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6 U.S.C. § 205 — Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator

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6 U.S.C. § 205 — Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator

**(a) Coordinator** (1) **In general** — The Secretary shall designate an individual in a Senior Executive Service position (as defined in [section 3132 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3132&num=0&edition=prelim)) of the Department within the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans as the Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator (in this section referred to as the “Coordinator”) and provide appropriate staff to carry out the responsibilities of the Coordinator. (2) **Responsibilities** — The Coordinator shall— (A) oversee and coordinate with relevant Department offices and components, including the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Privacy Office, on the development of guidance and regulations to counter threats associated with unmanned aircraft systems (in this section referred to as “UAS”) as described in [section 124n of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section124n&num=0&edition=prelim); (B) promote research and development of counter UAS technologies in coordination within the Science and Technology Directorate; (C) coordinate with the relevant components and offices of the Department, including the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, to ensure the sharing of information, guidance, and intelligence relating to countering UAS threats, counter UAS threat assessments, and counter UAS technology, including the retention of UAS and counter UAS incidents within the Department; (D) serve as the Department liaison, in coordination with relevant components and offices of the Department, to the Department of Defense, Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement entities, and the private sector regarding the activities of the Departmen

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**(a) Coordinator** (1) **In general** — The Secretary shall designate an individual in a Senior Executive Service position (as defined in [section 3132 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3132&num=0&edition=prelim)) of the Department within the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans as the Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator (in this section referred to as the “Coordinator”) and provide appropriate staff to carry out the responsibilities of the Coordinator. (2) **Responsibilities** — The Coordinator shall— (A) oversee and coordinate with relevant Department offices and components, including the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Privacy Office, on the development of guidance and regulations to counter threats associated with unmanned aircraft systems (in this section referred to as “UAS”) as described in [section 124n of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section124n&num=0&edition=prelim); (B) promote research and development of counter UAS technologies in coordination within the Science and Technology Directorate; (C) coordinate with the relevant components and offices of the Department, including the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, to ensure the sharing of information, guidance, and intelligence relating to countering UAS threats, counter UAS threat assessments, and counter UAS technology, including the retention of UAS and counter UAS incidents within the Department; (D) serve as the Department liaison, in coordination with relevant components and offices of the Department, to the Department of Defense, Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement entities, and the private sector regarding the activities of the Department relating to countering UAS; (E) maintain the information required under [section 124n(g)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section124n/g/3&num=0&edition=prelim); and (F) carry out other related counter UAS authorities and activities under [section 124n of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section124n&num=0&edition=prelim), as directed by the Secretary. **(b) Coordination with applicable Federal laws** The Coordinator shall, in addition to other assigned duties, coordinate with relevant Department components and offices to ensure testing, evaluation, or deployment of a system used to identify, assess, or defeat a UAS is carried out in accordance with applicable Federal laws. **(c) Coordination with private sector** The Coordinator shall, among other assigned duties, working with the Office of Partnership and Engagement and other relevant Department offices and components, or other Federal agencies, as appropriate, serve as the principal Department official responsible for sharing to the private sector information regarding counter UAS technology, particularly information regarding instances in which counter UAS technology may impact lawful private sector services or systems.

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6 U.S.C. § 124n — Threat information sharing

**(a) Prioritization** The Secretary of Homeland Security shall prioritize the assignment of officers and intelligence analysts under [section 124h of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section124h&num=0&edition=prelim) from the Transportation Security Administration and, as appropriate, from the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security, to locations with participating State, local, and regional fusion centers in jurisdictions with a high-risk surface transportation asset in order to enhance the security of such assets, including by improving timely sharing, in a manner consistent with the protection of privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties, of information regarding threats of terrorism and other threats, including targeted violence. **(b) Intelligence products** Officers and intelligence analysts assigned to locations with participating State, local, and regional fusion centers under this section shall participate in the generation and dissemination of transportation security intelligence products, with an emphasis on such products that relate to threats of terrorism and other threats, including targeted violence, to surface transportation assets that— (1) assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in deploying their resources, including personnel, most efficiently to help detect, prevent, investigate, apprehend, and respond to such threats; (2) promote more consistent and timely sharing with and among jurisdictions of threat information; and (3) enhance the Department of Homeland Security’s situational awareness of such threats. **(c) Clearances** The Secretary of Homeland Security shall make available to appropriate owners and operators of surface transportat

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5 U.S.C. § 3132 — Definitions and exclusions

**(a)** For the purpose of this subchapter— (1) “agency” means an Executive agency, except a Government corporation and the Government Accountability Office, but does not include— (A) any agency or unit thereof excluded from coverage by the President under subsection (c) of this section; or (B) the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, Department of Defense intelligence activities the civilian employees of which are subject to [section 1590 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1590&num=0&edition=prelim), and, as determined by the President, an Executive agency, or unit thereof, whose principal function is the conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities; (C) the Federal Election Commission or the Election Assistance Commission; (D) the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision,,11 So in original. the Resolution Trust Corporation, the Farm Credit Administration, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the National Credit Union Administration, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and the Office of Financial Research; (E) the Securities and Exchange Commission; or (F) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; (2) “Senior Executive Service position” means any position in an agency which is classified above GS–15 pursuant to section 5108 or in level IV or V of the Executive Schedule, or an equivalent position, which is not required to be filled by an appointment by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Sena

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6 U.S.C. § 205 — Ombudsman for immigration detention

Page 100 TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY § 205 which was set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Govern- ment Organization and Employees, and was substan- tially repealed and restated in chapter 10 (§ 1001 et seq.) of Title 5 by Pub. L. 117–286, §§ 3(a), 7, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4197, 4361. For disposition of sections of the Act into chapter 10 of Title 5, see Disposition Table pre- ceding section 101 of Title 5. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS Pub. L. 115–254, div. K, title I, § 1969(b), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3612, provided that: ‘‘(1) VOTING MEMBERS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 2018], the Ad- ministrator [of the Transportation Security Adminis- tration] shall appoint the voting members of the Sur- face Transportation Security Advisory Committee es- tablished under section 404 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 [6 U.S.C. 204], as added by subsection (a) of this section. ‘‘(2) NONVOTING MEMBERS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each Federal Government department and agency with regulatory authority over a mode of surface or maritime transpor- tation, as the Administrator considers appropriate, shall designate an appropriate representative to serve as a nonvoting member of the Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee.’’ § 205. Ombudsman for immigration detention (a) In general Within the Department, there shall be a posi- tion of Immigration Detention Ombudsman (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Ombudsman’’). The Ombudsman shall be independent of Depart- ment agencies and officers and shall report di- rectly to the Secretary. The Ombudsman shall be a senior official with a background in civil rig

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