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6 U.S.C. § 474 — Preserving Coast Guard mission performance

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6 U.S.C. § 474 — Preserving Coast Guard mission performance

**(a) Transferred** **(b) Transfer** There are transferred to the Department the authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, which shall be maintained as a distinct entity within the Department, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto. **(c) Maintenance of status of functions and assets** Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the authorities, functions, and capabilities of the Coast Guard to perform its missions shall be maintained intact and without significant reduction after the transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department, except as specified in subsequent Acts. **(d) Certain transfers prohibited** No mission, function, or asset (including for purposes of this subsection any ship, aircraft, or helicopter) of the Coast Guard may be diverted to the principal and continuing use of any other organization, unit, or entity of the Department, except for details or assignments that do not reduce the Coast Guard’s capability to perform its missions. **(e) Changes to missions** (1) **Prohibition** — The Secretary may not substantially or significantly reduce the missions of the Coast Guard or the Coast Guard’s capability to perform those missions, except as specified in subsequent Acts. (2) **Waiver** — The Secretary may waive the restrictions under paragraph (1) for a period of not to exceed 90 days upon a declaration and certification by the Secretary to Congress that a clear, compelling, and immediate need exists for such a waiver. A certification under this paragraph shall include a detailed justification for the declaration and certification, including the reasons and specific information that demonstrate that the Nation and the Coast Guard cannot respond effectively if the re

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14 U.S.C. § 102 — Primary duties

**(a) Definitions.—** In this section: (1) **Non-homeland security missions.—** — The term “non-homeland security missions” means the following missions of the Coast Guard: (A) Marine safety. (B) Search and rescue. (C) Aids to navigation. (D) Living marine resources (fisheries law enforcement). (E) Marine environmental protection. (F) Ice operations. (2) **Homeland security missions.—** — The term “homeland security missions” means the following missions of the Coast Guard: (A) Ports, waterways and coastal security. (B) Drug interdiction. (C) Migrant interdiction. (D) Defense readiness. (E) Other law enforcement. **(b) Primary Duties.—** The Coast Guard shall— (1) enforce or assist in the enforcement of all applicable Federal laws on, under, and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; (2) engage in maritime air surveillance or interdiction to enforce or assist in the enforcement of the laws of the United States; (3) administer laws and promulgate and enforce regulations for the promotion of safety of life and property on and under the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, covering all matters not specifically delegated by law to some other executive department; (4) develop, establish, maintain, and operate, with due regard to the requirements of national defense, aids to maritime navigation, icebreaking facilities, and rescue facilities for the promotion of safety on, under, and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; (5) pursuant to international agreements, develop, establish, maintain, and operate icebreaking facilities on, under, and over waters other than the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the

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14 U.S.C. § 103 — Department in which the Coast Guard operates

**(a) In General.—** The Coast Guard shall be a service in the Department of Homeland Security, except when operating as a service in the Navy. **(b) Transfers.—** Upon the declaration of war if Congress so directs in the declaration or when the President directs, the Coast Guard shall operate as a service in the Navy, and shall so continue until the President, by Executive order, transfers the Coast Guard back to the Department of Homeland Security. While operating as a service in the Navy, the Coast Guard shall be subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, who may order changes in Coast Guard operations to render them uniform, to the extent such Secretary deems advisable, with Navy operations. **(c) Operation as a Service in the Navy.—** Whenever the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Navy— (1) applicable appropriations of the Navy Department shall be available for the expense of the Coast Guard; (2) applicable appropriations of the Coast Guard shall be available for transfer to the Navy Department; (3) precedence between commissioned officers of corresponding grades in the Coast Guard and the Navy shall be determined by the date of rank stated by their commissions in those grades; (4) personnel of the Coast Guard shall be eligible to receive gratuities, medals, and other insignia of honor on the same basis as personnel in the naval service or serving in any capacity with the Navy; and (5) the Secretary may place on furlough any officer of the Coast Guard and officers on furlough shall receive one half of the pay to which they would be entitled if on leave of absence, but officers of the Coast Guard Reserve shall not be so placed on furlough.

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6 U.S.C. § 101 — Cyber incident review

**(a) Activities** The Center shall— (1) receive, aggregate, analyze, and secure, using processes consistent with the processes developed pursuant to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ([6 U.S.C. 1501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) reports from covered entities related to a covered cyber incident to assess the effectiveness of security controls, identify tactics, techniques, and procedures adversaries use to overcome those controls and other cybersecurity purposes, including to assess potential impact of cyber incidents on public health and safety and to enhance situational awareness of cyber threats across critical infrastructure sectors; (2) coordinate and share information with appropriate Federal departments and agencies to identify and track ransom payments, including those utilizing virtual currencies; (3) leverage information gathered about cyber incidents to— (A) enhance the quality and effectiveness of information sharing and coordination efforts with appropriate entities, including agencies, sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, critical infrastructure owners and operators, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers; and (B) provide appropriate entities, including sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers, with timely, actionable, and anonymized reports of cyber incident campaigns and trends, including, to the maximum extent practicable

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14 U.S.C. § 101 — Establishment of Coast Guard

The Coast Guard, established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times.

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6 U.S.C. § 474 — Homeland security critical domain re-

Page 247 TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY § 474 must be fought with trained personnel and highly specialized counter-child-exploitation strategies and technologies. ‘‘(3) The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Secu- rity serves a critical national security role in pro- tecting the United States from the growing inter- national threat of child exploitation and human traf- ficking. ‘‘(4) The Cyber Crimes Center of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a vital na- tional resource in the effort to combat international child exploitation, providing advanced expertise and assistance in investigations, computer forensics, and victim identification. ‘‘(5) The returning military heroes of the United States possess unique and valuable skills that can as- sist law enforcement in combating global sexual and child exploitation, and the Department of Homeland Security should use this national resource to the maximum extent possible. ‘‘(6) Through the Human Exploitation Rescue Oper- ative (HERO) Child Rescue Corps program, the re- turning military heroes of the United States are trained and hired to investigate crimes of child ex- ploitation in order to target predators and rescue children from sexual abuse and slavery.’’ § 474. Homeland security critical domain re- search and development (a) In general (1) Research and development The Secretary is authorized to conduct re- search and development to— (A) identify United States critical domains for economic security and homeland secu- rity; and (B) evaluate the extent to which disrup- tion, corruption, exploitation, or dysfunc- tion of any of such domain poses a substan- tial threat to homeland security. (2) Requirements (A) Risk analysis of critical domai

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