18 USC § 175a - Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies
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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s175a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 175a - Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "175a"
section_name: "Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies"
chapter_number: 10
chapter_name: "BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XIV, § 1416(c)(1)(A), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2723.)"
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# 1 Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies
See References in Text note below.
section 382 of title 10[^1]section 175 of this titlesection 382(f)(2) of title 10[^1]
The Attorney General may request the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance under in support of Department of Justice activities relating to the enforcement of in an emergency situation involving a biological weapon of mass destruction. The authority to make such a request may be exercised by another official of the Department of Justice in accordance with .
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XIV, § 1416(c)(1)(A), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2723.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
, referred to in text, was renumbered , Armed Forces, by , , .