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6 U.S.C. § 381 — Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans

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6 U.S.C. § 381 — Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans

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**(a) In general** There is established in the Department an Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans. **(b) Head of Office** The Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans shall be headed by an Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, who shall serve as the principal policy advisor to the Secretary. The Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. **(c) Functions** The Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans shall— (1) lead, conduct, and coordinate Department-wide policy development and implementation and strategic planning; (2) develop and coordinate policies to promote and ensure quality, consistency, and integration for the programs, components, offices, and activities across the Department; (3) develop and coordinate strategic plans and long-term goals of the Department with risk-based analysis and planning to improve operational mission effectiveness, including consultation with the Secretary regarding the quadrennial homeland security review under [section 347 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section347&num=0&edition=prelim); (4) manage Department leadership councils and provide analytics and support to such councils; (5) manage international coordination and engagement for the Department; (6) review and incorporate, as appropriate, external stakeholder feedback into Department policy; and (7) carry out such other responsibilities as the Secretary determines appropriate. **(d) Deputy Under Secretary** (1) **In general** — The Secretary may— (A) establish within the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans a position of Deputy Under Secretary to support the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans in carrying out the Under Secretary’s responsibilities; and (B) appoint a career employee to such position. (2) **Limitation on establishment of Deputy Under Secretary positions** — A Deputy Under Secretary position (or any substantially similar position) within the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans may not be established except for the position provided for by paragraph (1), unless the Secretary receives prior authorization from Congress. (3) **Definitions** — For purposes of paragraph (1)— (A) the term “career employee” means any employee (as such term is defined in [section 2105 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2105&num=0&edition=prelim)), but does not include a political appointee; and (B) the term “political appointee” means any employee who occupies a position which has been excepted from the competitive service by reason of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character. **(e) Coordination by Department components** To ensure consistency with the policy priorities of the Department, the head of each component of the Department shall coordinate with the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans in establishing or modifying policies or strategic planning guidance with respect to each such component. **(f) Homeland Security statistics and joint analysis** (1) **Homeland Security statistics** — The Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans shall— (A) establish standards of reliability and validity for statistical data collected and analyzed by the Department; (B) be provided by the heads of all components of the Department with statistical data maintained by the Department regarding the operations of the Department; (C) conduct or oversee analysis and reporting of such data by the Department as required by law or as directed by the Secretary; and (D) ensure the accuracy of metrics and statistical data provided to Congress. (2) **Transfer of responsibilities** — There shall be transferred to the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans the maintenance of all immigration statistical information of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, which shall include information and statistics of the type contained in the publication entitled “Yearbook of Immigration Statistics” prepared by the Office of Immigration Statistics, including region-by-region statistics on the aggregate number of applications and petitions filed by an alien (or filed on behalf of an alien) and denied, and the reasons for such denials, disaggregated by category of denial and application or petition type. **(g) Assistant Secretary** (1) **In general** — There is established within the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans an Assistant Secretary, who shall assist the Secretary in carrying out the duties under paragraph (2) and the responsibilities under paragraph (3). Notwithstanding [section 113(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section113/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim), the Assistant Secretary established under this paragraph shall be appointed by the President without the advice and consent of the Senate. (2) **Duties** — At the direction of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary established under paragraph (1) shall be responsible for policy formulation regarding matters relating to economic security and trade, as such matters relate to the mission and the operations of the Department. (3) **Additional responsibilities** — In addition to the duties specified in paragraph (2), the Assistant Secretary established under paragraph (1), at the direction of the Secretary, may— (A) oversee— (i) coordination of supply chain policy; and (ii) assessments and reports to Congress related to critical economic security domains; (B) coordinate with stakeholders in other Federal departments and agencies and nongovernmental entities with trade and economic security interests, authorities, and responsibilities; and (C) perform such additional duties as the Secretary or the Under Secretary of Strategy, Policy, and Plans may prescribe. (4) **Definitions** — In this subsection: (A) *Critical economic security domain* — The term “critical economic security domain” means any infrastructure, industry, technology, or intellectual property (or combination thereof) that is essential for the economic security of the United States. (B) *Economic security* — The term “economic security” has the meaning given such term in [section 474(c)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section474/c/2&num=0&edition=prelim). **(h) Limitation** Nothing in this section overrides or otherwise affects the requirements specified in [section 468 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section468&num=0&edition=prelim).

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6 U.S.C. § 468 — Staffing accreditation function

In fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, the Center is authorized to accept detailees from other Federal agencies, on a non-reimbursable basis, to staff the accreditation function.

