                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                     CHAPTER 10--BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
 
Sec. 175a. Requests for military assistance to enforce 
        prohibition in certain emergencies
        
    The Attorney General may request the Secretary of Defense to provide 
assistance under section 382 of title 10 in support of Department of 
Justice activities relating to the enforcement of section 175 of this 
title 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 section 
382(f)(2) of title 10.

(Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XIV, Sec. 1416(c)(1)(A), Sept. 23, 
1996, 110 Stat. 2723.)
