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6 U.S.C. § 244 — Office of Cargo Security Policy
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**(a) Establishment** There is established within the Department an Office of Cargo Security Policy (referred to in this section as the “Office”).
**(b) Purpose** The Office shall—
(1) coordinate all Department policies relating to cargo security; and
(2) consult with stakeholders and coordinate with other Federal agencies in the establishment of standards and regulations and to promote best practices.
**(c) Director**
(1) **Appointment** — The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall—
(A) be appointed by the Secretary; and
(B) report to the Assistant Secretary for Policy.
(2) **Responsibilities** — The Director shall—
(A) advise the Assistant Secretary for Policy in the development of Department-wide policies regarding cargo security;
(B) coordinate all policies relating to cargo security among the agencies and offices within the Department relating to cargo security; and
(C) coordinate the cargo security policies of the Department with the policies of other executive agencies.
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**(a) Establishment** There is established within the Department an Office of Cargo Security Policy (referred to in this section as the “Office”).
**(b) Purpose** The Office shall—
(1) coordinate all Department policies relating to cargo security; and
(2) consult with stakeholders and coordinate with other Federal agencies in the establishment of standards and regulations and to promote best practices.
**(c) Director**
(1) **Appointment** — The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall—
(A) be appointed by the Secretary; and
(B) report to the Assistant Secretary for Policy.
(2) **Responsibilities** — The Director shall—
(A) advise the Assistant Secretary for Policy in the development of Department-wide policies regarding cargo security;
(B) coordinate all policies relating to cargo security among the agencies and offices within the Department relating to cargo security; and
(C) coordinate the cargo security policies of the Department with the policies of other executive agencies.
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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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**(a) Purposes** The purposes of this section are—
(1) to establish continuing liaison and to provide for supply chain security cooperation between Department and the private sector; and
(2) to provide for regular and timely interchange of information between the private sector and the Department concerning developments and security risks in the supply chain environment.
**(b) System** The Secretary shall develop a system to collect from and share appropriate risk information related to the supply chain with the private sector entities determined appropriate by the Secretary.
**(c) Consultation** In developing the system under subsection (b), the Secretary shall consult with the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee and a broad range of public and private sector entities likely to utilize the system, including importers, exporters, carriers, customs brokers, and freight forwarders, among other parties.
**(d) Independently obtained information** Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the ability of a Federal, State, or local government entity, under applicable law, to obtain supply chain security information, including any information lawfully and properly disclosed generally or broadly to the public and to use such information in any manner permitted by law.
**(e) Authority to issue warnings** The Secretary may provide advisories, alerts, and warnings to relevant companies, targeted sectors, other governmental entities, or the general public regarding potential risks to the supply chain as appropriate. In issuing a warning, the Secretary shall take appropriate actions to protect from disclosure—
(1) the source of any voluntarily submitted supply chain security information that forms the basis for the warning; and
(2) informati
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 243
(Pub. L. 117–322, § 5, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4435.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
CCHT, referred to in text, means the Center for Coun-
tering Human Trafficking, see section 242a(a)(1) of this
title.
Section 4(a), referred to in subsec. (a)(1), means sec-
tion 4(a) of Pub. L. 117–322, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4435,
which is not classified to the Code.
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Countering Human
Trafficking Act of 2021, and not as part of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.
§ 243. Maritime operations coordination plan
(a) In general
Not later than 180 days after October 5, 2018,
and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall—
(1) update the Maritime Operations Coordi-
nation Plan, published by the Department on
July 7, 2011, to strengthen coordination, plan-
ning, information sharing, and intelligence in-
tegration for maritime operations of compo-
nents and offices of the Department with re-
sponsibility for maritime security missions;
and
(2) submit each update to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation and
the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives.
(b) Contents
Each update shall address the following:
(1) Coordinating the planning, integration of
maritime operations, and development of joint
maritime domain awareness efforts of any
component or office of the Department with
responsibility for maritime security missions.
(2) Maintaining effective information shar-
ing and, as appropriate, intelligence integra-
tion, with Federal, State, and local officials
and the priva
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