---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 175a"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "175a"
heading: "Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/175a"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 10 — Biological Weapons"
---

# §175a. Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies


The [Attorney General](/usc/18/841.md?p=k) may request the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance under [section 382 of title 10](/usc/10/382.md)[^1] in support of Department of Justice activities relating to the enforcement of [section 175 of this title](/usc/18/175.md) 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](/usc/10/382.md).[^1]


## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

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

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 382 of title 10, referred to in text, was renumbered 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.