6 U.S.C. § 466
Sense of Congress reaffirming the continued importance and applicability of the Posse Comitatus Act
United States · Title 6 — DOMESTIC SECURITY · Status: effective
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- 6 U.S.C. § 466, Sense of Congress reaffirming the continued importance and applicability of the Posse Comitatus Act, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/428009
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Congress finds the following:
Congress reaffirms the continued importance of section 1385 of title 18, and it is the sense of Congress that nothing in this chapter should be construed to alter the applicability of such section to any use of the Armed Forces as a posse comitatus to execute the laws.
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
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019