6 USC § 244 - Maritime security capabilities assessments

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identifier: "/us/usc/t6/s244"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "6 USC § 244 - Maritime security capabilities assessments"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "244"
section_name: "Maritime security capabilities assessments"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "BORDER, MARITIME, AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Miscellaneous Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 436, as added Pub. L. 115–254, div. J, § 1811(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3538.)"
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# § 244. Maritime security capabilities assessments

October 5, 2018section 223 of this title

Not later than 180 days after , and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, an assessment of the number and type of maritime assets and the number of personnel required to increase the Department’s maritime response rate pursuant to .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 436, as added Pub. L. 115–254, div. J, § 1811(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3538.)