6 USC § 591g - Mission of the Office

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identifier: "/us/usc/t6/s591g"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "6 USC § 591g - Mission of the Office"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "591g"
section_name: "Mission of the Office"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "XIV"
subchapter_name: "COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Mission of the Office"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–296, title XIX, § 1921, as added Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(3), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5163.)"
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# § 591g. Mission of the Office

The Office shall be responsible for coordinating with other Federal efforts and developing a strategy and policy for the Department to plan for, detect, and protect against the importation, possession, storage, transportation, development, or use of unauthorized chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear materials, devices, or agents in the United States and to protect against an attack using such materials, devices, or agents against the people, territory, or interests of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–296, title XIX, § 1921, as added Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(3), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5163.)