Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73
§596 Contracting and grant making authorities
Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIV— - COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE › Part Part B— - Mission of the Office › § 596
Summary
The Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary, must run programs and give money by grants and similar agreements, must test radiation detectors for seaports (including underwater, surface, and units mountable on cranes and straddle cars), and may set up or hire one or more federally funded research and development centers for independent homeland security analysis.
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Title 6, §596
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The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, in carrying out the responsibilities under section 592 of this title, shall—
(1)operate extramural and intramural programs and distribute funds through grants, cooperative agreements, and other transactions and contracts;
(2)ensure that activities under section 592 of this title include investigations of radiation detection equipment in configurations suitable for deployment at seaports, which may include underwater or water surface detection equipment and detection equipment that can be mounted on cranes and straddle cars used to move shipping containers; and
(3)have the authority to establish or contract with 1 or more federally funded research and development centers to provide independent analysis of homeland security issues and carry out other responsibilities under this subchapter.
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Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(8)(A), in introductory provisions, substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection” and “section 592” for “paragraphs (6) and (7) of section 592(a)”. Par. (2). Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(8)(B), substituted “section 592” for “paragraphs (6) and (7) of section 592(a)”. 2007—Pub. L. 110–53, § 104(a)(4), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in two places in text as reference to section 592(a) of this title.
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6 U.S.C. § 596
Title 6 — Domestic Security
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73