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Title 50 - War and National Defense
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contains | Sections 1 to 4852 |
| Date | 2022 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2023 |
| Positive Law | No |
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
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Chapter 1 - Council of National Defense
(Section 1 - 6)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1 - Creation, purpose, and composition of council
- Sec. 2 - Advisory commission
- Sec. 3 - Duties of council
- Sec. 4 - Rules and regulations; subordinate bodies and committees
- Sec. 5 - Reports of subordinate bodies and committees; unvouchered expenditures
- Sec. 6 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 644
- + Chapter 2 - Board of Ordnance and Fortification (Section 11 - 15)
- + Chapter 3 - Alien Enemies (Section 21 - 24)
- + Chapter 4 - Espionage (Section 31 - 42)
- + Chapter 4A - Photographing, Sketching, Mapping, etc., Defensive Installations (Section 45 - 45d)
- + Chapter 4B - Disclosure of Classified Information (Section 46 - 46b)
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Chapter 4C - Atomic Weapons and Special Nuclear Materials Information Rewards
(Section 47a - 47f)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 47a - Information concerning illegal introduction, manufacture, acquisition or export of special nuclear material or atomic weapons or conspiracies relating thereto; reward
- Sec. 47b - Determination by Attorney General of entitlement and amount of reward; consultation; Presidential approval
- Sec. 47c - Aliens; waiver of admission requirements
- Sec. 47d - Hearings; rules and regulations; conclusiveness of determinations of Attorney General
- Sec. 47e - Certification of award; approval; payment
- Sec. 47f - Definitions
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Chapter 5 - Arsenals, Armories, Arms, and War Material Generally
(Section 51 - 100a)
- Table of Contents
- Subchapter I - Arsenals, Armories, Arms, and War Materials (Section 51 - 88)
- Subchapter II - Education and Experimentation in Development of Munitions and Materials for National Defense (Section 91 - 96)
- Subchapter III - Acquisition and Development of Strategic Raw Materials (Section 98 - 100a)
- + Chapter 6 - Willful Destruction, etc., of War or National-Defense Material (Section 101 - 106)
- + Chapter 7 - Interference With Homing Pigeons Owned by United States (Section 111 - 113)
- + Chapter 8 - Explosives; Manufacture, Distribution, Storage, Use, and Possession Regulated (Section 121 - 144)
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Chapter 9 - Aircraft
(Section 151 - 160f)
- Secs. 151 to 151f - Omitted
- Secs. 152, 153 - Repealed. May 25, 1948, ch. 335, §3(a), (b), 62 Stat. 267
- Sec. 154 - Repealed. Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §4, 54 Stat. 1114
- Sec. 155 - Repealed. May 25, 1948, ch. 335, §3(c), 62 Stat. 267
- Secs. 156, 157 - Omitted
- Secs. 158 to 159 - Transferred
- Sec. 160 - Omitted
- Secs. 160a to 160f - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-707, §21(b)(5), July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 337
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Chapter 10 - Helium Gas
(Section 161 - 167q)
- Table of Contents
- Secs. 161 to 164 - Omitted
- Sec. 165 - Repealed. Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title V, §542(a)(13), 68 Stat. 861
- Sec. 166 - Omitted
- Sec. 167 - Definitions
- Sec. 167a - Authority of Secretary
- Sec. 167b - Storage, transportation, and withdrawal of crude helium
- Sec. 167c - Storage, withdrawal and transportation
- Sec. 167d - Sale of crude helium
- Sec. 167e - Intragovernmental cooperation
- Sec. 167f - Repealed. Pub. L. 113-40, §7(b), Oct. 2, 2013, 127 Stat. 544
- Sec. 167g - Promulgation of rules and regulations
- Sec. 167h - Administrative procedure
- Sec. 167i - Exclusion from Natural Gas Act provisions
- Sec. 167j - Land conveyance in Potter County, Texas
- Sec. 167k - Violations; penalties
- Sec. 167l - Injunctions
- Sec. 167m - Information
- Sec. 167n - Helium gas resource assessment
- Sec. 167o - Low-Btu gas separation and helium conservation
- Sec. 167p - Helium-3 separation
- Sec. 167q - Federal agency helium acquisition strategy
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Chapter 11 - Acquisition of and Expenditures on Land for National-Defense Purposes
(Section 171 - 179)
- Secs. 171, 171-1 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Sec. 171a - Omitted
- Sec. 171b - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1570
- Secs. 172, 173 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Sec. 174 - Omitted
- Sec. 175 - Transferred
- Sec. 176 - Omitted
- Secs. 177 to 179 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat 641
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Chapter 12 - Vessels in Territorial Waters of United States
(Section 191 - 198)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 191 - Transferred
- Sec. 191a - Transfer of Secretary of Transportation's powers to Secretary of Navy when Coast Guard operates as part of Navy
