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6 U.S.C. § 652 — Definitions
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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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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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In this chapter:
(1) **Abuse or threatened abuse of law or legal process** — The term “abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process” means the use or threatened use of a law or legal process, whether administrative, civil, or criminal, in any manner or for any purpose for which the law was not designed, in order to exert pressure on another person to cause that person to take some action or refrain from taking some action.
(2) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
(3) **Coercion** — The term “coercion” means—
(A) threats of serious harm to or physical restraint against any person;
(B) any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that failure to perform an act would result in serious harm to or physical restraint against any person; or
(C) the abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process.
(4) **Commercial sex act** — The term “commercial sex act” means any sex act on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person.
(5) **Concrete actions** — The term “concrete actions” means actions that demonstrate increased efforts by the government of a country to meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, including any of the following:
(A) Enforcement actions taken.
(B) Investigations actively underway.
(C) Prosecutions conducted.
(D) Convictions attained.
(E) Training provided.
(F) Programs and partnerships actively underway.
(G) Efforts to prevent severe forms of trafficking, including programs to reduce the vulnerability of particul
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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 Co
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In carrying out the responsibilities under [section 652 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section652&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shall—
(1) as appropriate, provide to State and local government entities, and upon request to private entities that own or operate critical information systems—
(A) analysis and warnings related to threats to, and vulnerabilities of, critical information systems; and
(B) in coordination with the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, crisis management support in response to threats to, or attacks on, critical information systems;
(2) as appropriate, provide technical assistance, upon request, to the private sector and other government entities, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, with respect to emergency recovery plans to respond to major failures of critical information systems; and
(3) fulfill the responsibilities of the Secretary to protect Federal information systems under subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 44.
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**(a) Definition** In this section, the term “agency” has the meaning given the term in [section 3502 of title 44](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section3502&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Availability of .gov internet domain** The Director shall make .gov internet domain name registration services, as well as any supporting services described in subsection (e), generally available—
(1) to any Federal, State, local, or territorial government entity, or other publicly controlled entity, including any Tribal government recognized by the Federal Government or a State government, that complies with the requirements for registration developed by the Director as described in subsection (c);
(2) without conditioning registration on the sharing of any information with the Director or any other Federal entity, other than the information required to meet the requirements described in subsection (c); and
(3) without conditioning registration on participation in any separate service offered by the Director or any other Federal entity.
**(c) Requirements** The Director, with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for agency .gov internet domain requirements and in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for .gov internet domain requirements for entities that are not agencies, shall establish and publish on a publicly available website requirements for the registration and operation of .gov internet domains sufficient to—
(1) minimize the risk of .gov internet domains whose names could mislead or confuse users;
(2) establish that .gov internet domains may not be used for commercial or political campaign purposes;
(3) ensure that domains are registered and maintained only by authoriz
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**(a) Appointment** The Director shall appoint an employee of the Agency in each State, with the appropriate cybersecurity qualifications and expertise, who shall serve as the Cybersecurity State Coordinator.
**(b) Duties** The duties of a Cybersecurity State Coordinator appointed under subsection (a) shall include—
(1) building strategic public and, on a voluntary basis, private sector relationships, including by advising on establishing governance structures to facilitate the development and maintenance of secure and resilient infrastructure;
(2) serving as the Federal cybersecurity risk advisor and supporting preparation, response, and remediation efforts relating to cybersecurity risks and incidents;
(3) facilitating the sharing of cyber threat information to improve understanding of cybersecurity risks and situational awareness of cybersecurity incidents;
(4) raising awareness of the financial, technical, and operational resources available from the Federal Government to non-Federal entities to increase resilience against cyber threats;
(5) supporting training, exercises, and planning for continuity of operations to expedite recovery from cybersecurity incidents, including ransomware;
(6) serving as a principal point of contact for non-Federal entities to engage, on a voluntary basis, with the Federal Government on preparing, managing, and responding to cybersecurity incidents;
(7) assisting non-Federal entities in developing and coordinating vulnerability disclosure programs consistent with Federal and information security industry standards;
(8) assisting State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, on a voluntary basis, in the development of State cybersecurity plans;
(9) coordinating with appropriate officials within the Agency; and
(10) perfor
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 652
mit a report to the Assistant to the President for Na-
tional Security Affairs and the Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on the extent to
which the PNT profiles have been adopted in their re-
spective agencies’ acquisitions and, to the extent pos-
sible, the extent to which PNT profiles have been
adopted by owners and operators of critical infrastruc-
ture.
(g) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Sec-
retary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, and Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall each develop plans
to engage with critical infrastructure owners or opera-
tors to evaluate the responsible use of PNT services.
Each pilot program shall be completed within 1 year of
developing the plan, and the results shall be used to in-
form the development of the relevant PNT profile and
research and development (R&D) opportunities.
(h) Within 1 year of the date of this order, the Direc-
tor of OSTP shall coordinate the development of a na-
tional plan, which shall be informed by existing initia-
tives, for the R&D and pilot testing of additional, ro-
bust, and secure PNT services that are not dependent
on global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). The
plan shall also include approaches to integrate and use
multiple PNT services to enhance the resilience of crit-
ical infrastructure.
Once the plan is published, the Director of OSTP
shall coordinate updates to the plan every 4 years, or
as appropriate.
(i) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Sec-
retary of Commerce shall make available a GNSS-inde-
pendent source of Coordinated Universal Time, to sup-
port the needs of critical infrastructure owners and op-
erators, for the public and private sectors to access.
SEC. 5. Ge
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