6 U.S.C. § 591g — Mission of the Office

submitted 8 years ago by Pub. L. 107-296 to r/title-6-DOMESTIC-SECURITY · 72 words · no verdicts yet

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The Office coordinates federal efforts and develops Department strategy and policy to prevent unauthorized chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear materials, devices, or agents from entering or being used in the United States. It also protects against attacks using them.

The Office must coordinate with other federal efforts and develop Department strategy and policy for planning to detect and protect against unauthorized chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear materials, devices, or agents being imported, possessed, stored, transported, developed, or used in the United States. It must also protect against attacks using those materials, devices, or agents against the people, territory, or interests of the United States.

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The Office shall be responsible for coordinating with other Federal efforts and developing a strategy and policy for the Department to plan for, detect, and protect against the importation, possession, storage, transportation, development, or use of unauthorized chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear materials, devices, or agents in the United States and to protect against an attack using such materials, devices, or agents against the people, territory, or interests of the United States.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–296, title XIX, § 1921, as added Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(3), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5163.)

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2018Enacted · Pub. L. 107-296 · 132 Stat. 5163

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