---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 186"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "186"
heading: "Miscellaneous provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/186"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization"
  - "Subchapter III — Science and Technology in Support of Homeland Security"
---

# §186. Miscellaneous provisions

- (a) **Classification—** To the greatest extent practicable, research conducted or supported by the [Department](/usc/6/101.md?p=5) shall be unclassified.
- (b) **Construction—** Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to preclude any Under [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) of the [Department](/usc/6/101.md?p=5) from carrying out research, development, demonstration, or deployment activities, as long as such activities are coordinated through the Under [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) for Science and Technology.
- (c) **Regulations—** The [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16), acting through the Under [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) for Science and Technology, may issue necessary regulations with respect to research, development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation activities of the [Department](/usc/6/101.md?p=5), including the conducting, funding, and reviewing of such activities.
- (d) **Notification of Presidential life sciences designations—** Not later than 60 days before effecting any transfer of [Department](/usc/6/101.md?p=5) of Energy life sciences activities pursuant to [section 183(1)(D) of this title](/usc/6/183.md?p=1-D), the President shall notify the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/6/101.md?p=2) of the proposed transfer and shall include the reasons for the transfer and a description of the effect of the transfer on the activities of the [Department](/usc/6/101.md?p=5) of Energy.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–296, title III, § 306, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2168.)