- Sec. 191b - Repealed. Pub. L. 96-70, title III, §3303(a)(5), Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 499
- Sec. 191c - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Sec. 192 - Transferred
- Sec. 193 - Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, §21, 62 Stat. 862
- Sec. 194 - Transferred
- Sec. 195 - Definitions
- Secs. 196 to 198 - Transferred
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Chapter 13 - Insurrection
(Section 201 - 226)
- Table of Contents
- Secs. 201 to 204 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Sec. 205 - Suspension of commercial intercourse with State in insurrection
- Sec. 206 - Suspension of commercial intercourse with part of State in insurrection
- Sec. 207 - Persons affected by suspension of commercial intercourse
- Sec. 208 - Licensing or permitting commercial intercourse with State or region in insurrection
- Sec. 209 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 632
- Sec. 210 - Penalties for unauthorized trading, etc.; jurisdiction of prosecutions
- Sec. 211 - Investigations to detect and prevent frauds and abuses
- Sec. 212 - Confiscation of property employed to aid insurrection
- Sec. 213 - Jurisdiction of confiscation proceedings
- Sec. 214 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Sec. 215 - Institution of confiscation proceedings
- Sec. 216 - Preventing transportation of goods to aid insurrection
- Sec. 217 - Trading in captured or abandoned property
- Sec. 218 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 632
- Sec. 219 - Removal of customhouse and detention of vessels thereat
- Sec. 220 - Enforcement of section 219
- Sec. 221 - Closing ports of entry; forfeiture of vessels seeking to enter closed port
- Sec. 222 - Transferred
- Sec. 223 - Forfeiture of vessels owned by citizens of insurrectionary States
- Sec. 224 - Refusing clearance to vessels with suspected cargoes; forfeiture for departing without clearance
- Sec. 225 - Bond to deliver cargo at destination named in clearance
- Sec. 226 - Protection of liens on condemned vessels
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Chapter 14 - Wartime Voting by Land and Naval Forces
(Section 301 - 355)
- Secs. 301 to 303 - Repealed. Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 656, title III, §307, 69 Stat. 589
- Secs. 304 to 315 - Repealed. Apr. 1, 1944, ch. 150, 58 Stat. 136
- Secs. 321 to 331 - Repealed. Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 656, title III, §307, 69 Stat. 589
- Secs. 332 to 340 - Repealed. Apr. 19, 1946, ch. 142, 60 Stat. 96
- Sec. 341 - Repealed. Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 656, title III, §307, 69 Stat. 589
- Sec. 342 - Repealed. May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §142, 63 Stat. 109
- Secs. 343 to 347 - Repealed. Apr. 19, 1946, ch. 142, 60 Stat. 96
- Secs. 351 to 355 - Repealed. Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 656, title III, §307, 69 Stat. 589
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Chapter 15 - National Security
(Section 401 - 442b)
- Sec. 401 - Transferred
- Sec. 401a - Transferred
- Subchapter I - Coordination for National Security (Section 402 - 404o-2)
- Subchapter II - Miscellaneous and Conforming Provisions (Section 405 - 412)
- Subchapter III - Accountability for Intelligence Activities (Section 413 - 415d)
- Subchapter IV - Protection of Certain National Security Information (Section 421 - 426)
- Subchapter V - Protection of Operational Files (Section 431 - 432d)
- Subchapter VI - Access to Classified Information (Section 435 - 438)
- Subchapter VII - Application of Sanctions Laws to Intelligence Activities (Section 441 - 441d)
- Subchapter VII-A - Education in Support of National Intelligence (Section 441g - 441p)
- Subchapter VIII - Additional Miscellaneous Provisions (Section 442 - 442b)
- + Chapter 16 - Defense Industrial Reserves (Section 451 - 462)
- + Chapter 17 - Arming American Vessels (Section 481 - 481)
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Chapter 18 - Air-Warning Screen
(Section 491 - 494)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 491 - Establishment and development of land-based air warning and control installations and facilities; extent of appropriation; procurement of communication services
- Sec. 492 - Acquisition of land
- Sec. 493 - Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 494 - Supervision and control of project
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Chapter 19 - Guided Missiles
(Section 501 - 504)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 501 - Establishment of long-range proving ground for guided missiles and other weapons; jurisdiction of Secretary of the Air Force; use by all Services
- Sec. 502 - Acquisition of land
- Sec. 503 - Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 504 - Delegation of authority by Secretary of Defense; contributions for support
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Chapter 20 - Wind Tunnels
(Section 511 - 524)
- Table of Contents
- Subchapter I - Construction of Wind-Tunnel Facilities (Section 511 - 515)
- Subchapter II - Air Engineering Development Center (Section 521 - 524)
- + Chapter 21 - Abacá Production (Section 541 - 546)
