Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73not60
§102 Construction; Severability
Title 6 › Chapter 1— HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › § 102
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If a part of the chapter is found invalid or can't be enforced, read it so it works if the law allows. If it is wholly invalid, remove it and keep the rest.
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Title 6, §102
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Any provision of this chapter held to be invalid or unenforceable by its terms, or as applied to any person or circumstance, shall be construed so as to give it the maximum effect permitted by law, unless such holding shall be one of utter invalidity or unenforceability, in which event such provision shall be deemed severable from this chapter and shall not affect the remainder thereof, or the application of such provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other, dissimilar circumstances.
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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
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note set out under section 101 of this title and Tables.
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6 U.S.C. § 102
Title 6 — Domestic Security
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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