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6 U.S.C. § 245 — Border Enforcement Security Task Force
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**(a) Establishment** There is established within the Department a program to be known as the Border Enforcement Security Task Force (referred to in this section as “BEST”).
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of BEST is to establish units to enhance border security by addressing and reducing border security threats and violence by—
(1) facilitating collaboration among Federal, State, local, tribal, and foreign law enforcement agencies to execute coordinated activities in furtherance of border security, and homeland security; and
(2) enhancing information-sharing, including the dissemination of homeland security information among such agencies.
**(c) Composition and establishment of units**
(1) **Composition** — BEST units may be comprised of personnel from—
(A) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
(B) U.S. Customs and Border Protection;
(C) the United States Coast Guard;
(D) other Department personnel, as appropriate 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a semicolon.
(E) other Federal agencies, as appropriate;
(F) appropriate State law enforcement agencies;
(G) foreign law enforcement agencies, as appropriate;
(H) local law enforcement agencies from affected border cities and communities; and
(I) appropriate tribal law enforcement agencies.
(2) **Establishment of units** — The Secretary is authorized to establish BEST units in jurisdictions in which such units can contribute to BEST missions, as appropriate. Before establishing a BEST unit, the Secretary shall consider—
(A) whether the area in which the BEST unit would be established is significantly impacted by cross-border threats;
(B) the availability of Federal, State, local, tribal, and foreign law enforcement resources to participate in the BEST unit;
(C) the ext
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**(a) Establishment** There is established within the Department a program to be known as the Border Enforcement Security Task Force (referred to in this section as “BEST”).
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of BEST is to establish units to enhance border security by addressing and reducing border security threats and violence by—
(1) facilitating collaboration among Federal, State, local, tribal, and foreign law enforcement agencies to execute coordinated activities in furtherance of border security, and homeland security; and
(2) enhancing information-sharing, including the dissemination of homeland security information among such agencies.
**(c) Composition and establishment of units**
(1) **Composition** — BEST units may be comprised of personnel from—
(A) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
(B) U.S. Customs and Border Protection;
(C) the United States Coast Guard;
(D) other Department personnel, as appropriate 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a semicolon.
(E) other Federal agencies, as appropriate;
(F) appropriate State law enforcement agencies;
(G) foreign law enforcement agencies, as appropriate;
(H) local law enforcement agencies from affected border cities and communities; and
(I) appropriate tribal law enforcement agencies.
(2) **Establishment of units** — The Secretary is authorized to establish BEST units in jurisdictions in which such units can contribute to BEST missions, as appropriate. Before establishing a BEST unit, the Secretary shall consider—
(A) whether the area in which the BEST unit would be established is significantly impacted by cross-border threats;
(B) the availability of Federal, State, local, tribal, and foreign law enforcement resources to participate in the BEST unit;
(C) the extent to which border security threats are having a significant harmful impact in the jurisdiction in which the BEST unit is to be established, and other jurisdictions in the country; and
(D) whether or not an Integrated Border Enforcement Team already exists in the area in which the BEST unit would be established.
(3) **Duplication of efforts** — In determining whether to establish a new BEST unit or to expand an existing BEST unit in a given jurisdiction, the Secretary shall ensure that the BEST unit under consideration does not duplicate the efforts of other existing interagency task forces or centers within that jurisdiction.
**(d) Operation** After determining the jurisdictions in which to establish BEST units under subsection (c)(2), and in order to provide Federal assistance to such jurisdictions, the Secretary may—
(1) direct the assignment of Federal personnel to BEST, subject to the approval of the head of the department or agency that employs such personnel; and
(2) take other actions to assist Federal, State, local, and tribal entities to participate in BEST, including providing financial assistance, as appropriate, for operational, administrative, salary reimbursement, and technological costs associated with the participation of Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies in BEST.
**(e) Report** Not later than 180 days after the date on which BEST is established under this section, and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that describes the effectiveness of BEST in enhancing border security and reducing the drug trafficking, arms smuggling, illegal alien trafficking and smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across the international borders of the United States, as measured by crime statistics, including violent deaths, incidents of violence, and drug-related arrests.
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**(a)** It shall be unlawful—
(1) for any person—
(A) except a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to engage in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms, or in the course of such business to ship, transport, or receive any firearm in interstate or foreign commerce; or
(B) except a licensed importer or licensed manufacturer, to engage in the business of importing or manufacturing ammunition, or in the course of such business, to ship, transport, or receive any ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce;
(2) for any importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector licensed under the provisions of this chapter to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce any firearm to any person other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, except that—
(A) this paragraph and subsection (b)(3) shall not be held to preclude a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector from returning a firearm or replacement firearm of the same kind and type to a person from whom it was received; and this paragraph shall not be held to preclude an individual from mailing a firearm owned in compliance with Federal, State, and local law to a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector;
(B) this paragraph shall not be held to preclude a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer from depositing a firearm for conveyance in the mails to any officer, employee, agent, or watchman who, pursuant to the provisions of [section 1715 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1715&num=0&edition=prelim), is eligible to receive through the mails pistols, revolvers,
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**(a) Establishment.—** There is established within the Coast Guard a Western Alaska Oil Spill Planning Criteria Program (referred to in this section as the “Program”) to develop and administer the Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria.