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Chapter 22 - Uniform Code of Military Justice
(Section 551 - 741)
- Subchapter I - General Provisions (Section 551 - 556)
- Subchapter II - Apprehension and Restraint (Section 561 - 568)
- Subchapter III - Non-Judicial Punishment (Section 571 - 571)
- Subchapter IV - Courts-Martial Jurisdiction (Section 576 - 581)
- Subchapter V - Appointment and Composition of Courts-Martial (Section 586 - 593)
- Subchapter VI - Pretrial Procedure (Section 601 - 606)
- Subchapter VII - Trial Procedure (Section 611 - 629)
- Subchapter VIII - Sentences (Section 636 - 639)
- Subchapter IX - Review of Courts-Martial (Section 646 - 663)
- Subchapter X - Punitive Articles (Section 671 - 728)
- Subchapter XI - Miscellaneous Provisions (Section 731 - 741)
- + Chapter 22A - Representation of Armed Forces Personnel Before Foreign Judicial Tribunals (Section 751 - 755)
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Chapter 23 - Internal Security
(Section 781 - 858)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - Control of Subversive Activities (Section 781 - 798)
- Subchapter II - Emergency Detention of Suspected Security Risks (Section 811 - 826)
- Subchapter III - Personnel Security Procedures in National Security Agency (Section 831 - 835)
- Subchapter IV - Communist Control (Section 841 - 844)
- Subchapter V - Registration of Certain Persons Trained in Foreign Espionage Systems (Section 851 - 858)
- + Chapter 24 - National Defense Facilities (Section 881 - 887)
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Chapter 25 - Armed Forces Reserve
(Section 901 - 1125)
- Secs. 901 to 905 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Secs. 921 to 935 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Sec. 936 - Repealed. Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1257, title VII, §702(d), 68 Stat. 1189
- Secs. 941 to 956 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Secs. 961 to 967 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Secs. 971 to 975 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Secs. 981, 982 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Secs. 991, 992 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Secs. 1001 to 1010 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Secs. 1011, 1012 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Sec. 1013 - Repealed. Pub. L. 88-110, §1, Sept. 3, 1963, 77 Stat. 134
- Sec. 1014 - Omitted
- Sec. 1015 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Sec. 1016 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87-651, title III, §307A, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 526
- Secs. 1021 to 1024 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Secs. 1041 to 1053 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Secs. 1071 to 1074 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Secs. 1091 to 1093 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Secs. 1111 to 1124 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §53, 70A Stat. 641
- Sec. 1125 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- + Chapter 26 - Gifts for Defense Purposes (Section 1151 - 1156)
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Chapter 27 - Reserve Officer Personnel Program
(Section 1181 - 1399)
- Secs. 1181, 1182 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Secs. 1191 to 1202 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Secs. 1221 to 1227 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Secs. 1231 to 1238 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Secs. 1241 to 1243 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Secs. 1251 to 1255 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Secs. 1261 to 1264 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Sec. 1265 - Omitted
- Secs. 1266, 1267 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Secs. 1271 to 1279 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Sec. 1281 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Secs. 1301 to 1314 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Secs. 1331 to 1357 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Secs. 1381 to 1398 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1569
- Sec. 1399 - Omitted
- + Chapter 28 - Status of Armed Forces Personnel Appointed to Service Academies (Section 1411 - 1414)
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Chapter 29 - National Defense Contracts
(Section 1431 - 1436)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1431 - Authorization; official approval; Congressional action: notification of committees of certain proposed obligations, resolution of disapproval, continuity of session, computation of period
- Sec. 1432 - Restrictions
- Sec. 1433 - Public record; examination of records by Comptroller General; exemptions: exceptional conditions; reports to Congress
- Sec. 1434 - Repealed. Pub. L. 105-362, title IX, §901(r)(1)(A), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3291
- Sec. 1435 - Effective period
- Sec. 1436 - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-295, §6(b), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1314
