Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73
§465 Joint Interagency Task Force
Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part Part H— - Miscellaneous Provisions › § 465
Summary
The Secretary may create a permanent joint homeland security task force made of military and civilian agencies to spot and stop terrorist threats, and Congress urges using the Key West and Alameda drug-task-force models when feasible.
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Title 6, §465
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(a)The Secretary may establish and operate a permanent Joint Interagency Homeland Security Task Force composed of representatives from military and civilian agencies of the United States Government for the purposes of anticipating terrorist threats against the United States and taking appropriate actions to prevent harm to the United States.
(b)It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should model the Joint Interagency Homeland Security Task Force on the approach taken by the Joint Interagency Task Forces for drug interdiction at Key West, Florida and Alameda, California, to the maximum extent feasible and appropriate.
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6 U.S.C. § 465
Title 6 — Domestic Security
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73