18 USC § 229E - Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies
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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s229E"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 229E - Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "229E"
section_name: "Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "CHEMICAL 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. 105–277, div. I, title II, § 201(a), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–869.)"
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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 229 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 chemical weapon. 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. 105–277, div. I, title II, § 201(a), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–869.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
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