- + Chapter 30 - Federal Absentee Voting Assistance (Section 1451 - 1476)
- + Chapter 31 - Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (Section 1501 - 1509)
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Chapter 32 - Chemical and Biological Warfare Program
(Section 1511 - 1528)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1511 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title X, §1061(k), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 443
- Sec. 1512 - Transportation, open air testing, and disposal; Presidential determination; report to Congress; notice to Congress and State Governors
- Sec. 1512a - Transportation of chemical munitions
- Sec. 1513 - Deployment, storage, and disposal; notification to host country and Congress; international law violations; reports to Congress and international organizations
- Sec. 1514 - "United States" defined
- Sec. 1515 - Suspension; Presidential authorization
- Sec. 1516 - Delivery systems
- Sec. 1517 - Immediate disposal when health or safety are endangered
- Sec. 1518 - Disposal; detoxification; report to Congress; emergencies
- Sec. 1519 - Lethal binary chemical munitions
- Sec. 1519a - Limitation on procurement of binary chemical weapons
- Sec. 1520 - Repealed. Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title X, §1078(g), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1916, and Pub. L. 105-277, div. I, title VI, §601, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-886
- Sec. 1520a - Restrictions on use of human subjects for testing of chemical or biological agents
- Sec. 1521 - Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions
- Sec. 1521a - Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions
- Sec. 1522 - Conduct of chemical and biological defense program
- Sec. 1523 - Annual report on chemical and biological warfare defense
- Sec. 1524 - Agreements to provide support to vaccination programs of Department of Health and Human Services
- Sec. 1525 - Assistance for facilities subject to inspection under Chemical Weapons Convention
- Sec. 1526 - Effective use of resources for nonproliferation programs
- Sec. 1527 - Improved biosafety for handling of select agents and toxins
- Sec. 1528 - Congressional notification of biological select agent and toxin theft, loss, or release involving the Department of Defense
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Chapter 33 - War Powers Resolution
(Section 1541 - 1550)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1541 - Purpose and policy
- Sec. 1542 - Consultation; initial and regular consultations
- Sec. 1543 - Reporting requirement
- Sec. 1544 - Congressional action
- Sec. 1545 - Congressional priority procedures for joint resolution or bill
- Sec. 1546 - Congressional priority procedures for concurrent resolution
- Sec. 1546a - Expedited procedures for certain joint resolutions and bills
- Sec. 1547 - Interpretation of joint resolution
- Sec. 1548 - Separability
- Sec. 1549 - Report on and notice of changes made to the legal and policy frameworks for the United States' use of military force and related national security operations
- Sec. 1550 - Reports and briefings on use of military force and support of partner forces
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Chapter 34 - National Emergencies
(Section 1601 - 1651)
- Table of Contents
- Subchapter I - Terminating Existing Declared Emergencies (Section 1601 - 1601)
- Subchapter II - Declarations of Future National Emergencies (Section 1621 - 1622)
- Subchapter III - Exercise of Emergency Powers and Authorities (Section 1631 - 1631)
- Subchapter IV - Accountability and Reporting Requirements of President (Section 1641 - 1641)
- Subchapter V - Application to Powers and Authorities of Other Provisions of Law and Actions Taken Thereunder (Section 1651 - 1651)
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Chapter 35 - International Emergency Economic Powers
(Section 1701 - 1709)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1701 - Unusual and extraordinary threat; declaration of national emergency; exercise of Presidential authorities
- Sec. 1702 - Presidential authorities
- Sec. 1703 - Consultation and reports
- Sec. 1704 - Authority to issue regulations
- Sec. 1705 - Penalties
- Sec. 1706 - Savings provisions
- Sec. 1707 - Multinational economic embargoes against governments in armed conflict with the United States
- Sec. 1708 - Actions to address economic or industrial espionage in cyberspace
- Sec. 1709 - Imposition of sanctions with respect to theft of trade secrets of United States persons
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Chapter 36 - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
(Section 1801 - 1885c)
- Table of Contents
- Subchapter I - Electronic Surveillance (Section 1801 - 1813)
- Subchapter II - Physical Searches (Section 1821 - 1829)
- Subchapter III - Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices for Foreign Intelligence Purposes (Section 1841 - 1846)
- Subchapter IV - Access to Certain Business Records for Foreign Intelligence Purposes (Section 1861 - 1864)
- Subchapter V - Oversight (Section 1871 - 1874)
