PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

No federal money can be used to place, keep, or get rid of deadly chemical agents, biological warfare agents, or delivery systems made to spread them outside the United States unless the country that controls that place is told ahead of time. If the place is under U.S. control, the Secretary must give advance notice to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House. "United States" means the states and the District of Columbia. Federal funds also cannot be used for testing, developing, moving, storing, or disposing of such agents outside the United States, or for dumping munitions in international waters, if the Secretary of State decides the action would break international law. The Secretary of State must report any such decision to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and to international organizations when a treaty or agreement requires it.

Title 50, §1513

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(1)None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or any other Act may be used for the future deployment, storage, or disposal, at any place outside the United States of—

(A)any lethal chemical or any biological warfare agent, or

(B)any delivery system specifically designed to disseminate any such agent,

unless prior notice of such deployment, storage, or disposal has been given to the country exercising jurisdiction over such place. In the case of any place outside the United States which is under the jurisdiction or control of the United States Government, no such action may be taken unless the Secretary gives prior notice of such action to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. As used in this paragraph, the term “United States” means the several States and the District of Columbia.

(2)None of the funds authorized by this Act or any other Act shall be used for the future testing, development, transportation, storage, or disposal of any lethal chemical or any biological warfare agent outside the United States, or for the disposal of any munitions in international waters, if the Secretary of State, after appropriate notice by the Secretary whenever any such action is contemplated, determines that such testing, development, transportation, storage, or disposal will violate international law. The Secretary of State shall report all determinations made by him under this paragraph to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to all appropriate international organizations, or organs thereof, in the event such report is required by treaty or other international agreement.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in pars. (1) and (2), means Pub. L. 91–121, Nov. 19, 1969, 83 Stat. 204. Provisions authorizing the appropriation of funds are not classified to the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Amendments

1970—Par. (1). Pub. L. 91–441, § 506(b)(2), inserted reference to disposal of lethal chemical or biological warfare agents or delivery systems for such agents. Par. (2). Pub. L. 91–441, § 506(b)(3), inserted reference to disposal of munitions in international waters.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Withdrawal of European Chemical Stockpile Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title I, § 126, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1044, provided that: “Chemical munitions of the United States stored in Europe on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 4, 1987] should not be removed from Europe unless such munitions are replaced contemporaneously with binary chemical munitions stationed on the soil of at least one European member nation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.” Definitions For definition of “United States” as used in this section, unless otherwise indicated, see section 1514 of this title. “Secretary” means the Secretary of Defense, see section 1512(1) of this title.

§1513 Deployment, Storage, and Disposal; Notification to Host Country and Congress; International Law Violations; Reports to Congress and International Organizations