Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§3076 Eligibility for witness security program
Title 18 › Part PART II— - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › Chapter CHAPTER 204— - REWARDS FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING TERRORIST ACTS AND ESPIONAGE › § 3076
Summary
If a person (and their immediate family) gives information that would make them eligible for a reward from the Attorney General or from the Secretary of State under section 36 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, the Attorney General can allow them to join the Attorney General’s witness security program under chapter 224.
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Title 18, §3076
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Any individual (and the immediate family of such individual) who furnishes information which would justify a reward by the Attorney General under this chapter or by the Secretary of State under section 36 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 may, in the discretion of the Attorney General, participate in the Attorney General’s witness security program authorized under chapter 224 of this title.
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References in Text
section 36 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, referred to in text, is classified to section 2708 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Amendments
1986—Pub. L. 99–646 substituted “chapter 224 of this title” for “title V of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970”.
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18 U.S.C. § 3076
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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