- Subchapter VI - Additional Procedures Regarding Certain Persons Outside the United States (Section 1881 - 1881g)
- Subchapter VII - Protection of Persons Assisting the Government (Section 1885 - 1885c)
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Chapter 37 - National Security Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants
(Section 1901 - 1914)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1901 - Short title, findings, and purposes
- Sec. 1902 - Scholarship, fellowship, and grant program
- Sec. 1903 - National Security Education Board
- Sec. 1904 - National Security Education Trust Fund
- Sec. 1905 - Regulations and administrative provisions
- Sec. 1906 - Annual report
- Sec. 1907 - Government Accountability Office audits
- Sec. 1908 - Definitions
- Sec. 1909 - Fiscal year 1992 funding
- Sec. 1910 - Funding
- Sec. 1911 - Additional annual authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 1912 - Funding for scholarship program for advanced English language studies by heritage community citizens
- Sec. 1913 - National Language Service Corps
- Sec. 1914 - Department of Defense program to protect United States students against foreign agents
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Chapter 38 - Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability
(Section 2001 - 2157)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - Definitions (Section 2001 - 2002)
- Subchapter II - Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System (Section 2011 - 2144)
- Subchapter III - Participation in Federal Employees' Retirement System (Section 2151 - 2157)
- + Chapter 39 - Spoils of War (Section 2201 - 2205)
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Chapter 40 - Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction
(Section 2301 - 2371)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 2301 - Findings
- Sec. 2302 - Definitions
- Subchapter I - Domestic Preparedness (Section 2311 - 2317)
- Subchapter II - Interdiction of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Related Materials (Section 2331 - 2334)
- Subchapter III - Control and Disposition of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Related Materials Threatening the United States (Section 2341 - 2345)
- Subchapter IV - Coordination of Policy and Countermeasures Against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (Section 2351 - 2354)
- Subchapter IV-A - Nonproliferation Assistance Coordination (Section 2357 - 2357g)
- Subchapter V - Miscellaneous (Section 2361 - 2371)
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Chapter 41 - National Nuclear Security Administration
(Section 2401 - 2484)
- Table of Contents
- Subchapter I - Establishment and Organization (Section 2401 - 2411)
- Subchapter II - Matters Relating to Security (Section 2421 - 2426)
- Subchapter III - Matters Relating to Personnel (Section 2441 - 2446)
- Subchapter IV - Budget and Financial Management (Section 2451 - 2455a)
- Subchapter V - Miscellaneous Provisions (Section 2461 - 2466)
- Subchapter VI - Definitions (Section 2471 - 2471)
- Subchapter VII - Transition Provisions (Section 2481 - 2484)
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Chapter 42 - Atomic Energy Defense Provisions
(Section 2501 - 2823)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 2501 - Definitions
- Subchapter I - Organizational Matters (Section 2511 - 2515)
- Subchapter II - Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Matters (Section 2521 - 2545)
- Subchapter III - Proliferation Matters (Section 2561 - 2577)
- Subchapter IV - Defense Environmental Cleanup Matters (Section 2581 - 2638)
- Subchapter V - Safeguards and Security Matters (Section 2651 - 2675)
- Subchapter VI - Personnel Matters (Section 2701 - 2736)
- Subchapter VII - Budget and Financial Management Matters (Section 2741 - 2773)
- Subchapter VIII - Administrative Matters (Section 2781 - 2823)
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Chapter 43 - Preventing Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
(Section 2901 - 2932)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 2901 - Findings
- Sec. 2902 - Definitions
- Subchapter I - Proliferation Security Initiative (Section 2911 - 2912)
- Subchapter II - Assistance to Accelerate Programs to Prevent Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (Section 2921 - 2923)
- Subchapter III - Office of the United States Coordinator for the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (Section 2931 - 2932)
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Chapter 44 - National Security
(Section 3001 - 3243)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 3001 - Short title
- Sec. 3002 - Congressional declaration of purpose
- Sec. 3003 - Definitions
- Sec. 3004 - Definitions of military departments
- Sec. 3005 - Department of Defense
- Sec. 3006 - Transferred
- Subchapter I - Coordination for National Security (Section 3021 - 3061)
- Subchapter II - Miscellaneous Provisions (Section 3071 - 3079)
- Subchapter III - Accountability for Intelligence Activities (Section 3091 - 3114)
- Subchapter IV - Protection of Certain National Security Information (Section 3121 - 3126)
