Title 6 — Domestic Security
Part H · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization
§ 456. Military activities
Statutory text
Nothing in this chapter shall confer upon the Secretary any authority to engage in warfighting, the military defense of the United States, or other military activities, nor shall anything in this chapter limit the existing authority of the Department of Defense or the Armed Forces to engage in warfighting, the military defense of the United States, or other military activities.
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 VIII § 876 · 116 Stat. 2135
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 456
(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 876, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2244.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 876, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2244.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 876. MILITARY ACTIVITIES. Nothing in this Act shall confer upon the Secretary any authority to engage in warfighting, the military defense of the United States, or other military activities, nor shall anything in this Act limit the existing authority of the Department of Defense or the Armed Forces to engage in warfighting, the military defense of the United States, or other military activities.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 107–296, , 116 Stat. 2135, known as the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 101 of this title and Tables.