Order Code RS21366
Updated January 14, 2004
CRS Report for Congress
Received through the CRS Web
Department of Homeland Security:
Organization Chart
Sharon S. Gressle
Specialist in American National Government
Government and Finance Division
Summary
Although the Department of Homeland Security has been operational since Janaury
2003 (under P.L. 107-296; H.R. 5005), due to the scope and complexity of the functions
and responsibilities, the departmental components continue to be refined and realigned.
The organization chart in this report is based on statutory language, reorganization plans
that have been promulgated, and information from the department. Although the
department has a website, the charts it presents are not yet fully representative. The
report will be updated and the chart revised as events warrant.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created through P.L. 107-296.1
Under the Act, the Administration was required to submit a reorganization plan to
Congress within 60 days of enactment.2 A plan was presented by the White House
through a news release on November 25, 2002.3
A modification to the plan, dated
January 30, 2003, was promulgated.4
The organization chart in this report is illustrative and not intended to be an official
version. It has been developed for the purpose of providing a graphic representation of
the statutory mandates and the administrative refinements pursuant to the statute. The
department does provide a preliminary chart on its website.5 That chart provides a
structure featuring the Office of the Secretary and the primary organizations within the
department with a minimum of detail. It is expected that a more detailed chart will be
issued.
1 Homeland Security Act of 2002; P.L. 107-296; Nov. 25, 2002; 116 Stat. 2135. The effective
date of the act was Jan. 24, 2003.
2 Sec. 1502.
3 See [http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/reorganization_plan.pdf].
4 See [http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=47&content=421].
5 Access the chart through [http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=10&content=11].
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In most departmental organizational charts, the Deputy Secretary, who acts as the
first assistant to the Secretary, appears immediately adjacent to the Secretary. It should
be borne in mind that the DHS Deputy Secretary has specific responsibilities assigned
with regard to three offices created by the statute and that those functions are distinct from
the Office of the Secretary.6
Also, the offices and activities on the far right of the chart below the Deputy
Secretary represent a grouping that could just as well have been put directly under the
Secretary. For example, the Transportation Security Oversight Board is to be chaired by
the Secretary.7 Neither the statute nor the reorganization plan indicate whether the board
will be within the Office of the Secretary or the Directorate of Border and Transportation
Security.
This chart differs from charts provided by the department. For example, there are
positions that have been created in the department which were not included in the statute.
For instance, under the Directorate for Management, the department has established
positions for management of administrative matters, security, and procurement. On the
other hand, the available departmental charts provide no details for
two of the
directorates: Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection or Emergency
Preparedness and Response.
With these caveats taken into consideration, it is hoped that the chart will provide
insight as to how the structure of the department may look.8 Further insight may be
gained through a reading of the CRS Report RL31751, Homeland Security: Department
Organization and Management — Implementation Phase and CRS Report RL31677,
Filling Presidentially Appointed, Senate-Confirmed Positions in the Department of
Homeland Security, by Henry Hogue. The reports offer several approaches for looking
at the department from the point of view of offices created, transferred, and eliminated.
The former provides a timetable for implementation of the statute, as amended. The latter
provides a similar organization chart, with the added features of identifying which
positions require confirmation and providing the names of the incumbents.
6 Sec. 451, Sec. 452, and Sec. 475.
7 Sec. 426.
8
The author appreciates the support of Patricia McClaughry of the CRS Office of
Legislative Information in the design and production of the chart.

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Department of Homeland Security — Organization Chart
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Citizenship and Immigration
Local
Services Ombudsman
Ombudsmen
Joint Interagency Homeland Security Task Force
Special Assistant to the Secretary
Secret Service
Office for State & Local Government Coordination
Director of Shared Services
Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
General Counsel
Bureau of Citizenship and
Counternarcotics Officer
Immigration Services
Office of International Affairs
Director
Homeland Security Council
Legislative Affairs
Inspector General
(Secretary as Member)
Office of Citizenship
Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard - Commandant
Legal Advisor
Not to exceed 10 more Assistant Secretaries
Privacy Officer
Small & Disadvantaged Business
Budget Officer
Office for National Capital Region
Executive Secretary
Chief of Staff
Chief of Policy and Strategy
Other Units Created Within the
Under Secretary for Information Analysis &
Under Secretary for Science
Under Secretary for Border &
Under Secretary for Emergency
Under Secretary for
Department - Involving or
Infrastructure Protection
& Technology
Transportation Security
Preparedness & Response
Management
Appointed by the Secretary
Four chemical, biological,
Assistant Secretary for
Federal Emergency
Assistant Secretary for
nuclear, & life science
Transportation Security
Infrastructure Protection
Management Agency
Information Analysis
activities from DOE
Administration
Chief Financial
Technology Advisory
Officer
Committee
Lawrence Livermore
Office for Domestic
National Laboratory -
Office of Emergency
Critical Infrastructure
Preparedness from DOJ
Chief Information
Energy Security &
advanced scientific computing
Preparedness from HHS
Homeland Security
Assurance Office from
Director
Officer
Assurance Program
research program & activities
Institute
DOC
from DOE (Including
National Disaster
Chief Human
National Infrastructure
Technology Clearinghouse
Visa Issuance Regulatory
Medical System from
Federal Computer
Simulation & Analysis
Responsibilities
Capital Officer
HHS
Transportation Security
Incident Response
Center
Environmental
Oversight Board
Center from GSA
Measurements Laboratory
Federal Protective
Metropolitan Medical
Service from GSA
National
Response System from
Plum Island Animal
Communications
HHS
Disease Center from
Assistant Secretary for
Nuclear Incident
National Infrastructure
System from DOD
USDA
Border & Transportation
Response Team
Protection Center from
Security Policy
Strategic National
FBI
Office for National
Ag. Quarantine Insp.,
Stockpile from HHS
National Technology
Laboratories
INS Insp., Border Patrol,
Guard "NET Guard"
Bureau of Customs &
Customs Insp.
National Bio-Weapons
National Domestic
Border Protection
Defense Analysis Center
Preparedness Office
Commissioner of Customs
from DOD
INS & Customs
from FBI
Enforcement/Investigations
Office for Plans, Programs
Homeland Security
Federal Law Enforcement
FIRESAT - Integrated
Federal Protective Service
and Budgets
Science & Technology
Hazard Information
Training Center from
Revised
Assistant Secretary
Advisory Committee
System from NOAA
Treasury
01-14-04
Legal Advisor
Homeland Security Advance
Bureau of Immigration &
Domestic Emergency
Research Projects Agency
Customs Enforcement
Support Teams/DOJ
(HSARPA)
Assistant Secretary
Chief of Policy &
Strategy

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