Title 6Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73

§294 Sense of Congress

Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - BORDER, MARITIME, AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY › Part Part F— - General Immigration Provisions › § 294

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Congress says the two bureaus are equally important and should be funded, and transferred functions should not run below levels on November 25, 2002.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §294

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It is the sense of Congress that—
(1)the missions of the Bureau of Border Security and the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services are equally important and, accordingly, they each should be adequately funded; and
(2)the functions transferred under this part should not, after such transfers take effect, operate at levels below those in effect prior to November 25, 2002.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Bureau of Border Security, referred to in par. (1), changed to Bureau of Immigration and Customs

Enforcement

by Reorganization Plan Modification for the Department of Homeland Security, eff. Mar. 1, 2003, H. Doc. No. 108–32, 108th Congress, 1st Session, set out as a note under section 542 of this title.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 294

Title 6Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73