Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73

§591h Relationship to other Department components and Federal agencies

Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIV— - COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE › Part Part B— - Mission of the Office › § 591h

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Assistant Secretary must not take away any officer’s authority to run or control a component’s operations or resources, and nothing here changes FEMA’s duties or allows diverting FEMA assets, functions, or mission. Within one year after December 21, 2018, the Assistant Secretary, with the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, must send the appropriate congressional committees a strategy and implementation plan to guide and integrate Office programs with other Department programs.

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Title 6, §591h

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(a)The authority of the Assistant Secretary under this subchapter shall not affect or diminish the authority or the responsibility of any officer of the Department or any officer of any other Federal agency with respect to the command, control, or direction of the functions, personnel, funds, assets, or liabilities of any component of the Department or any other Federal agency.

(b)Not later than one year after December 21, 2018, the Assistant Secretary shall, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy and implementation plan to direct programs within the Office and to integrate those programs with other programs and activities of the Department.

(c)Nothing in this subchapter or any other provision of law may be construed to affect or reduce the responsibilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Administrator of the Agency, including the diversion of any asset, function, or mission of the Agency or the Administrator of the Agency.

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6 U.S.C. § 591h

Title 6 — Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73