6 USC § 321c - Department and Agency officials

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title: "6 USC § 321c - Department and Agency officials"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "321c"
section_name: "Department and Agency officials"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 514, as added Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 611(13), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1409; amended Pub. L. 115–278, § 2(g)(4)(B), Nov. 16, 2018, 132 Stat. 4178.)"
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# § 321c. Department and Agency officials

**(a)** **Deputy Administrators** The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more than 4 Deputy Administrators to assist the Administrator in carrying out this subchapter.

**(b)** **United States Fire Administration** The Administrator of the United States Fire Administration shall have a rank equivalent to an assistant secretary of the Department.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 514, as added Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 611(13), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1409; amended Pub. L. 115–278, § 2(g)(4)(B), Nov. 16, 2018, 132 Stat. 4178.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Subsecs. (b), (c).  redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (b) read as follows: “There is in the Department an Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as a note under .