- Subchapter V - Protection of Operational Files (Section 3141 - 3146)
- Subchapter VI - Access to Classified Information (Section 3161 - 3164)
- Subchapter VII - Application of Sanctions Laws to Intelligence Activities (Section 3171 - 3175)
- Subchapter VIII - Education in Support of National Intelligence (Section 3191 - 3227c)
- Subchapter IX - Additional Miscellaneous Provisions (Section 3231 - 3243)
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Chapter 45 - Miscellaneous Intelligence Community Authorities
(Section 3301 - 3383)
- Table of Contents
- Subchapter I - Budget and Oversight (Section 3301 - 3316c)
- Subchapter II - Personnel and Administrative Authorities (Section 3321 - 3334p)
- Subchapter III - Security Clearances and Classified Information (Section 3341 - 3352f)
- Subchapter III-A - Public Interest Declassifications (Section 3355 - 3355g)
- Subchapter IV - Collection, Analysis, and Sharing of Intelligence (Section 3361 - 3373b)
- Subchapter V - Management of Counterintelligence Activities (Section 3381 - 3383)
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Chapter 46 - Central Intelligence Agency
(Section 3501 - 3530)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 3501 - Definitions
- Sec. 3502 - Seal of office
- Sec. 3503 - Procurement authorities
- Sec. 3504 - Repealed. Pub. L. 85-507, §21(b)(2), July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 337
- Sec. 3505 - Personnel allowances and benefits
- Sec. 3506 - General authorities
- Sec. 3506a - Transformation of Central Intelligence Agency
- Sec. 3507 - Protection of nature of Agency's functions
- Sec. 3508 - Admission of essential aliens; limitation on number
- Sec. 3509 - Repealed. Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1208, title VI, §601(b), 68 Stat. 1115
- Sec. 3510 - Appropriations
- Sec. 3510a - Availability of appropriations for construction projects
- Sec. 3510b - Acquisition of critical skills
- Sec. 3511 - Benefits available in event of the death of personnel
- Sec. 3512 - Gifts, devises, and bequests
- Sec. 3513 - Misuse of Agency name, initials, or seal
- Sec. 3514 - Retirement equity for spouses of certain employees
- Sec. 3515 - Security personnel at Agency installations
- Sec. 3516 - Health benefits for certain former spouses of Central Intelligence Agency employees
- Sec. 3517 - Inspector General for Agency
- Sec. 3518 - Special annuity computation rules for certain employees' service abroad
- Sec. 3518a - Portability of overseas service retirement benefit
- Sec. 3519 - Special rules for disability retirement and death-in-service benefits with respect to certain employees
- Sec. 3519a - Separation pay program for voluntary separation from service
- Sec. 3519b - Special rules for certain individuals injured by reason of war, insurgency, hostile act, terrorist activities, or incidents designated by the Director
- Sec. 3520 - General Counsel of Central Intelligence Agency
- Sec. 3521 - Central services program
- Sec. 3522 - Detail of employees
- Sec. 3523 - Intelligence operations and cover enhancement authority
- Sec. 3524 - Support for the Associate Director of the Central Intelligence Agency for Military Affairs
- Sec. 3525 - Office of the Ombudsman for Analytic Objectivity
- Sec. 3526 - Improvement of education in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics
- Sec. 3527 - Chaplain Corps and Chief of Chaplains
- Sec. 3528 - Compensation and professional standards for certain medical officers
- Sec. 3529 - Medical advisory board
- Sec. 3530 - Office of wellness and workforce support
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Chapter 47 - National Security Agency
(Section 3601 - 3619)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 3601 - Short title
- Sec. 3602 - Director of the Agency and Director of Compliance
- Sec. 3603 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XVI, §1633(b)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2751
- Sec. 3604 - Additional compensation
- Sec. 3605 - Disclosure of Agency's organization, function, activities, or personnel
- Sec. 3606 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 660
- Sec. 3607 - Support for activities and personnel outside the United States
- Sec. 3608 - Language training and cryptologic linguist reserve programs
- Sec. 3609 - Enhancement of security authorities
- Sec. 3610 - Senior Cryptologic Executive Service
- Sec. 3611 - Cryptologic research grant program
- Sec. 3612 - Availability of appropriations
- Sec. 3613 - Misuse of Agency name, initials, or seal
- Sec. 3614 - Louis Stokes Educational Scholarship Program
- Sec. 3615 - Repealed. Pub. L. 103-359, title VIII, §806(b)(2), Oct. 14, 1994, 108 Stat. 3442
- Sec. 3616 - Transportation of remains of certain employees
- Sec. 3617 - National Security Agency Emerging Technologies Panel
- Sec. 3618 - Collection of service charges for certification or validation of information assurance products
- Sec. 3619 - Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent Award for Distinguished Female Personnel
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Chapter 48 - Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction
(Section 3701 - 3751)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 3701 - Definitions
