Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73
§557 Reference
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Summary
When duties move under this chapter on or after its effective date (including plans under section 542), other laws that mention the old agency count as referring to the Secretary or the Department component now responsible.
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Title 6, §557
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With respect to any function transferred by or under this chapter (including under a reorganization plan that becomes effective under section 542 of this title) and exercised on or after the effective date of this chapter, reference in any other Federal law to any department, commission, or agency or any officer or office the functions of which are so transferred shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary, other official, or component of the Department to which such function is so transferred.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 107–296, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2135, known as the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 101 of this title and Tables. The
Effective Date
of this chapter, referred to in text, is 60 days after Nov. 25, 2002, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 101 of this title.
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6 U.S.C. § 557
Title 6 — Domestic Security
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73