Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

6 U.S.C. § 656

NET Guard

The Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency may establish a national technology guard, to be known as “NET Guard”, comprised of local teams of volunteers with expertise in relevant areas of science and technology, to assist local communities to respond and recover from attacks on information systems and communications networks.

Pub. L. 107–296, title XXII, § 2206116 Stat. 2156Pub. L. 110–53, title V, § 531(b)(1)(B)121 Stat. 334Pub. L. 115–278, § 2(g)(2)(I)132 Stat. 4178Pub. L. 117–263, div. G, title LXXI, § 7143(c)(7)136 Stat. 3663(, formerly title II, § 224, , ; , , ; renumbered title XXII, § 2206, and amended , (9)(A)(ii), , , 4180; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 144 of this titlePub. L. 115–278Section was formerly classified to prior to renumbering by .

Amendments

Pub. L. 117–2632022— substituted “Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency” for “Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security”.

Pub. L. 115–278, § 2(g)(9)(A)(ii)2018—, substituted “Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security” for “Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection”.

Pub. L. 110–532007— substituted “Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection” for “Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Rule of Construction

Pub. L. 117–26344 U.S.C. 3502section 7143(f)(1) of Pub. L. 117–263section 650 of this titleNothing in amendment made by to be construed to alter the authorities, responsibilities, functions, or activities of any agency (as such term is defined in ) or officer or employee of the United States on or before , see , set out as a note under .