---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptI/ch40"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 40"
heading: "Importation, Manufacture, Distribution and Storage of Explosive Materials"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptI-ch40"
sections_count: 8
---

# Chapter 40 — Importation, Manufacture, Distribution and Storage of Explosive Materials

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Part I — Crimes

## Sections

- [§841. Definitions](/usc/18/841.md)
- [§842. Unlawful acts](/usc/18/842.md)
- [§843. Licenses and user permits](/usc/18/843.md)
- [§844. Penalties](/usc/18/844.md)
- [§845. Exceptions; relief from disabilities](/usc/18/845.md)
- [§846. Additional powers of the Attorney General](/usc/18/846.md)
- [§847. Rules and regulations](/usc/18/847.md)
- [§848. Effect on State law](/usc/18/848.md)