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6 U.S.C. 741: Definitions

Created in 2006 by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109-295). Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 33 U.S.C. 892a.

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    2007

    • Pub. L. 110–53 added pars. (2) and (12) to (14) and redesignated former pars. (2) to (10) as (3) to (11), respectively. (Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007) Law text · (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.