Homeland Security Act of 2002

Homeland Security Act of 2002
Long title	An Act to establish the Department of Homeland Security and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	HSA
Enacted by	the 107th United States Congress
Effective	November 25, 2002
Citations
Public law	107-296
Statutes at Large	116 Stat. 2135
Codification
Titles amended	6 U.S.C.: Domestic Security
U.S.C. sections created	6 U.S.C. ch. 1 § 101
U.S.C. sections amended	150 sections amended
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 5005 by Dick Armey (R-TX) on June 24, 2002; Committee consideration by House Homeland Security (Select), House Agriculture, House Appropriations, House Armed Services, House Energy and Commerce, House Financial Services, House Government Reform, House Intelligence (Permanent Select), House International Relations, House Judiciary, House Science, House Transportation and Infrastructure, House Ways and Means; Passed the House of Representatives on July 26, 2002 (295-132, Roll call vote 367, via Clerk.House.gov); Passed the Senate on November 19, 2002 (90-9, Roll call vote 249, via Senate.gov) with amendment; House of Representatives agreed to Senate amendment on November 22, 2002 (agreed); Signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 25, 2002;
United States Supreme Court cases
	Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean, 574 U.S. 383 (2015);

The Homeland Security Act (HSA) of 2002, (Pub. L. 107–296 (text) (PDF), 116 Stat. 2135, enacted November 25, 2002) was introduced in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and subsequent mailings of anthrax spores.^[1] The HSA was cosponsored by 118 members of Congress.^[2] The act passed the U.S. Senate by a vote of 90–9, with one Senator not voting.^[3] It was signed into law by President George W. Bush in November 2002.^[4]^[5]

HSA created the United States Department of Homeland Security and the new cabinet-level position of Secretary of Homeland Security. It is the largest federal government reorganization since the Department of Defense was created via the National Security Act of 1947 (as amended in 1949). It also includes many of the organizations under which the powers of the USA PATRIOT Act are exercised.

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