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6 U.S.C. § 455 — Advisory committees

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6 U.S.C. § 455 — Advisory committees

**(a) In general** The Secretary may establish, appoint members of, and use the services of, advisory committees, as the Secretary may deem necessary. An advisory committee established under this section may be exempted by the Secretary from chapter 10 of title 5, but the Secretary shall publish notice in the Federal Register announcing the establishment of such a committee and identifying its purpose and membership. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, members of an advisory committee that is exempted by the Secretary under the preceding sentence who are special Government employees (as that term is defined in [section 202 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section202&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall be eligible for certifications under subsection (b)(3) of [section 208 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section208&num=0&edition=prelim) for official actions taken as a member of such advisory committee. **(b) Termination** Any advisory committee established by the Secretary shall terminate 2 years after the date of its establishment, unless the Secretary makes a written determination to extend the advisory committee to a specified date, which shall not be more than 2 years after the date on which such determination is made. The Secretary may make any number of subsequent extensions consistent with this subsection.

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6 U.S.C. § 349 — Chief Financial Officer

**(a) In general** The Chief Financial Officer shall perform functions as specified in chapter 9 of title 31 and, with respect to all such functions and other responsibilities that may be assigned to the Chief Financial Officer from time to time, shall also report to the Under Secretary for Management. **(b) Program analysis and evaluation function** (1) **Establishment of Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation** — Not later than 90 days after October 16, 2004, the Secretary shall establish an Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation within the Department (in this section referred to as the “Office”). (2) **Responsibilities** — The Office shall perform the following functions: (A) Analyze and evaluate plans, programs, and budgets of the Department in relation to United States homeland security objectives, projected threats, vulnerability assessments, estimated costs, resource constraints, and the most recent homeland security strategy developed pursuant to [section 454(b)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section454/b/2&num=0&edition=prelim). (B) Develop and perform analyses and evaluations of alternative plans, programs, personnel levels, and budget submissions for the Department in relation to United States homeland security objectives, projected threats, vulnerability assessments, estimated costs, resource constraints, and the most recent homeland security strategy developed pursuant to [section 454(b)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section454/b/2&num=0&edition=prelim). (C) Establish policies for, and oversee the integration of, the planning, programming, and budgeting system of the Department. (D) Review and ensure that the Department meets p

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18 U.S.C. § 202 — Definitions

**(a)** For the purpose of sections 203, 205, 207, 208, and 209 of this title the term “special Government employee” shall mean an officer or employee of the executive or legislative branch of the United States Government, of any independent agency of the United States or of the District of Columbia, who is retained, designated, appointed, or employed to perform, with or without compensation, for not to exceed one hundred and thirty days during any period of three hundred and sixty-five consecutive days, temporary duties either on a full-time or intermittent basis, a part-time United States commissioner, a part-time United States magistrate judge, or, regardless of the number of days of appointment, an independent counsel appointed under chapter 40 of title 28 and any person appointed by that independent counsel under [section 594(c) of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section594/c&num=0&edition=prelim). Notwithstanding the next preceding sentence, every person serving as a part-time local representative of a Member of Congress in the Member’s home district or State shall be classified as a special Government employee. Notwithstanding sections 502, 2105(d), and 5534 of title 5, a Reserve officer of the Armed Forces, an officer of the Space Force not serving on sustained duty pursuant to [section 20105 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20105&num=0&edition=prelim), or an officer of the National Guard of the United States, unless otherwise an officer or employee of the United States, shall be classified as a special Government employee while on active duty solely for training. Such an officer who is voluntarily serving a period of extended active duty in excess of one hundr

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6 U.S.C. § 322 — Voluntary private sector preparedness accreditation and certification program

**(a) Establishment** (1) **In general** — The Secretary, acting through the officer designated under paragraph (2), shall establish and implement the voluntary private sector preparedness accreditation and certification program in accordance with this section. (2) **Designation of officer** — The Secretary shall designate an officer responsible for the accreditation and certification program under this section. Such officer (hereinafter referred to in this section as the “designated officer”) shall be one of the following: (A) The Administrator, based on consideration of— (i) the expertise of the Administrator in emergency management and preparedness in the United States; and (ii) the responsibilities of the Administrator as the principal advisor to the President for all matters relating to emergency management in the United States. (B) The Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection,11 See Change of Name note below. based on consideration of the expertise of the Assistant Secretary in, and responsibilities for— (i) protection of critical infrastructure; (ii) risk assessment methodologies; and (iii) interacting with the private sector on the issues described in clauses (i) and (ii). (C) The Under Secretary for Science and Technology, based on consideration of the expertise of the Under Secretary in, and responsibilities associated with, standards. (3) **Coordination** — In carrying out the accreditation and certification program under this section, the designated officer shall coordinate with— (A) the other officers of the Department referred to in paragraph (2), using the expertise and responsibilities of such officers; and (B) the Special Assistant to the Secretary for the Private Sector, based on consideration of the

