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6 U.S.C. § 124 — Other officers

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6 U.S.C. § 124 — Other officers

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**(a) Deputy Secretary; Under Secretaries** (1) **In general** — Except as provided under paragraph (2), there are the following officers, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: (A) A Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, who shall be the Secretary’s first assistant for purposes of subchapter III of chapter 33 of title 5. (B) An Under Secretary for Science and Technology. (C) A Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (D) An Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (E) A Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. (F) An Under Secretary for Management, who shall be first assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security for purposes of subchapter III of chapter 33 of title 5. (G) A Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (H) A Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. (I) Not more than 12 Assistant Secretaries. (J) A General Counsel, who shall be the chief legal officer of the Department. (K) An Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans. (2) **Assistant Secretaries** — If any of the Assistant Secretaries referred to under paragraph (1)(I) is designated to be the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, or the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, that Assistant Secretary shall be appointed by the President without the advice and consent of the Senate. **(b) Inspector General** There shall be in the Department an Office of Inspector General and an Inspector General at the head of such office, as provided in chapter 4 of title 5. **(c) Commandant of the Coast Guard** To assist the Secretary in the performance of the Secretary’s functions, there is a Commandant of the Coast Guard, who shall be appointed as provided in section 44 11 See References in Text note below. of title 14 and who shall report directly to the Secretary. In addition to such duties as may be provided in this chapter and as assigned to the Commandant by the Secretary, the duties of the Commandant shall include those required by section 2 1 of title 14. **(d) Other officers** To assist the Secretary in the performance of the Secretary’s functions, there are the following officers, appointed by the President: (1) A Director of the Secret Service. (2) A Chief Information Officer. (3) An Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. (4) An Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. (5) Any Director of a Joint Task Force under [section 348 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section348&num=0&edition=prelim). **(e) Chief Financial Officer** There shall be in the Department a Chief Financial Officer, as provided in chapter 9 of title 31. **(f) Performance of specific functions** Subject to the provisions of this chapter, every officer of the Department shall perform the functions specified by law for the official’s office or prescribed by the Secretary. **(g) Vacancies** (1) **Absence, disability, or vacancy of Secretary or Deputy Secretary** — Notwithstanding chapter 33 of title 5, the Under Secretary for Management shall serve as the Acting Secretary if by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in office, neither the Secretary nor Deputy Secretary is available to exercise the duties of the Office of the Secretary. (2) **Further order of succession** — Notwithstanding chapter 33 of title 5, the Secretary may designate such other officers of the Department in further order of succession to serve as Acting Secretary. (3) **Notification of vacancies** — The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives of any vacancies that require notification under sections 3345 through 3349d of title 5 (commonly known as the “Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998”).

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5 U.S.C. § 3301 — Civil service; generally

**(a) In General.—** The President may— (1) prescribe such regulations for the admission of individuals into the civil service in the executive branch as will best promote the efficiency of that service; (2) ascertain the fitness of applicants as to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the employment sought; and (3) appoint and prescribe the duties of individuals to make inquiries for the purpose of this section. **(b) DOD Procedures.—** The President may authorize the Department of Defense to determine the qualification, examination, and assessment procedures for positions in the competitive service based primarily on job-related competencies and skills, including the use of structured interviews, technical evaluations, or skills-based assessments, and alternative assessments.

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5 U.S.C. § 3345 — Acting officer

**(a)** If an officer of an Executive agency (including the Executive Office of the President, and other than the Government Accountability Office) whose appointment to office is required to be made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office— (1) the first assistant to the office of such officer shall perform the functions and duties of the office temporarily in an acting capacity subject to the time limitations of section 3346; (2) notwithstanding paragraph (1), the President (and only the President) may direct a person who serves in an office for which appointment is required to be made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform the functions and duties of the vacant office temporarily in an acting capacity subject to the time limitations of section 3346; or (3) notwithstanding paragraph (1), the President (and only the President) may direct an officer or employee of such Executive agency to perform the functions and duties of the vacant office temporarily in an acting capacity, subject to the time limitations of section 3346, if— (A) during the 365-day period preceding the date of death, resignation, or beginning of inability to serve of the applicable officer, the officer or employee served in a position in such agency for not less than 90 days; and (B) the rate of pay for the position described under subparagraph (A) is equal to or greater than the minimum rate of pay payable for a position at GS–15 of the General Schedule. **(b)** (1) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1), a person may not serve as an acting officer for an office under this section, if— (A) during the 365-day period preceding the date of the

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6 U.S.C. § 348 — Under Secretary for Management

**(a) In general** The Under Secretary for Management shall serve as the Chief Management Officer and principal advisor to the Secretary on matters related to the management of the Department, including management integration and transformation in support of homeland security operations and programs. The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Management, shall be responsible for the management and administration of the Department, including the following: (1) The budget, appropriations, expenditures of funds, accounting, and finance. (2) Procurement. (3) Human resources and personnel. (4) Information technology and communications systems, including policies and directives to achieve and maintain interoperable communications among the components of the Department. (5) Facilities, property, equipment, vehicle fleets (under subsection (c)), and other material resources. (6) Security for personnel, information technology and communications systems, facilities, property, equipment, and other material resources. (7) Strategic management planning and annual performance planning and identification and tracking of performance measures relating to the responsibilities of the Department. (8) Grants and other assistance management programs. (9) The management integration and transformation within each functional management discipline of the Department, including information technology, financial management, acquisition management, and human capital management, to ensure an efficient and orderly consolidation of functions and personnel in the Department, including— (A) the development of centralized data sources and connectivity of information systems to the greatest extent practicable to enhance program visibility, transparency, and operational effectiveness

