c)(1), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5166
- § 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
- § 321o–1. — Integrated public alert and warning system
- § 321p. — National planning and education
- § 321q. — Coordination of Department of Homeland Security efforts related to food, agriculture, and veterinary defense against terrorism
- § 321r. — Transfer of equipment during a public health emergency
- § 322. — Continuity of the economy plan
- § 323. — Guidance on how to prevent exposure to and release of PFAS
SUBCHAPTER VI — TREATMENT OF CHARITABLE TRUSTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 1 sections
SUBCHAPTER VII — MANAGEMENT 13 sections
- § 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
- § 348. — Joint task forces
- § 349. — Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans
- § 350. — Workforce health and medical support
- § 351. — Employee engagement
- § 352. — Annual employee award program
- § 353. — Acquisition professional career program
SUBCHAPTER VIII — COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS 83 sections
Part A — Coordination With Non-Federal Entities 1 sections
Part B — Inspector General 1 sections
Part C — United States Secret Service 3 sections
Part D — Acquisitions 7 sections
- § 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
- § 397. — Requirements to buy certain items related to national security interests
Part E — Human Resources Management 7 sections
- § 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
- § 417. — Rotational cybersecurity research program
Part F — Federal Emergency Procurement Flexibility 8 sections
- § 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 4 sections
Part H — Miscellaneous Provisions 35 sections
- § 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 Centers
- § 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
- § 474. — Homeland security critical domain research and development
- § 475. — Transnational Criminal Investigative Units
- § 475a. — Mentor-protégé program
Part I — Information Sharing 7 sections
Part J — Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate 10 sections
- § 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 6 sections
SUBCHAPTER X — CONSTRUCTION 3 sections
SUBCHAPTER XI — DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DIVISIONS 5 sections
Part A — Executive Office for Immigration Review 2 sections
Part B — Transfer of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to the Department of Justice 3 sections
SUBCHAPTER XII — TRANSITION 11 sections
Part A — Reorganization Plan 3 sections
Part B — Transitional Provisions 8 sections
- § 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 XII–A — TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 9 sections
Part A — General Provisions 1 sections
Part B — Transportation Security Administration Acquisition Improvements 7 sections
- § 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
- § 563f. — Diversified security technology industry marketplace
Part C — Maintenance of Security-related Technology 1 sections
SUBCHAPTER XIII — EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS 10 sections
- § 571. — Emergency Communications Division
- § 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 — COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE 14 sections
Part A — Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office 1 sections
Part B — Mission of the Office 10 sections
- § 591g. — Mission of the Office
- § 591h. — Relationship to other Department components and Federal agencies
- § 592. — Responsibilities
- § 592a. — Technology research and development investment strategy for nuclear and radiological detection
- § 593. — Hiring authority
- § 594. — Testing authority
- § 595. — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(4), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5163
- § 596. — Contracting and grant making authorities
- § 596a. — Joint annual interagency review of global nuclear detection architecture
- § 596b. — Securing the Cities program
Part C — Chief Medical Officer 2 sections
SUBCHAPTER XV — HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS 12 sections
Part A — Grants to States and High-Risk Urban Areas 8 sections
Part B — Grants Administration 3 sections
SUBCHAPTER XVI — CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS 1 sections
SUBCHAPTER XVII — ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL 6 sections
SUBCHAPTER XVIII — CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY 51 sections
Part A — Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 30 sections
- § 651. — Definition
- § 652. — Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- § 652a. — Sector Risk Management Agencies
- § 653. — Cybersecurity Division
- § 654. — Infrastructure Security Division
- § 655. — Enhancement of Federal and non-Federal cybersecurity
- § 656. — NET Guard
- § 657. — Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2002
- § 658. — Cybersecurity recruitment and retention
- § 659. — National cybersecurity and communications integration center
- § 660. — Cybersecurity plans
- § 661. — Cybersecurity strategy
- § 662. — Clearances
- § 663. — Federal intrusion detection and prevention system
- § 664. — National asset database
- § 665. — Duties and authorities relating to .gov internet domain
- § 665a. — Intelligence and cybersecurity diversity fellowship program
- § 665b. — Joint cyber planning office
- § 665c. — Cybersecurity State Coordinator
- § 665d. — Sector Risk Management Agencies
- § 665e. — Cybersecurity Advisory Committee
- § 665f. — Cybersecurity education and training programs
- § 665g. — State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
- § 665h. — National Cyber Exercise Program
- § 665i. — CyberSentry program
- § 665j. — Ransomware threat mitigation activities
- § 665k. — Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Evidence-based Practices
- § 665l. — School and daycare protection
- § 665m. — President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition
- § 665n. — Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training Initiative
Part B — Critical Infrastructure Information 4 sections
Part C — Declaration of a Significant Incident 8 sections
Part D — Cyber Incident Reporting 8 sections
- § 681. — Definitions
- § 681a. — Cyber incident review
- § 681b. — Required reporting of certain cyber incidents
- § 681c. — Voluntary reporting of other cyber incidents
- § 681d. — Noncompliance with required reporting
- § 681e. — Information shared with or provided to the Federal Government
- § 681f. — Cyber Incident Reporting Council
- § 681g. — Federal sharing of incident reports