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Title 6 — Domestic Security

Part D · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization

§ 256. Sense of Congress regarding construction of fencing near San Diego, California

Statutory text

It is the sense of the Congress that completing the 14-mile border fence project required to be carried out under section 102(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) should be a priority for the Secretary.

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.

  1. Homeland Security Act of 2002

    Pub. L. 107–296 title IV § 446 · 116 Stat. 2135

    Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 256

    (Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 446, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2195.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 446, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2195.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 446. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF FENCING NEAR SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. It is the sense of the Congress that completing the 14-mile border fence project required to be carried out under section 102(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) should be a priority for the Secretary.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 102(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, referred to in text, is section 102(b) of title I of div. C of Pub. L. 104–208, which is set out as a note under section 1103 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 446, , 116 Stat. 2195.)

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