6 USC § 253 - Professional responsibility and quality review

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identifier: "/us/usc/t6/s253"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "6 USC § 253 - Professional responsibility and quality review"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "253"
section_name: "Professional responsibility and quality review"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "BORDER, MARITIME, AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Immigration Enforcement Functions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 443, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2194; Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 802(g)(1)(B)(v)(II), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 212; Pub. L. 118–96, § 3(b)(3), Oct. 1, 2024, 138 Stat. 1571.)"
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# § 253. Professional responsibility and quality review

The Secretary shall be responsible for—

**(1)** conducting investigations of noncriminal allegations of misconduct, corruption, and fraud involving any employee of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that are not subject to investigation by the Inspector General for the Department;

**(2)** inspecting the operations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and providing assessments of the quality of the operations of such agency as a whole and each of its components; and

**(3)** providing an analysis of the management of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 443, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2194; Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 802(g)(1)(B)(v)(II), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 212; Pub. L. 118–96, § 3(b)(3), Oct. 1, 2024, 138 Stat. 1571.)

### Amendment of Section

For termination of amendment by , see Termination Date of 2024 Amendment note below.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2024—Par. (2). , §§ 3(b)(3), 6, temporarily substituted “such agency” for “such bureau”. See Termination Date of 2024 Amendment note below.

2016— substituted “Secretary” for “Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security” in introductory provisions and “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement” for “the Bureau of Border Security” in pars. (1) to (3).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination Date of 2024 Amendment

Amendment by  to cease to have force or effect beginning on , see , set out as a note under .