Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-102
§552a Savings Provision of Certain Transfers Made Under the Homeland Security Act of 2002
Title 6 › CHAPTER 1 — HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER XII — TRANSITION › Part B — Transitional Provisions › § 552a
Summary
When duties are moved under the Homeland Security Act of 2002, existing government actions and ongoing civil lawsuits that were in effect the day before stay the same unless later changed.
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Title 6, §552a
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The transfer of functions under subtitle B of title XI of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) [6 U.S.C. 531 et seq.] shall not affect any pending or completed administrative actions, including orders, determinations, rules, regulations, personnel actions, permits, agreements, grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, or registrations, in effect on the date immediately prior to the date of such transfer, or any proceeding, unless and until amended, modified, superseded, terminated, set aside, or revoked. Pending civil actions shall not be affected by such transfer of functions.
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The Homeland Security Act of 2002, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 107–296, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2135, which is classified principally to this chapter. Subtitle B of title XI of the Act is classified principally to part B (§ 531 et seq.) of subchapter XI of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 101 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Homeland Security Act
Amendments
of 2003 and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003, and not as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.
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Citation
6 U.S.C. § 552a
Title 6, Domestic Security
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102