- Subchapter I - Program Authorities (Section 3711 - 3715)
- Subchapter II - Restrictions and Limitations (Section 3731 - 3735)
- Subchapter III - Recurring Certifications and Reports (Section 3741 - 3744)
- Subchapter IV - Transition Provisions (Section 3751 - 3751)
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Chapter 49 - Military Selective Service
(Section 3801 - 3820)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 3801 - Short title; Congressional declaration of policy
- Sec. 3802 - Registration
- Sec. 3803 - Persons liable for training and service
- Sec. 3804 - Volunteer service of physicians and dentists; minimum period
- Sec. 3805 - Manner of selection of men for training and service; quotas
- Sec. 3806 - Deferments and exemptions from training and service
- Sec. 3807 - Bounties for induction; substitutes; purchase of release
- Sec. 3808 - Separation from service
- Sec. 3809 - Selective Service System
- Sec. 3810 - Emergency medical care
- Sec. 3811 - Offenses and penalties
- Sec. 3812 - Nonapplicability of certain laws
- Sec. 3813 - Notice of requirements of this chapter; voluntary enlistments unaffected
- Sec. 3814 - Definitions
- Sec. 3815 - Repeals; appropriations; termination date
- Sec. 3816 - Utilization of industry
- Sec. 3817 - Savings provision
- Sec. 3818 - Effective date
- Sec. 3819 - Authority of President to order Reserve components to active service; release from active duty; retention of unit organizations and equipment
- Sec. 3820 - Procedural rights
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Chapter 50 - Servicemembers Civil Relief
(Section 3901 - 4043)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 3901 - Short title
- Sec. 3902 - Purpose
- Subchapter I - General Provisions (Section 3911 - 3920)
- Subchapter II - General Relief (Section 3931 - 3938a)
- Subchapter III - Rent, Installment Contracts, Mortgages, Liens, Assignment, Leases, Communications Service Contracts (Section 3951 - 3959)
- Subchapter IV - Life Insurance (Section 3971 - 3979)
- Subchapter V - Taxes and Public Lands (Section 3991 - 4001)
- Subchapter VI - Administrative Remedies (Section 4011 - 4013)
- Subchapter VII - Further Relief (Section 4021 - 4027)
- Subchapter VIII - Civil Liability (Section 4041 - 4043)
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Chapter 51 - War Claims
(Section 4101 - 4147)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - Title I of War Claims Act of 1948 (Section 4101 - 4114)
- Subchapter II - Title II of War Claims Act of 1948 (Section 4131 - 4147)
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Chapter 52 - Restitution for World War II Internment of Japanese-Americans and Aleuts
(Section 4201 - 4251)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 4201 - Purposes
- Sec. 4202 - Statement of the Congress
- Subchapter I - United States Citizens of Japanese Ancestry and Resident Japanese Aliens (Section 4211 - 4220)
- Subchapter II - Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution (Section 4231 - 4239)
- Subchapter III - Territory or Property Claims Against United States (Section 4251 - 4251)
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Chapter 53 - Trading With the Enemy
(Section 4301 - 4341)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 4301 - Designation of chapter
- Sec. 4302 - Definitions
- Sec. 4303 - Acts prohibited
- Sec. 4304 - Licenses to enemy or ally of enemy insurance or reinsurance companies; change of name; doing business in United States
- Sec. 4305 - Suspension of provisions relating to ally of enemy; regulation of transactions in foreign exchange of gold or silver, property transfers, vested interests, enforcement and penalties
- Sec. 4306 - Alien Property Custodian; general powers and duties
- Sec. 4307 - Lists of enemy or ally of enemy officers, directors or stockholders of corporations in United States; acts constituting trade with enemy prior to October 6, 1917; conveyance of property to custodian; voluntary payment to custodian by holder; acts under order, rule, or regulation
- Sec. 4308 - Contracts, mortgages, or pledges against or with enemy or ally of enemy; abrogation of contracts; suspension of limitations
- Sec. 4309 - Claims to property transferred to custodian; notice of claim; filing; return of property; suits to recover; sale of claimed property in time of war or during national emergency
- Sec. 4310 - Acts permitted; applications for patents, or registration of trade-marks or copyrights; payment of tax in relation thereto; licenses under enemy owned patent or copyright; statements by licensees; term and cancellation; suits against licensees; restraining infringements; powers of attorney; keeping secret inventions
- Sec. 4311 - Importations prohibited
- Sec. 4312 - Property transferred to Alien Property Custodian
- Sec. 4313 - Statements by masters of vessels and owners of cargoes before granting clearances
- Sec. 4314 - False manifest; refusal of clearance; reports of gold or silver coin in cargoes for export
- Sec. 4315 - Offenses; punishment; forfeitures of property
- Sec. 4316 - Rules by district courts; appeals
- Sec. 4317 - Fees of agents, attorneys, or representatives
