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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1523. Annual report on chemical and biological warfare defense
(a) Report required
The Secretary of Defense shall include in the annual report of
the Secretary under section 113(c) of title 10 a report on chemical
and biological warfare defense. The report shall assess -
(1) the overall readiness of the Armed Forces to fight in a
chemical-biological warfare environment and shall describe steps
taken and planned to be taken to improve such readiness; and
(2) requirements for the chemical and biological warfare
defense program, including requirements for training, detection,
and protective equipment, for medical prophylaxis, and for
treatment of casualties resulting from use of chemical or
biological weapons.
(b) Matters to be included
The report shall include information on the following:
(1) The quantities, characteristics, and capabilities of
fielded chemical and biological defense equipment to meet wartime
and peacetime requirements for support of the Armed Forces,
including individual protective items.
(2) The status of research and development programs, and
acquisition programs, for required improvements in chemical and
biological defense equipment and medical treatment, including an
assessment of the ability of the Department of Defense and the
industrial base to meet those requirements.
(3) Measures taken to ensure the integration of requirements
for chemical and biological defense equipment and material among
the Armed Forces.
(4) The status of nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC)
warfare defense training and readiness among the Armed Forces and
measures being taken to include realistic nuclear, biological,
and chemical warfare simulations in war games, battle
simulations, and training exercises.
(5) Measures taken to improve overall management and
coordination of the chemical and biological defense program.
(6) Problems encountered in the chemical and biological warfare
defense program during the past year and recommended solutions to
those problems for which additional resources or actions by the
Congress are required.
(7) A description of the chemical warfare defense preparations
that have been and are being undertaken by the Department of
Defense to address needs which may arise under article X of the
Chemical Weapons Convention.
(8) A summary of other preparations undertaken by the
Department of Defense and the On-Site Inspection Agency to
prepare for and to assist in the implementation of the
convention, including activities such as training for inspectors,
preparation of defense installations for inspections under the
convention using the Defense Treaty Inspection Readiness Program,
provision of chemical weapons detection equipment, and assistance
in the safe transportation, storage, and destruction of chemical
weapons in other signatory nations to the convention.
(9) A description of any program involving the testing of
biological or chemical agents on human subjects that was carried
out by the Department of Defense during the period covered by the
report, together with -
(A) a detailed justification for the testing;
(B) a detailed explanation of the purposes of the testing;
(C) a description of each chemical or biological agent
tested; and
(D) the Secretary's certification that informed consent to
the testing was obtained from each human subject in advance of
the testing on that subject.
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