§1525 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

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The Secretary of Defense can give technical help to an owner or operator of a facility facing a routine or challenge inspection under the Chemical Weapons Convention. The help must be given through the Department of Defense’s On-Site Inspection Agency and only if the Defense Department will be repaid for its costs. The United States National Authority may provide the repayment, and the money is credited to the On-Site Inspection Agency. Key terms: Chemical Weapons Convention — the treaty the U.S. ratified April 25, 1997, effective April 29, 1997. "Facility subject to a routine inspection" — a declared facility. "Challenge inspection" — an inspection under Article IX. "United States National Authority" — the body set up under Article VII, paragraph 4.

Title 50, §1525

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(a)Upon the request of the owner or operator of a facility that is subject to a routine inspection or a challenge inspection under the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Secretary of Defense may provide technical assistance to that owner or operator related to compliance of that facility with the Convention. Any such assistance shall be provided through the On-Site Inspection Agency of the Department of Defense.

(b)The Secretary may provide assistance under subsection (a) only to the extent that the Secretary determines that the Department of Defense will be reimbursed for costs incurred in providing the assistance. The United States National Authority may provide such reimbursement from amounts available to it. Any such reimbursement shall be credited to amounts available for the On-Site Inspection Agency.

(c)In this section:

(1)The terms “Chemical Weapons Convention” and “Convention” mean the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, ratified by the United States on April 25, 1997, and entered into force on April 29, 1997.

(2)The term “facility that is subject to a routine inspection” means a declared facility, as defined in paragraph 15 of part X of the Annex on Implementation and Verification of the Convention.

(3)The term “challenge inspection” means an inspection conducted under Article IX of the Convention.

(4)The term “United States National Authority” means the United States National Authority established or designated pursuant to Article VII, paragraph 4, of the Convention.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, and not as part of Pub. L. 91–121, title IV, § 409, Nov. 19, 1969, 83 Stat. 209, which comprises this chapter.

§1525 Assistance for Facilities Subject to Inspection Under Chemical Weapons Convention

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