**(b) Program Manager.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Commandant shall select a permanent civilian career employee through a competitive search process for a term of not less than 5 years to serve as the Western Alaska Oil Spill Criteria Program Manager (referred to in this section as the “Program Manager”)—
(A) the primary duty of whom shall be to administer the Program; and
(B) who shall not be subject to frequent or routine reassignment.
(2) **Conflicts of interest.—** — The individual selected to serve as the Program Manager shall not have conflicts of interest relating to entities regulated by the Coast Guard.
(3) **Duties.—**
(A) *Development of guidance.—* — The Program Manager shall develop guidance for—
(i) approval, drills, and testing relating to the Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria; and
(ii) gathering input concerning such planning criteria from Federal agencies, State and local governments, Tribes, and relevant industry and nongovernmental entities.
(B) *Assessments.—* — Not less frequently than once every 5 years, the Program Manager shall—
(i) assess whether such existing planning criteria adequately meet the needs of vessels operating in the geographic area; and
(ii) identify methods for advancing response capability so as to achieve, with respect to a vessel, compliance with national planning criteria.
(C) *Onsite verifications.—* — The Program Manager shall address the relatively small number and limit
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**(a)** In order to render aid to distressed individuals, vessels, and aircraft on and under the high seas and on and under the waters over which the United States has jurisdiction and in order to render aid to individuals and property imperiled by flood, the Coast Guard may:
(1) perform any and all acts necessary to rescue and aid individuals and protect and save property;
(2) take charge of and protect all property saved from marine or aircraft disasters, or floods, at which the Coast Guard is present, until such property is claimed by individuals legally authorized to receive it or until otherwise disposed of in accordance with law or applicable regulations, and care for bodies of those who may have perished in such catastrophes;
(3) furnish clothing, food, lodging, medicines, and other necessary supplies and services to individuals succored by the Coast Guard; and
(4) destroy or tow into port sunken or floating dangers to navigation.
**(b)**
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Coast Guard may render aid to individuals and protect and save property at any time and at any place at which Coast Guard facilities and personnel are available and can be effectively utilized.
(2) The Commandant shall make full use of all available and qualified resources, including the Coast Guard Auxiliary and individuals licensed by the Secretary pursuant to [section 8904(b) of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section8904/b&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code, in rendering aid under this subsection in nonemergency cases.
**(c)** An individual who knowingly and willfully communicates a false distress message to the Coast Guard or causes the Coast Guard to attempt to save lives and property when no help is needed is—
(1) guilty of a
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**(a) Definitions** For the purpose of this section, the term—
(1) “oil” means oil of any kind or in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil;
(2) “discharge” includes, but is not limited to, any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping, but excludes (A) discharges in compliance with a permit under [section 1342 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1342&num=0&edition=prelim), (B) discharges resulting from circumstances identified and reviewed and made a part of the public record with respect to a permit issued or modified under [section 1342 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1342&num=0&edition=prelim), and subject to a condition in such permit,,11 So in original. (C) continuous or anticipated intermittent discharges from a point source, identified in a permit or permit application under [section 1342 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1342&num=0&edition=prelim), which are caused by events occurring within the scope of relevant operating or treatment systems, and (D) discharges incidental to mechanical removal authorized by the President under subsection (c) of this section;
(3) “vessel” means every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water other than a public vessel;
(4) “public vessel” means a vessel owned or bareboat-chartered and operated by the United States, or by a State or political subdivision thereof, or by a foreign nation, except when such vessel is engaged in commerce;
(5) “United States”
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**(a) Uses generally** The Fund shall be available to the President for—
(1) the payment of removal costs, including the costs of monitoring removal actions, determined by the President to be consistent with the National Contingency Plan—
(A) by Federal authorities; or
(B) by a State, a political subdivision of a State, or an Indian tribe, pursuant to a cost-reimbursable agreement under subsection (d);
(2) the payment of costs incurred by Federal, State, or Indian tribe trustees in carrying out their functions under [section 2706 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2706&num=0&edition=prelim) for assessing natural resource damages and for developing and implementing plans for the restoration, rehabilitation, replacement, or acquisition of the equivalent of damaged resources determined by the President to be consistent with the National Contingency Plan;
(3) the payment of removal costs determined by the President to be consistent with the National Contingency Plan as a result of, and damages resulting from, a discharge, or a substantial threat of a discharge, of oil from a foreign offshore unit;
(4) the payment of claims in accordance with [section 2713 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2713&num=0&edition=prelim) for uncompensated removal costs determined by the President to be consistent with the National Contingency Plan or uncompensated damages, including, in the case of a spill of national significance that results in extraordinary Coast Guard claims processing activities, the administrative and personnel costs of the Coast Guard to process such claims (including the costs of commercial claims processing, expert services, training, and technical s
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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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