18 USC § 2332e - Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies

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title: "18 USC § 2332e - Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2332e"
section_name: "Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies"
chapter_number: 113
chapter_name: "TERRORISM"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–201, title XIV, § 1416(c)(2)(A), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2723, § 2332d; renumbered § 2332e, Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 605(q), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3510; amended Pub. L. 107–56, title I, § 104, Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 277.)"
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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 2332a 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  during an emergency situation involving a 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, title XIV, § 1416(c)(2)(A), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2723, § 2332d; renumbered § 2332e, Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 605(q), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3510; amended Pub. L. 107–56, title I, § 104, Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 277.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in text, was renumbered , Armed Forces, by , , .

### Codification

, which directed amendment of the chapter 133B of this title that relates to terrorism by adding this section, was executed by adding this section to this chapter to reflect the probable intent of Congress. This title does not contain a chapter 133B.

### Amendments

2001— substituted “2332a of this title” for “2332c of this title” and struck out “chemical” before “weapon of”.

1996— renumbered , relating to requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies, as this section.