---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 563c"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "563c"
heading: "Inventory utilization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/563c"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization"
  - "Subchapter XII–A — Transportation Security"
  - "Part B — Transportation Security Administration Acquisition Improvements"
---

# §563c. Inventory utilization

- (a) **In general—** Before the procurement of additional quantities of equipment to fulfill a mission need, the [Administrator](/usc/6/701.md?p=1), to the extent practicable, shall utilize any existing units in the Administration’s inventory to meet that need.
- (b) **Tracking of inventory—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Administrator](/usc/6/701.md?p=1) shall establish a process for tracking—
    - (A) the location of security-related equipment in the inventory under [subsection (a)](#a);
    - (B) the utilization status of security-related technology in the inventory under [subsection (a)](#a); and
    - (C) the quantity of security-related equipment in the inventory under [subsection (a)](#a).
  - (2) **Internal controls—** The [Administrator](/usc/6/701.md?p=1) shall implement internal controls to ensure up-to-date accurate data on security-related technology owned, deployed, and in use.
- (c) **Logistics management—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Administrator](/usc/6/701.md?p=1) shall establish logistics principles for managing inventory in an effective and efficient manner.
  - (2) **Limitation on just-in-time logistics—** The [Administrator](/usc/6/701.md?p=1) may not use just-in-time logistics if doing so—
    - (A) would inhibit necessary planning for large-scale delivery of equipment to airports or other facilities; or
    - (B) would unduly diminish [surge capacity](/usc/6/701.md?p=15) for response to a terrorist threat.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–296, title XVI, § 1614, as added Pub. L. 113–245, § 3(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2876.)