Title 6 — Domestic Security
Part C · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization
§ 161. Establishment of Office; Director
Statutory text
Establishment
In general
There is hereby established within the Department of Justice an Office of Science and Technology (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Office”).
Authority
The Office shall be under the general authority of the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, and shall be established within the National Institute of Justice.
Director
The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be an individual appointed based on approval by the Office of Personnel Management of the executive qualifications of the individual.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Homeland Security Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–296 title II § 231 · 116 Stat. 2135
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 161
(Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 231, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2159.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 231, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2159.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 231. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE; DIRECTOR. (a) Establishment— (1) In general .— There is hereby established within the Department of Justice an Office of Science and Technology (hereinafter in this title referred to as the “Office”). (2) Authority.— The Office shall be under the general authority of the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, and shall be established within the National Institute of Justice. (b) Director.— The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be an individual appointed based on approval by the Office of Personnel Management of the executive qualifications of the individual.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 107–296, , 116 Stat. 2145, which enacted this subchapter, amended sections 1030, 2511, 2512, 2520, 2701 to 2703, and 3125 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, sections 10102 and 10122 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement, and section 401a of Title 50, War and National Defense, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 101 of this title and listed in a Provisions for Review, Promulgation, or Amendment of Federal Sentencing Guidelines Relating to Specific Offenses table set out under section 994 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see Tables.