- Sec. 4318 - Claims of naturalized citizens as affected by expatriation
- Sec. 4319 - Fugitives from justice barred from recovery
- Sec. 4320 - Payment of income, etc., by Alien Property Custodian
- Sec. 4321 - Payment of taxes and expenses by Alien Property Custodian
- Sec. 4322 - Investments by Custodian in participating certificates issued by Secretary of the Treasury; transfers to and payments from German, Austrian or Hungarian special deposit accounts; allocation of payments
- Sec. 4323 - Allocation of "unallocated interest fund"
- Sec. 4324 - Return by Custodian, to United States, of payments under licenses, assignments or sales of patents
- Sec. 4325 - "Unallocated interest fund" defined
- Sec. 4326 - Waiver by Custodian of demand for property; acceptance of less amount; approval of Attorney General
- Sec. 4327 - Attachment or garnishment of funds or property held by Custodian
- Sec. 4328 - "Member of the former ruling family" defined
- Sec. 4329 - Return of property
- Sec. 4330 - Notice of claim; institution of suits; computation of time
- Sec. 4331 - Payment of debts
- Sec. 4332 - Hearings on claims; rules and regulations; delegation of powers
- Sec. 4333 - Taxes
- Sec. 4334 - Insurance of property
- Sec. 4335 - Shipment of relief supplies; definitions
- Sec. 4336 - Retention of properties or interests of Germany and Japan and their nationals; proceeds covered into Treasury; ex gratia payment to Switzerland
- Sec. 4337 - Intercustodial conflicts involving enemy property; authority of President to conclude; delegation of authority
- Sec. 4338 - Divestment of estates, trusts, insurance policies, annuities, remainders, pensions, workmen's compensation and veterans' benefits; exceptions; notice of divestment
- Sec. 4339 - Claims for proceeds from sale of certain certificates: jurisdiction, limitations; divestment of copyrights: "copyrights" defined, rights of licensees and assignees, reproduction rights of United States, transfer of interests, payment of royalties to Attorney General, suits for infringement
- Sec. 4340 - Divestment of trademarks
- Sec. 4341 - Motion picture prints, transfer of title
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Chapter 55 - Defense Production
(Section 4501 - 4568)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 4501 - Short title
- Sec. 4502 - Declaration of policy
- Subchapter I - Priorities and Allocations (Section 4511 - 4518)
- Subchapter II - Expansion of Productive Capacity and Supply (Section 4531 - 4534)
- Subchapter III - General Provisions (Section 4551 - 4568)
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Chapter 56 - Export Administration
(Section 4601 - 4623)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 4601 - Repealed. Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title XVII, §1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232
- Sec. 4602 - Repealed. Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title XVII, §1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232
- Sec. 4603 - Repealed. Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title XVII, §1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232
- Sec. 4604 - Repealed. Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title XVII, §1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232
- Secs. 4605 to 4610 - Repealed. Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title XVII, §1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232
- Sec. 4611 - Multilateral export control violations
- Sec. 4612 - Missile proliferation control violations
- Sec. 4613 - Chemical and biological weapons proliferation sanctions
- Secs. 4614 to 4621 - Repealed. Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title XVII, §1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232
- Secs. 4622, 4623 - Repealed. Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title XVII, §1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232
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Chapter 57 - Claims Under the Clarification Act
(Section 4701 - 4705)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 4701 - Rights of American seamen on privately owned and operated American vessels extended to seamen employed through the War Shipping Administration; exceptions; definitions
- Sec. 4702 - Insurance awards by War Shipping Administrators; findings and actions as conclusive
- Sec. 4703 - Payment of compensation; insurance
- Sec. 4704 - United States as entitled to all benefits of exemption and limitation of liability accorded to owners of vessels
- Sec. 4705 - Termination of section 4701(a); authority of United States Maritime Commission vested in Administrator of War Shipping Administration
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Chapter 58 - Export Control Reform
(Section 4801 - 4852)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 4801 - Definitions
- Subchapter I - Authority and Administration of Controls (Section 4811 - 4826)
- Subchapter II - Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 (Section 4841 - 4843)
- Subchapter III - Administrative Authorities (Section 4851 - 4852)
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