Public Law 107-296

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Act of Congress United States federal statute

Public Law 107-296 is the U.S. federal statute that created the Department of Homeland Security and reorganized numerous government agencies to enhance national security following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Congress ⓘ United States federal statute ⓘ
amendedBy	Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 6 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsTitle	Title III—Science and Technology in Support of Homeland Security ⓘ Title II—Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection ⓘ Title IV—Border and Transportation Security ⓘ Homeland Security Council of the United States ⓘ surface form: Title IX—National Homeland Security Council Title I—Department of Homeland Security ⓘ Title VIII—Coordination with Non-Federal Entities; Inspector General; United States Secret Service; Coast Guard; General Provisions ⓘ Title VII—Management ⓘ Title VI—Treatment of Charitable Trusts for Members of the Armed Forces of the United States and Other Governmental Organizations ⓘ Title V—Emergency Preparedness and Response ⓘ Title XIII—Federal Workforce Improvement ⓘ Title XII—Airline War Risk Insurance Legislation ⓘ Title XIV—Arming Pilots Against Terrorism ⓘ Title XI—Department of Justice Divisions ⓘ Title XVIII—Emergency Communications ⓘ Title XVII—Conforming and Technical Amendments ⓘ Title XVI—Corrections to Existing Law Relating to Airline Transportation Security ⓘ Title XV—Transition ⓘ Title X—Information Security ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdAgency	United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
dateSigned	2002-11-25 ⓘ
enactedBy	107th United States Congress ⓘ
establishedComponent	Transportation Security Administration ⓘ surface form: Border and Transportation Security Directorate Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate ⓘ Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis ⓘ surface form: Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate Science and Technology Directorate ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	HSA ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legislativeResponseTo	September 11 attacks ⓘ surface form: September 11, 2001 attacks
legislativeType	public law ⓘ
officialName	Homeland Security Act of 2002 ⓘ
presidentAtSigning	George W. Bush ⓘ
primaryPurpose	to establish the Department of Homeland Security ⓘ to reorganize federal agencies to enhance national security ⓘ
publicLawNumber	107-296 ⓘ
shortName	Homeland Security Act of 2002 ⓘ surface form: Homeland Security Act
signedBy	George W. Bush ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation	116 Stat. 2135 ⓘ
subjectArea	counterterrorism ⓘ homeland security ⓘ national security ⓘ
transferredAgencyTo	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service border functions ⓘ U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ surface form: Bureau of Customs and Border Protection Immigration and Customs Enforcement ⓘ surface form: Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers ⓘ surface form: Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Office for Domestic Preparedness ⓘ Transportation Security Administration ⓘ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ surface form: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services United States Coast Guard ⓘ United States Secret Service ⓘ
yearEnacted	2002 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Homeland Security Act of 2002 → publicLawNumber → Public Law 107-296 ⓘ

HSA → publicLawNumber → Public Law 107-296 ⓘ

subject surface form: Homeland Security Act of 2002