6 U.S.C. § 182
Responsibilities and authorities of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology
United States · Title 6 — DOMESTIC SECURITY · Status: effective
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- 6 U.S.C. § 182, Responsibilities and authorities of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/427799
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The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall have the responsibility for—
establishing priorities for, directing, funding, and conducting national research, development, test and evaluation, and procurement of technology and systems for—
carrying out, in coordination with the Drug Enforcement Administration, research, development, testing, evaluation, and cost-benefit analyses to improve the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of equipment and the effectiveness and efficiency of reference libraries for use by Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies for the accurate detection of drugs, such as fentanyl and xylazine, including—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Homeland Security Act of 2002
- SAFE Port Act
- Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024House: 404–1Senate: no recorded tally