---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 192"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "192"
heading: "Homeland Security Institute"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/192"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization"
  - "Subchapter III — Science and Technology in Support of Homeland Security"
---

# §192. Homeland Security Institute

- (a) **Establishment—** The [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) shall establish a federally funded research and development [center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1) to be known as the “[Homeland](/usc/6/101.md?p=1) Security Institute” (in this section referred to as the “Institute”).
- (b) **Administration—** The Institute shall be administered as a separate [entity](/usc/6/301c.md?p=2) by the [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16).
- (c) **Duties—** The duties of the Institute shall be determined by the [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16), and may include the following:
  - (1) Systems analysis, risk analysis, and simulation and modeling to determine the vulnerabilities of the Nation’s [critical infrastructures](/usc/6/101.md?p=4) and the effectiveness of the systems deployed to reduce those vulnerabilities.
  - (2) Economic and policy analysis to assess the distributed costs and benefits of alternative approaches to enhancing security.
  - (3) Evaluation of the effectiveness of measures deployed to enhance the security of institutions, facilities, and infrastructure that may be terrorist targets.
  - (4) Identification of instances when common standards and protocols could improve the interoperability and effective utilization of tools developed for field operators and first responders.
  - (5) Assistance for [Federal agencies](/usc/6/677a.md?p=4) and [departments](/usc/6/101.md?p=5) in establishing testbeds to evaluate the effectiveness of technologies under development and to assess the appropriateness of such technologies for deployment.
  - (6) Design of metrics and use of those metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of [homeland](/usc/6/101.md?p=1) security programs throughout the Federal Government, including all national laboratories.
  - (7) Design of and support for the conduct of [homeland](/usc/6/101.md?p=1) security-related exercises and simulations.
  - (8) Creation of strategic technology development plans to reduce vulnerabilities in the Nation’s [critical infrastructure](/usc/6/101.md?p=4) and [key resources](/usc/6/101.md?p=12).
- (d) **Consultation on Institute activities—** In carrying out the duties described in [subsection (c)](#c), the Institute shall consult widely with representatives from private industry, institutions of higher education, nonprofit institutions, other Government [agencies](/usc/6/671.md?p=1), and federally funded research and development [centers](/usc/6/681.md?p=1).
- (e) **Use of centers—** The Institute shall utilize the capabilities of the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1).
- (f) **Annual reports—** The Institute shall transmit to the [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) and Congress an annual report on the activities of the Institute under this section.
- (g) **Termination—** The [Homeland](/usc/6/101.md?p=1) Security Institute shall terminate 5 years after its establishment.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–296, title III, § 312, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2176; Pub. L. 108–334, title V, § 519, Oct. 18, 2004, 118 Stat. 1318.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 108–334 amended heading and text of subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Homeland Security Institute shall terminate 3 years after the effective date of this chapter.”