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6 USC § 291 - Abolishment of INS 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t6/s291"
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title: "6 USC § 291 - Abolishment of INS"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "291"
section_name: "Abolishment of INS"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "BORDER, MARITIME, AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "General Immigration Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 471, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2205.)"
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# § 291. Abolishment of INS

**(a)** **In general** Upon completion of all transfers from the Immigration and Naturalization Service as provided for by this chapter, the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice is abolished.

**(b)** **Prohibition** section 542 of this title

The authority provided by  may be used to reorganize functions or organizational units within the Bureau of Border Security or the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, but may not be used to recombine the two bureaus into a single agency or otherwise to combine, join, or consolidate functions or organizational units of the two bureaus with each other.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 471, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2205.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Bureau of Border Security, referred to in subsec. (b), changed to Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement by Reorganization Plan Modification for the Department of Homeland Security, eff. , H. Doc. No. 108–32, 108th Congress, 1st Session, set out as a note under .