6 USC § 521 - Legal status of EOIR

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title: "6 USC § 521 - Legal status of EOIR"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "521"
section_name: "Legal status of EOIR"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DIVISIONS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Executive Office for Immigration Review"
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 XI, § 1101, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2273.)"
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# § 521. Legal status of EOIR

**1** **1 Existence of EOIR** section 1103(g) of title 8

There is in the Department of Justice the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which shall be subject to the direction and regulation of the Attorney General under .

So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–296, title XI, § 1101, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2273.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

> “The provisions of this subtitle [subtitle A (§§ 1101–1104) of title XI of
> 
> , enacting this part and amending
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> , Aliens and Nationality] shall take effect on the date of the transfer of functions from the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to officials of the Department of Homeland Security [functions transferred
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> ]”.

, as added by , , , provided that: