Title 6 — Domestic Security
Part A · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization
§ 541. Definitions
Statutory text
For purposes of this subchapter:
The term “agency” includes any entity, organizational unit, program, or function.
The term “transition period” means the 12-month period beginning on the effective date of this chapter.
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 XV § 1501 · 116 Stat. 2135
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 541
(Pub. L. 107–296, title XV, § 1501, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2307.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–296, title XV, § 1501, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2307.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1501. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this title: (1) The term “agency” includes any entity, organizational unit, program, or function. (2) The term “transition period” means the 12-month period beginning on the effective date of this Act.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The effective date of this chapter, referred to in par. (2), is 60 days after , see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as an Effective Date note under section 101 of this title.