Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-110
§1524 Agreements to Provide Support to Vaccination Programs of Department of Health and Human Services
Title 50 › CHAPTER 32 — CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM › § 1524
Summary
The Defense Secretary may use the Department’s extra peacetime biological weapons defense capability to help HHS run U.S. vaccination programs, and must report to congressional defense committees by February 1, 1994, on feasibility and resources the Department lacks.
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Title 50, §1524
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(a)Agreements authorized
The Secretary of Defense may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide support for vaccination programs of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the United States through use of the excess peacetime biological weapons defense capability of the Department of Defense.
(b)Report
Not later than February 1, 1994, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the feasibility of providing Department of Defense support for vaccination programs under subsection (a) and shall identify resource requirements that are not within the Department’s capability.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, and not as part of Pub. L. 91–121, title IV, § 409, Nov. 19, 1969, 83 Stat. 209, which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
“Congressional Defense Committees” Defined Congressional defense committees means the Committees on Armed Services and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, see section 3 of Pub. L. 103–160, 107 Stat. 1562. See note under section 101 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
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50 U.S.C. § 1524
Title 50, War and National Defense
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110