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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1513. Deployment, storage, and disposal; notification to host country and Congress; international law violations; reports to Congress and international organizations
(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.
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