---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 488g"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "488g"
heading: "Preemption of other laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/488g"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Coordination with Non-Federal Entities; Inspector General; United States Secret Service; Coast Guard; General Provisions"
  - "Part J — Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate"
---

# §488g. Preemption of other laws

- (a) **Other Federal regulations—** Except as provided in [section 488f of this title](/usc/6/488f.md), nothing in this part affects any regulation issued by any [agency](/usc/6/311.md?p=2) other than an [agency](/usc/6/311.md?p=2) of the [Department](/usc/6/101.md?p=5).
- (b) **State law—** Subject to [section 488f of this title](/usc/6/488f.md), this part preempts the laws of any [State](/usc/6/101.md?p=17) to the extent that such laws are inconsistent with this part, except that this part shall not preempt any [State](/usc/6/101.md?p=17) law that provides additional protection against the acquisition of [ammonium nitrate](/usc/6/488.md?p=1) by terrorists or the use of [ammonium nitrate](/usc/6/488.md?p=1) in explosives in acts of [terrorism](/usc/6/101.md?p=18) or for other illicit purposes, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 899H, as added Pub. L. 110–161, div. E, title V, § 563(a), Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2089.)