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title: "50 U.S.C. § 2331"
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title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
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# 50 U.S.C. § 2331 - Procurement of detection equipment for United States border security

## Text

Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301,11 See References in Text note below. $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) or (2).

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

## Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextSection 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.