§ 493. Membership

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. 2002

   Homeland Security Act of 2002

   Pub. L. 107–296 title IX § 903 · 116 Stat. 2135

   Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 493

   Pub. L. 107–296, title IX, § 903, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2258

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 107–296, title IX, § 903, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2258

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 903. MEMBERSHIP. The members of the Council shall be the following: (1) The President. (2) The Vice President. (3) The Secretary of Homeland Security. (4) The Attorney General. (5) The Secretary of Defense. (6) Such other individuals as may be designated by the President.

2. 2006

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006

   Pub. L. 109–163 div. A title IX § 908(b) · 119 Stat. 3136

   1. Amended · 6 U.S.C. § 493

      Pub. L. 109–163 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Inserted · 6 U.S.C. § 493

      Pub. L. 109–163 inserted heading

   3. Added · 6 U.S.C. § 493

      Pub. L. 109–163 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 109–163 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Attendance at Meeting of Homeland Security Council.— Section 903 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 493) is amended— (1) by inserting “(a) Members—” before “The members”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(b) Attendance of Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff at Meetings.— The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (or, in the absence of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) may, in the role of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as principal military adviser to the Council and subject to the direction of the President, attend and participate in meetings of the Council.” .

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