Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-110

§465 Joint Interagency Task Force

Title 6 › CHAPTER 1 — HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER VIII — COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part H — Miscellaneous Provisions › § 465

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may create and run a permanent Joint Interagency Homeland Security Task Force made of representatives from U.S. military and civilian agencies to spot terrorist threats and take steps to prevent harm to the United States. Congress says the Secretary should, when practical, model this task force on the drug-interdiction Joint Interagency Task Forces in Key West, Florida, and Alameda, California.

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Title 6, §465

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(a)Establishment

The Secretary may establish and operate a permanent Joint Interagency Homeland Security Task Force composed of representatives from military and civilian agencies of the United States Government for the purposes of anticipating terrorist threats against the United States and taking appropriate actions to prevent harm to the United States.

(b)Structure

It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should model the Joint Interagency Homeland Security Task Force on the approach taken by the Joint Interagency Task Forces for drug interdiction at Key West, Florida and Alameda, California, to the maximum extent feasible and appropriate.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 465

Title 6, Domestic Security

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110