Title 6 — Domestic Security
Part H · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization
§ 463. Requirement to comply with laws protecting equal employment opportunity and providing whistleblower protections
Statutory text
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as exempting the Department from requirements applicable with respect to executive agencies—
to provide equal employment protection for employees of the Department (including pursuant to the provisions in section 2302(b)(1) of title 5 and the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–174)); or
to provide whistleblower protections for employees of the Department (including pursuant to the provisions in section 2302(b)(8) and (9) of such title and the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002).
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 § 883 · 116 Stat. 2135
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 463
(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 883, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2247.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 883, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2247.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 883. REQUIREMENT TO COMPLY WITH LAWS PROTECTING EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND PROVIDING WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as exempting the Department from requirements applicable with respect to executive agencies— (1) to provide equal employment protection for employees of the Department (including pursuant to the provisions in section 2302(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code, and the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107—174)); or (2) to provide whistleblower protections for employees of the Department (including pursuant to the provisions in section 2302(b)(8) and (9) of such title and the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002).
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in introductory provisions, 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.
The Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002, referred to in pars. (1) and (2), is Pub. L. 107–174, , 116 Stat. 566, which is set out as a note under section 2301 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.