Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-102
§294 Sense of Congress
Title 6 › CHAPTER 1 — HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER IV — BORDER, MARITIME, AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY › Part F — General Immigration Provisions › § 294
Summary
Congress says both bureaus must get adequate funding and transferred functions must run at or above November 25, 2002 levels.
Full Legal Text
Title 6, §294
Domestic Security, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1)the missions of the Bureau of Border Security and the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services are equally important and, accordingly, they each should be adequately funded; and
(2)the functions transferred under this part should not, after such transfers take effect, operate at levels below those in effect prior to November 25, 2002.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Bureau of Border Security, referred to in par. (1), changed to Bureau of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement
by Reorganization Plan Modification for the Department of Homeland Security, eff. Mar. 1, 2003, H. Doc. No. 108–32, 108th Congress, 1st Session, set out as a note under section 542 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
6 U.S.C. § 294
Title 6, Domestic Security
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102