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18 U.S.C. § 2332e — Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies
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The Attorney General may request the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance under [section 382 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section382&num=0&edition=prelim) 11 See References in Text note below. in support of Department of Justice activities relating to the enforcement of [section 2332a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2332a&num=0&edition=prelim) 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 [section 382(f)(2) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section382/f/2&num=0&edition=prelim).1
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The Attorney General may request the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance under [section 382 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section382&num=0&edition=prelim) 11 See References in Text note below. in support of Department of Justice activities relating to the enforcement of [section 2332a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2332a&num=0&edition=prelim) 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 [section 382(f)(2) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section382/f/2&num=0&edition=prelim).1
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**(a) Policy Oversight and Resource Allocation.—** The Secretary of Defense shall assign responsibility for the oversight of strategic policy and guidance and responsibility for overall resource allocation for security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense to a single official and office in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the level of Under Secretary of Defense or below.
**(b) Execution and Administration of Certain Programs and Activities.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency shall be responsible for the execution and administration of all security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense involving the provision of defense articles, military training, and other defense-related services by grant, loan, cash sale, or lease.
(2) **Designation of responsibility.—** — The Director may designate an element of an armed force, combatant command, Defense Agency, Department of Defense Field Activity, or other element or organization of the Department of Defense to execute and administer security cooperation programs and activities described in paragraph (1) if the Director determines that the designation will achieve maximum effectiveness, efficiency, and economy in the activities for which designated.
**(c) Availability of Funds.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Funds available to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and other funds available to the Department of Defense for security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense, may be used to implement security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense authorized by this chapter.
(2) **Budget justification.—** — Funds necessary for implementing security cooperation programs and
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of Defense, upon the request of the Attorney General, may provide assistance in support of Department of Justice activities relating to the enforcement of section 175, 229, or 2332a of title 18 during an emergency situation involving a weapon of mass destruction. Department of Defense resources, including personnel of the Department of Defense, may be used to provide such assistance if—
(1) the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General jointly determine that an emergency situation exists; and
(2) the Secretary of Defense determines that the provision of such assistance will not adversely affect the military preparedness of the United States.
**(b) Emergency Situations Covered.—** In this section, the term “emergency situation involving a weapon of mass destruction” means a circumstance involving a weapon of mass destruction—
(1) that poses a serious threat to the interests of the United States; and
(2) in which—
(A) civilian expertise and capabilities are not readily available to provide the required assistance to counter the threat immediately posed by the weapon involved;
(B) special capabilities and expertise of the Department of Defense are necessary and critical to counter the threat posed by the weapon involved; and
(C) enforcement of section 175, 229, or 2332a of title 18 would be seriously impaired if the Department of Defense assistance were not provided.
**(c) Forms of Assistance.—** The assistance referred to in subsection (a) includes the operation of equipment (including equipment made available under section 372 11 See References in Text note below. of this title) to monitor, contain, disable, or dispose of the weapon involved or elements of the weapon.
**(d) Regulations.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defen
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**(a) Offense.—** Except as provided in regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, whoever, being a United States person, knowing or having reasonable cause to know that a country is designated under section 6(j) 11 See References in Text note below. of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405) as a country supporting international terrorism, engages in a financial transaction with the government of that country, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.
**(b) Definitions.—** As used in this section—
(1) the term “financial transaction” has the same meaning as in section 1956(c)(4); and
(2) the term “United States person” means any—
(A) United States citizen or national;
(B) permanent resident alien;
(C) juridical person organized under the laws of the United States; or
(D) any person in the United States.
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**(a) Offense Against a National of the United States or Within the United States.—** A person who, without lawful authority, uses, threatens, or attempts or conspires to use, a weapon of mass destruction—
(1) against a national of the United States while such national is outside of the United States;
(2) against any person or property within the United States, and
(A) the mail or any facility of interstate or foreign commerce is used in furtherance of the offense;
(B) such property is used in interstate or foreign commerce or in an activity that affects interstate or foreign commerce;
(C) any perpetrator travels in or causes another to travel in interstate or foreign commerce in furtherance of the offense; or
(D) the offense, or the results of the offense, affect interstate or foreign commerce, or, in the case of a threat, attempt, or conspiracy, would have affected interstate or foreign commerce;
(3) against any property that is owned, leased or used by the United States or by any department or agency of the United States, whether the property is within or outside of the United States; or
(4) against any property within the United States that is owned, leased, or used by a foreign government,
shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life, and if death results, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life.
**(b) Offense by National of the United States Outside of the United States.—** Any national of the United States who, without lawful authority, uses, or threatens, attempts, or conspires to use, a weapon of mass destruction outside of the United States shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life, and if death results, shall be punished by death, or by imprisonment for any term of years or for life.
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 2332e
1 See References in Text note below.
section [enacting this section] shall become effective
120 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Apr.
24, 1996].’’
§ 2332e. Requests for military assistance to en-
force prohibition in certain emergencies
The Attorney General may request the Sec-
retary of Defense to provide assistance under
section 382 of title 10 1 in support of Department
of Justice activities relating to the enforcement
of section 2332a of this title during an emer-
gency situation involving a weapon of mass de-
struction. The authority to make such a request
may be exercised by another official of the De-
partment of Justice in accordance with section
382(f)(2) of title 10.1
(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
Section 382 of title 10, referred to in text, was renum-
bered section 282 of title 10, Armed Forces, by Pub. L.
114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130
Stat. 2497.
CODIFICATION
Pub. L. 104–201, § 1416(c)(2)(A), which directed amend-
ment of the chapter 133B of this title that relates to
terrorism by adding this section, was executed by add-
ing this section to this chapter to reflect the probable
intent of Congress. This title does not contain a chap-
ter 133B.
AMENDMENTS
2001—Pub. L. 107–56 substituted ‘‘2332a of this title’’
for ‘‘2332c of this title’’ and struck out ‘‘chemical’’ be-
fore ‘‘weapon of’’.
1996—Pub. L. 104–294 renumbered section 2332d of this
title, relating to requests for military
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