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6 U.S.C. § 671 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 6. Domestic Security § 671. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

In this part:

(1)Agency

The term “agency” has the meaning given it in section 551 of Title 5.

(2)Covered Federal agency

The term “covered Federal agency” means the Department of Homeland Security.

(3)Critical infrastructure information

The term “critical infrastructure information” has the meaning given the term in section 650 of this title.

(4)Critical infrastructure protection program

The term “critical infrastructure protection program” means any component or bureau of a covered Federal agency that has been designated by the President or any agency head to receive critical infrastructure information.

(5)Protected system

The term “protected system”--

(A) means any service, physical or computer-based system, process, or procedure that directly or indirectly affects the viability of a facility of critical infrastructure; and

(B) includes any physical or computer-based system, including a computer, computer system, computer or communications network, or any component hardware or element thereof, software program, processing instructions, or information or data in transmission or storage therein, irrespective of the medium of transmission or storage.

(6)Voluntary

(A)In general

The term “voluntary”, in the case of any submittal of critical infrastructure information to a covered Federal agency, means the submittal thereof in the absence of such agency's exercise of legal authority to compel access to or submission of such information and may be accomplished by a single entity or an Information Sharing and Analysis Organization on behalf of itself or its members.

(B)Exclusions

The term “voluntary”--

(i) in the case of any action brought under the securities laws as is defined in section 78c(a)(47) of Title 15--

(I) does not include information or statements contained in any documents or materials filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or with Federal banking regulators, pursuant to section 78l(i) of Title 15; and

(II) with respect to the submittal of critical infrastructure information, does not include any disclosure or writing that when made accompanied the solicitation of an offer or a sale of securities; and

(ii) does not include information or statements submitted or relied upon as a basis for making licensing or permitting determinations, or during regulatory proceedings.

(7)Redesignated (6)

(8)Repealed.Pub.L. 117-263, Div. G, Title LXXI, § 7143(b)(2)(M)(ii), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3661

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