The Judge Alfred P. Murrah Center for Homeland Security Law & Policy: Laws and Regulations

This act establishes the Department of Homeland Security and sets forth the missions of the department.

Among other things, this Act addresses transportation security, border surveillance, alien detention, visa requirements, and alien smuggling.

This Act addresses a wide range of the Department's missions, including cargo security, critical infrastructure protection, grant administration, intelligence and information sharing, privacy, and transportation security.

The purpose of this directive is to enhance the ability of the United States to manage domestic incidents by establishing a single, comprehensive national incident management system.

Establishes a national policy for Federal departments and agencies to identify and prioritize critical infrastructure and to protect them from terrorist attacks.

Aimed at strengthening the security and resilience of the United States through systematic preparation for the threats that pose the greatest risk to security of the nation; including acts of terrorism, cyber attacks, pandemics, and catastrophic natural disasters.

This Annex is intended to further the preparedness of the United States by formally establishing a standard and comprehensive approach to national planning.

This establishes the policies and procedures safeguarding information collected from signals intelligence activities.

Establishes the federal capability for the timely provision of medical countermeasures following a biological attack.

Recommends protective measures for responders such as personal protective equipment, medical countermeasures, and personal decontamination procedures.

Referred to as the Stafford Act, this prescribes circumstances for declaring disasters and emergencies and the types of assistance to be provided in such situations.

This Act revised a number of provisions in the Stafford Act and the Homeland Security Act to strengthen the nation's response to disasters and emergencies.

This Act includes many provisions relating to the admission of aliens, the removal of aliens, grants of asylum, and the investigation of human trafficking.

This Act, in large part, deals with port and waterway security.

This Act deals with U.S. Coast Guard issues, shipping and navigation, hurricane response, and a number of other issues.

The primary functions of this Act related to programs designed to secure the United States' sea ports and shipping lanes.

Along with other things, this Act reauthorizes a number of U.S. Coast Guard programs, addresses acquisition and workforce matters, along with issues in port security.

This Act established by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and vested security functions previously performed by the Federal Aviation Administration in TSA, among defining and adding duties.