Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-102
§553 Terminations
Title 6 › CHAPTER 1 — HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER XII — TRANSITION › Part B — Transitional Provisions › § 553
Summary
When all an agency's duties are moved under this chapter, any job paid at Executive Schedule levels II–V must end.
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Title 6, §553
Domestic Security, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, whenever all the functions vested by law in any agency have been transferred pursuant to this chapter, each position and office the incumbent of which was authorized to receive compensation at the rates prescribed for an office or position at level II, III, IV, or V, of the Executive Schedule, shall terminate.
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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. Levels II, III, IV, and V, of the Executive Schedule, referred to in text, are set out in section 5313, 5314, 5315, and 5316, respectively, of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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6 U.S.C. § 553
Title 6, Domestic Security
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102