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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "50 U.S.C. § 1518"
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description: "Disposal; detoxification; report to Congress; emergencies"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 50
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title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
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chapter_number: "32"
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chapter_name: "CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM"
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section: "1518"
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citation: "50 U.S.C. § 1518"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc50@119-100.zip"
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---
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# 50 U.S.C. § 1518 - Disposal; detoxification; report to Congress; emergencies
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## Text
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On and after October 7, 1970, no chemical or biological warfare agent shall be disposed of within or outside the United States unless such agent has been detoxified or made harmless to man and his environment unless immediate disposal is clearly necessary, in an emergency, to safeguard human life. An immediate report should be made to Congress in the event of such disposal.
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(Pub. L. 91–441, title V, § 506(d), Oct. 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 913.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification Section was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 91–121, title IV, § 409, Nov. 19, 1969, 83 Stat. 209, which comprises this chapter.
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