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6 U.S.C. § 101 — Cyber incident review

**(a) Activities** The Center shall— (1) receive, aggregate, analyze, and secure, using processes consistent with the processes developed pursuant to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ([6 U.S.C. 1501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) reports from covered entities related to a covered cyber incident to assess the effectiveness of security controls, identify tactics, techniques, and procedures adversaries use to overcome those controls and other cybersecurity purposes, including to assess potential impact of cyber incidents on public health and safety and to enhance situational awareness of cyber threats across critical infrastructure sectors; (2) coordinate and share information with appropriate Federal departments and agencies to identify and track ransom payments, including those utilizing virtual currencies; (3) leverage information gathered about cyber incidents to— (A) enhance the quality and effectiveness of information sharing and coordination efforts with appropriate entities, including agencies, sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, critical infrastructure owners and operators, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers; and (B) provide appropriate entities, including sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers, with timely, actionable, and anonymized reports of cyber incident campaigns and trends, including, to the maximum extent practicable

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14 U.S.C. § 101 — Establishment of Coast Guard

The Coast Guard, established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times.

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6 U.S.C. § 313 — Immigration functions

**(a) Annual report** (1) **In general** — One year after November 25, 2002, and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the President, to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Affairs of the Senate, on the impact the transfers made by this part has had on immigration functions. (2) **Matter included** — The report shall address the following with respect to the period covered by the report: (A) The aggregate number of all immigration applications and petitions received, and processed, by the Department. (B) Region-by-region statistics on the aggregate number of immigration applications and petitions filed by an alien (or filed on behalf of an alien) and denied, disaggregated by category of denial and application or petition type. (C) The quantity of backlogged immigration applications and petitions that have been processed, the aggregate number awaiting processing, and a detailed plan for eliminating the backlog. (D) The average processing period for immigration applications and petitions, disaggregated by application or petition type. (E) The number and types of immigration-related grievances filed with any official of the Department of Justice, and if those grievances were resolved. (F) Plans to address grievances and improve immigration services. (G) Whether immigration-related fees were used consistent with legal requirements regarding such use. (H) Whether immigration-related questions conveyed by customers to the Department (whether conveyed in person, by telephone, or by means of the Internet) were answered effectively and efficiently. **(b) Sense of Congress regarding immigration services** It is the sense of Con

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6 U.S.C. § 652 — Definitions

In this subchapter: (1) **Department** — The term “Department” means the Department of Homeland Security. (2) **Human trafficking** — The term “human trafficking” means an act or practice described in paragraph (9) or (10) 11 See References in Text note below. of [section 7102 of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7102&num=0&edition=prelim). (3) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Homeland Security.

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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. § 142 — Departmental coordination on counter threats

**(a) Establishment** There is authorized in the Department, for a period of 2 years beginning after December 27, 2020, a Counter Threats Advisory Board (in this section referred to as the “Board”) which shall— (1) be composed of senior representatives of departmental operational components and headquarters elements; and (2) coordinate departmental intelligence activities and policy and information related to the mission and functions of the Department that counter threats. **(b) Charter** There shall be a charter to govern the structure and mission of the Board, which shall— (1) direct the Board to focus on the current threat environment and the importance of aligning departmental activities to counter threats under the guidance of the Secretary; and (2) be reviewed and updated as appropriate. **(c) Members** (1) **In general** — The Board shall be composed of senior representatives of departmental operational components and headquarters elements. (2) **Chair** — The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall serve as the Chair of the Board. (3) **Members** — The Secretary shall appoint additional members of the Board from among the following: (A) The Transportation Security Administration. (B) U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (C) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (D) The Federal Emergency Management Agency. (E) The Coast Guard. (F) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. (G) The United States Secret Service. (H) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. (I) The Office of Operations Coordination. (J) The Office of the General Counsel. (K) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis. (L) The Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans. (M) The Science and Technology Directorate. (N) The Office f

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6 U.S.C. § 124 — Homeland Security Advisory System

Page 41 TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY § 124a rated, the President shall submit to the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the Sen- ate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the appropriate congressional committees an updated version of the strategy described in paragraph (1). ‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—The strategy and updates required under this subsection shall— ‘‘(A) include an accounting and description of all Federal Government programs, projects, and activi- ties designed to constrain domestic and inter- national travel by terrorists and foreign fighters; ‘‘(B) identify specific security vulnerabilities within the United States and outside of the United States that may be exploited by terrorists and for- eign fighters; ‘‘(C) delineate goals for— ‘‘(i) closing the security vulnerabilities identi- fied under subparagraph (B); and ‘‘(ii) enhancing the ability of the Federal Gov- ernment to constrain domestic and international travel by terrorists and foreign fighters; and ‘‘(D) describe the actions that will be taken to achieve the goals delineated under subparagraph (C) and the means needed to carry out such actions, including— ‘‘(i) steps to reform, improve, and streamline existing Federal Government efforts to align with the current threat environment; ‘‘(ii) new programs, projects, or activities that are requested, under development, or undergoing implementation; ‘‘(iii) new authorities or changes in existing au- thorities needed from Congress; ‘‘(iv) specific budget adjustments being re- quested to enhance United States security in a risk-based manner; and ‘‘(v) the Federal departments and agencies re- sponsible for

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