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Code · U.S. Code · Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE · CHAPTER 4C— ATOMIC WEAPONS AND SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS INFORMATION REWARDS · § 47a

§ 47a. Information concerning illegal introduction, manufacture, acquisition or export of special nuclear material or atomic weapons or conspiracies relating thereto; reward

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Any person who furnishes original information to the United States—
(a)leading to the finding or other acquisition by the United States of special nuclear material or an atomic weapon which has been introduced into the United States or manufactured or acquired therein contrary to the laws of the United States, or
(b)with respect to the introduction or attempted introduction into the United States or the manufacture or acquisition or attempted manufacture or acquisition of, or a conspiracy to introduce into the United States or to manufacture or acquire, special nuclear material or an atomic weapon contrary to the laws of the United States, or
(c)with respect to the export or attempted export, or a conspiracy to export, special nuclear material or an atomic weapon from the United States contrary to the laws of the United States,
shall be rewarded by the payment of an amount not to exceed $500,000.
(July 15, 1955, ch. 372, § 2, 69 Stat. 365; Pub. L. 93–377, § 1(b), Aug. 17, 1974, 88 Stat. 472.)
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  • July 15, 1955, ch. 372, § 2
  • 69 Stat. 365
  • Pub. L. 93–377, § 1(b)
  • 88 Stat. 472
  • Pub. L. 93–377
  • Act July 15, 1955, ch. 372, § 1
  • Pub. L. 93–377, § 1(a)
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§ 47a
Information concerning illegal introduction, manufacture, acquisition or export of special nuclear material or atomic weapons or conspiracies relating thereto; reward
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ActJuly 15, 1955, ch. 372, § 2
Stat.69 Stat. 365
Pub. L.Pub. L. 93–377, § 1(b)
Stat.88 Stat. 472
Pub. L.Pub. L. 93–377
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