6 USC § 346 - Consolidation and co-location of offices

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title: "6 USC § 346 - Consolidation and co-location of offices"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "346"
section_name: "Consolidation and co-location of offices"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "MANAGEMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–296, title VII, § 706, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2220.)"
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# § 346. Consolidation and co-location of offices

Not later than 1 year after November 25, 2002, the Secretary shall develop and submit to Congress a plan for consolidating and co-locating—

**1** any regional offices or field offices of agencies that are transferred to the Department under this chapter, if such officers [^1] are located in the same municipality; and

So in original. Probably should be “offices”.

**(2)** portions of regional and field offices of other Federal agencies, to the extent such offices perform functions that are transferred to the Secretary under this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–296, title VII, § 706, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2220.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in pars. (1) and (2), 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.