Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§6729 United States assistance in inspections at private facilities

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 75— - CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - INSPECTIONS › § 6729

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can help the owner of a private facility prepare for inspections under the Convention if the owner asks. Usually the facility owner must repay the Department of Defense for the cost of that help. If the owner fits certain categories, the United States National Authority will pay those costs instead. Those categories are: a small business as defined in 15 U.S.C. 632; or a U.S.-based person who does not handle Schedule 1 or 2 chemicals and who, in the previous calendar year, produced either more than 30 metric tons of Schedule 3 or other specified organic chemicals containing phosphorus, sulfur, or fluorine, or more than 200 metric tons of other unscheduled discrete organic chemicals.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §6729

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(a)At the request of an owner of a facility not owned or operated by the United States Government, or contracted for use by or for the United States Government, the Secretary of Defense may assist the facility to prepare the facility for possible inspections pursuant to the Convention.

(b)(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), the owner of a facility provided assistance under subsection (a) shall reimburse the Secretary for the costs incurred by the Secretary in providing the assistance.

(2)In the case of assistance provided under subsection (a) to a facility owned by a person described in subsection (c), the United States National Authority shall reimburse the Secretary for the costs incurred by the Secretary in providing the assistance.

(c)Subsection (b)(2) applies in the case of assistance provided to the following:

(1)A small business concern as defined in section 632 of title 15.

(2)Any person located in the United States that—

(A)does not possess, produce, process, consume, import, or export any Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 chemical; and

(B)in the calendar year preceding the year in which the assistance is to be provided, produced—

(i)more than 30 metric tons of Schedule 3 or unscheduled discrete organic chemicals that contain phosphorous, sulfur, or fluorine; or

(ii)more than 200 metric tons of unscheduled discrete organic chemicals.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 6729

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73