---
kind: "unit"
title: "18a"
title_heading: "Unlawful Possession or Receipt of Firearms"
key: "pl/96/456"
level: "compiledAct"
label: "Act"
heading: "Classified Information Procedures Act"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18a/pl-96-456"
sections_count: 17
---

# Act — Classified Information Procedures Act

Title 18A — Unlawful Possession or Receipt of Firearms

## Sections

- [§1. Definitions](/usc/18a/1.md)
- [§2. Pretrial conference](/usc/18a/2.md)
- [§3. Protective orders](/usc/18a/3.md)
- [§4. Discovery of classified information by defendants](/usc/18a/4.md)
- [§5. Notice of defendant’s intention to disclose classified information](/usc/18a/5.md)
- [§6. Procedure for cases involving classified information](/usc/18a/6.md)
- [§7. Interlocutory appeal](/usc/18a/7.md)
- [§8. Introduction of classified information](/usc/18a/8.md)
- [§9. Security procedures](/usc/18a/9.md)
- [§9A. Coordination requirements relating to the prosecution of cases involving classified information](/usc/18a/9A.md)
- [§10. Identification of information related to the national defense](/usc/18a/10.md)
- [§11. Amendments to the Act](/usc/18a/11.md)
- [§12. Attorney General guidelines](/usc/18a/12.md)
- [§13. Reports to Congress](/usc/18a/13.md)
- [§14. Functions of Attorney General may be exercised by Deputy Attorney General, the Associate Attorney General, or a designated Assistant Attorney General](/usc/18a/14.md)
- [§15. Effective date](/usc/18a/15.md)
- [§16. Short title](/usc/18a/16.md)