Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73

§235 Coordination of information and information technology

Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - BORDER, MARITIME, AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY › Part Part C— - Miscellaneous Provisions › § 235

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must make sure certain agencies share inspection information about things imported into the United States. Affected agencies are: the Department (the main department named in the law), the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health and Human Services, and any other department or agency the Secretary decides is appropriate. The Secretary must work with those agencies so they exchange timely and useful inspection information when one or more of them inspects or regulates an imported item. Within 18 months after November 25, 2002, the Secretary must send Congress a report on progress and a plan to finish putting this in place.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §235

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(a)In this section, the term “affected agency” means—

(1)the Department;

(2)the Department of Agriculture;

(3)the Department of Health and Human Services; and

(4)any other department or agency determined to be appropriate by the Secretary.

(b)The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the head of each other department or agency determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, shall ensure that appropriate information (as determined by the Secretary) concerning inspections of articles that are imported or entered into the United States, and are inspected or regulated by 1 or more affected agencies, is timely and efficiently exchanged between the affected agencies.

(c)Not later than 18 months after November 25, 2002, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the head of each other department or agency determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, shall submit to Congress—

(1)a report on the progress made in implementing this section; and

(2)a plan to complete implementation of this section.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 235

Title 6 — Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73