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18 U.S.C. § 208 — Acts affecting a personal financial interest

**(a)** Except as permitted by subsection (b) hereof, whoever, being an officer or employee of the executive branch of the United States Government, or of any independent agency of the United States, a Federal Reserve bank director, officer, or employee, or an officer or employee of the District of Columbia, including a special Government employee, participates personally and substantially as a Government officer or employee, through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or otherwise, in a judicial or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest, or other particular matter in which, to his knowledge, he, his spouse, minor child, general partner, organization in which he is serving as officer, director, trustee, general partner or employee, or any person or organization with whom he is negotiating or has any arrangement concerning prospective employment, has a financial interest—Shall be subject to the penalties set forth in [section 216 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section216&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b)** Subsection (a) shall not apply— (1) if the officer or employee first advises the Government official responsible for appointment to his or her position of the nature and circumstances of the judicial or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest, or other particular matter and makes full disclosure of the financial interest and receives in advance a written determination made by such official that the interest is not so substantial as to be deemed likely to affect the integrity of the se

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6 U.S.C. § 111 — Definitions

In this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) Each of the terms “American homeland” and “homeland” means the United States. (2) The term “appropriate congressional committee” means any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate having legislative or oversight jurisdiction under the Rules of the House of Representatives or the Senate, respectively, over the matter concerned. (3) The term “assets” includes contracts, facilities, property, records, unobligated or unexpended balances of appropriations, and other funds or resources (other than personnel). (4) The term “critical infrastructure” has the meaning given that term in [section 5195c(e) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5195c/e&num=0&edition=prelim). (5) The term “Department” means the Department of Homeland Security. (6) The term “emergency response providers” includes Federal, State, and local governmental and nongovernmental emergency public safety, fire, law enforcement, emergency response, emergency medical (including hospital emergency facilities), and related personnel, agencies, and authorities. (7) The term “EMP” means an electromagnetic pulse caused by a nuclear device or nonnuclear device, including such a pulse caused by an act of terrorism. (8) The term “executive agency” means an executive agency and a military department, as defined, respectively, in sections 105 and 102 of title 5. (9) The term “functions” includes authorities, powers, rights, privileges, immunities, programs, projects, activities, duties, and responsibilities. (10) The term “GMD” means a geomagnetic disturbance caused by a solar storm or another naturally occurring phenomenon. (11) The term “intelligence component of the Department” means any elem

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6 U.S.C. § 455 — Miscellaneous authorities

Page 231 TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY § 457 panied by a Future Years Homeland Security Program. (b) Contents The Future Years Homeland Security Pro- gram under subsection (a) shall— (1) include the same type of information, or- ganizational structure, and level of detail as the future years defense program submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense under section 221 of title 10; (2) set forth the homeland security strategy of the Department, which shall be developed and updated as appropriate annually by the Secretary, that was used to develop program planning guidance for the Future Years Home- land Security Program; and (3) include an explanation of how the re- source allocations included in the Future Years Homeland Security Program correlate to the homeland security strategy set forth under paragraph (2). (c) Effective date This section shall take effect with respect to the preparation and submission of the fiscal year 2005 budget request for the Department and for any subsequent fiscal year, except that the first Future Years Homeland Security Program shall be submitted not later than 90 days after the Department’s fiscal year 2005 budget request is submitted to Congress. (Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 874, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2244; Pub. L. 108–330, § 5, Oct. 16, 2004, 118 Stat. 1278.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2004—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–330 added subsec. (b) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (b). Text read as follows: ‘‘The Future Years Homeland Security Program under subsection (a) of this section shall be structured, and include the same type of information and level of detail, as the Future Years Defense Pro- gram submitted to Congress by the Department of De- fense under section 221 of title 10.’’

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