Title 6 — Domestic Security
Part C · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization
§ 677. Sense of Congress
Statutory text
It is the sense of Congress that—
the purpose of this part is to authorize the Secretary to declare that a significant incident has occurred and to establish the authorities that are provided under the declaration to respond to and recover from the significant incident; and
the authorities established under this part are intended to enable the Secretary to provide voluntary assistance to non-Federal entities impacted by a significant incident.
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 XXII § 2231 · 116 Stat. 2135
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 677
(Pub. L. 107–296, title XXII, § 2231, as added Pub. L. 117–58, div. G, title VI, § 70602(a), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1267.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–296, title XXII, § 2231, as added Pub. L. 117–58, div. G, title VI, § 70602(a), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1267.)
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Credits
(Pub. L. 107–296, title XXII, § 2231, as added Pub. L. 117–58, div. G, title VI, § 70602(a), , 135 Stat. 1267.)