§ 321q. Coordination of Department of Homeland Security efforts related to food, agriculture, and veterinary defense against terrorism

Statutory text

Program required

The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, shall carry out a program to coordinate the Department’s efforts related to defending the food, agriculture, and veterinary systems of the United States against terrorism and other high-consequence events that pose a high risk to homeland security.

Program elements

The coordination program required by subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following:

Providing oversight and management of the Department’s responsibilities pursuant to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9–Defense of United States Agriculture and Food.

Providing oversight and integration of the Department’s activities related to veterinary public health, food defense, and agricultural security.

Leading the Department’s policy initiatives relating to food, animal, and agricultural incidents, and the impact of such incidents on animal and public health.

Leading the Department’s policy initiatives relating to overall domestic preparedness for and collective response to agricultural terrorism.

Coordinating with other Department components, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as appropriate, on activities related to food and agriculture security and screening procedures for domestic and imported products.

Coordinating with appropriate Federal departments and agencies.

Other activities as determined necessary by the Secretary.

Rule of construction

Nothing in this section may be construed as altering or superseding the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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.

2017
Homeland Security Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–296 title V § 528 · 116 Stat. 2135
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 321q
Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 528, as added Pub. L. 115–43, § 2(a), June 30, 2017, 131 Stat. 884
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 528, as added Pub. L. 115–43, § 2(a), June 30, 2017, 131 Stat. 884
2018
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–387 § 2(f)(5) · 132 Stat. 5162
Substituted · 6 U.S.C. § 321q(a)
Pub. L. 115–387 substituted “the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office,” for “Health Affairs,”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–387 substituted “the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office,” for “Health Affairs,”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(5) Coordination of department of homeland security efforts related to food, agriculture, and veterinary defense against terrorism.— Section 528(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321q(a)) is amended by striking “Health Affairs,” and inserting “the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office,”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–387 substituted “the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office,” for “Health Affairs,”.

Credits

2017–2018 · 2 acts

2017Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 528, as added Pub. L. 115–43, § 2(a), June 30, 2017, 131 Stat. 884
2018amended Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(f)(5), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5168.

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(Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 528, as added Pub. L. 115–43, § 2(a), June 30, 2017, 131 Stat. 884; amended Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(f)(5), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5168.)