---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 2331"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "2331"
heading: "Procurement of detection equipment for United States border security"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/2331"
units:
  - "Chapter 40 — Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction"
  - "Subchapter II — Interdiction of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Related Materials"
---

# §2331. Procurement of detection equipment for United States border security


Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301,[^1] $15,000,000 is available for the procurement of—

- (1) equipment capable of detecting the movement of weapons of mass destruction and related materials into the United States;
- (2) equipment capable of interdicting the movement of weapons of mass destruction and related materials into the United States; and
- (3) materials and technologies related to use of equipment described in paragraph [(1)](#1) or [(2)](#2).

## Footnotes

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

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XIV, § 1421, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2725.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 301, referred to in text, is section 301 of Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title III, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2475, which is not classified to the Code.