28 CFR § 13.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s13.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 13.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "13.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "13"
part_name: "ATOMIC WEAPONS AND SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS REWARDS REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "50 U.S.C. 47d."
regulatory_source: "Order No. 974-82, 47 FR 11516, Mar. 17, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "13"
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# 13.1 Purpose.

This part implements the responsibility given to the Attorney General under the Atomic Weapons and Special Nuclear Materials Rewards Act, 50 U.S.C. 47a-47f, for determining what persons are entitled to a reward for furnishing certain original information to the United States pertaining to atomic weapons and special nuclear material.