2014 US Code
Title 6 - Domestic Security (Sections 101 - 1405)
Chapter 1 - Homeland Security Organization (Sections 101 - 629)
Subchapter IX - National Homeland Security Council (Sections 491 - 496)
Sec. 493 - Membership

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 6 - DOMESTIC SECURITY
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 6 - DOMESTIC SECURITY
CHAPTER 1 - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION
SUBCHAPTER IX - NATIONAL HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL
Sec. 493 - Membership
Containssection 493
Date2014
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 5, 2015
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 107-296, title IX, §903, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2258; Pub. L. 109-163, div. A, title IX, §908(b), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3404.
Statutes at Large References116 Stat. 2258
119 Stat. 3404
Public and Private LawsPublic Law 107-296, Public Law 109-163

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6 U.S.C. § 493 (2014)
§493. Membership(a) Members

The members of the Council shall be the following:

(1) The President.

(2) The Vice President.

(3) The Secretary of Homeland Security.

(4) The Attorney General.

(5) The Secretary of Defense.

(6) Such other individuals as may be designated by the President.

(b) Attendance of Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff at meetings

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (or, in the absence of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) may, in the role of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as principal military adviser to the Council and subject to the direction of the President, attend and participate in meetings of the Council.

(Pub. L. 107–296, title IX, §903, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2258; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title IX, §908(b), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3404.)

AMENDMENTS

2006—Pub. L. 109–163 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

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