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5 U.S.C. § 2105 — Employee

**(a)** For the purpose of this title, “employee”, except as otherwise provided by this section or when specifically modified, means an officer and an individual who is— (1) appointed in the civil service by one of the following acting in an official capacity— (A) the President; (B) a Member or Members of Congress, or the Congress; (C) a member of a uniformed service; (D) an individual who is an employee under this section; (E) the head of a Government controlled corporation; or (F) an adjutant general designated by the Secretary concerned under [section 709(c) of title 32](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title32-section709/c&num=0&edition=prelim); (2) engaged in the performance of a Federal function under authority of law or an Executive act; and (3) subject to the supervision of an individual named by paragraph (1) of this subsection while engaged in the performance of the duties of his position. **(b)** An individual who is employed at the United States Naval Academy in the midshipmen’s laundry, the midshipmen’s tailor shop, the midshipmen’s cobbler and barber shops, and the midshipmen’s store, except an individual employed by the Academy dairy (if any), and whose employment in such a position began before October 1, 1996, and has been uninterrupted in such a position since that date is deemed an employee. **(c)** An employee paid from nonappropriated funds of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Navy Ships Stores Program, Navy exchanges, Marine Corps exchanges, Coast Guard exchanges, and other instrumentalities of the United States under the jurisdiction of the armed forces conducted for the comfort, pleasure, contentment, and mental and physical improvement of personnel of the armed forces is deemed not an emp

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6 U.S.C. § 347 — Treatment of charitable trusts for members of the Armed Forces of the United States and other governmental organizations

**(a) Findings** Congress finds the following: (1) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States defend the freedom and security of our Nation. (2) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States have lost their lives while battling the evils of terrorism around the world. (3) Personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) charged with the responsibility of covert observation of terrorists around the world are often put in harm’s way during their service to the United States. (4) Personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency have also lost their lives while battling the evils of terrorism around the world. (5) Employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other Federal agencies charged with domestic protection of the United States put their lives at risk on a daily basis for the freedom and security of our Nation. (6) United States military personnel, CIA personnel, FBI personnel, and other Federal agents in the service of the United States are patriots of the highest order. (7) CIA officer Johnny Micheal Spann became the first American to give his life for his country in the War on Terrorism declared by President George W. Bush following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. (8) Johnny Micheal Spann left behind a wife and children who are very proud of the heroic actions of their patriot father. (9) Surviving dependents of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who lose their lives as a result of terrorist attacks or military operations abroad receive a $6,000 death benefit, plus a small monthly benefit. (10) The current system of compensating spouses and children of American patriots is inequitable and needs improvement. **(b) Designation of Johnny Micheal Spann Patriot Trusts** Any charitable corporation, fund, foundati

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6 U.S.C. § 451 — Use of streamlined procedures

**(a) Required use** The head of an executive agency shall, when appropriate, use streamlined acquisition authorities and procedures authorized by law for a procurement referred to in [section 422 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section422&num=0&edition=prelim), including authorities and procedures that are provided under the following provisions of law: (1) **Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949** — In division C of subtitle I of title 41: (A) Paragraphs (1), (2), (6), and (7) of subsection (a) of [section 3304 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section3304&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to use of procedures other than competitive procedures under certain circumstances (subject to subsection (d) of such section). (B) [Section 4106 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section4106&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to orders under task and delivery order contracts. (2) **Title 10** — In part V of subtitle A of title 10: (A) Paragraphs (1), (2), (6), and (7) of subsection (a) of section 3204, relating to use of procedures other than competitive procedures under certain circumstances (subject to subsection (d) of such section). (B) Section 3406, relating to orders under task and delivery order contracts. (3) **Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act** — Paragraphs (1)(B), (1)(D), and (2)(A) of [section 1708(b) of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1708/b&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to inapplicability of a requirement for procurement notice. **(b) Waiver of certain small business threshold requirements** Subclause (II) of [section 637(a)(1)(D)(i

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6 U.S.C. § 381 — Functions transferred

Page 209 TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY § 382 PART B—INSPECTOR GENERAL § 371. Repealed. Pub. L. 108–7, div. L, § 104(c)(1), Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 531 Section, Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 811, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2221, related to authority of Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to Inspector General. PART C—UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE § 381. Functions transferred In accordance with subchapter XII, there shall be transferred to the Secretary the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of the United States Secret Service, which shall be main- tained as a distinct entity within the Depart- ment, including the functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto. (Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 821, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2224.) § 382. Use of proceeds derived from criminal in- vestigations (a) United States Secret Service use of proceeds derived from criminal investigations During fiscal year 2014 and thereafter, with re- spect to any undercover investigative operation of the United States Secret Service (hereafter referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secret Serv- ice’’) that is necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States— (1) sums appropriated for the Secret Service, including unobligated balances available from prior fiscal years, may be used for purchasing property, buildings, and other facilities, and for leasing space, within the United States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States, without regard to sections 1341 and 3324 of title 31, sec- tion 8141 of title 40, sections 6301(a), (b)(1) to (3) and 6306(a) of title 41, and section 3901 and chapter 45 of title 41; (2) sums appropriated for the Secret Service, including unobliga

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