Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-102

§312 Definition

Title 6 › CHAPTER 1 — HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER V — NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT › § 312

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Calls a Nuclear Incident Response Team a set of federal units: DOE units handling nuclear or radiological emergency support (accident and search response, technical advice, REAC/TS radiation care, and radiological assistance) and EPA units doing similar radiological response work.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §312

Domestic Security, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

In this subchapter, the term “Nuclear Incident Response Team” means a resource that includes—
(1)those entities of the Department of Energy that perform nuclear or radiological emergency support functions (including accident response, search response, advisory, and technical operations functions), radiation exposure functions at the medical assistance facility known as the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS), radiological assistance functions, and related functions; and
(2)those entities of the Environmental Protection Agency that perform such support functions (including radiological emergency response functions) and related functions.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 316 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 109–295.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 502 of Pub. L. 107–296 was renumbered section 504 and is classified to section 314 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

6 U.S.C. § 312

Title 6, Domestic Security

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102