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6 U.S.C. 466: Sense of Congress reaffirming the continued importance and applicability of the Posse Comitatus Act

Created in 2002 by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296). Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2018

    • Pub. L. 115–232 substituted "chapter 13" for "chapter 15". (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (a)

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