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[CITE: 50USC1519a]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
           CHAPTER 32--CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM
 
Sec. 1519a. Limitation on procurement of binary chemical weapons

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds may be 
obligated or expended after September 24, 1983, for the production of 
binary chemical weapons unless the President certifies to the Congress 
that for each 155-millimeter binary artillery shell or aircraft-
delivered binary aerial bomb produced a serviceable unitary artillery 
shell from the existing arsenal shall be rendered permanently useless 
for military purposes.
    (b)(1) Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations for the Army in section 101 of this Act may be used for 
the establishment of a production base for binary chemical munitions and 
for the procurement of components for 155-millimeter binary chemical 
artillery projectiles, but such funds may not be used for the actual 
production of binary chemical munitions before October 1, 1985.
    (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), before the 
production of binary chemical munitions may begin after September 30, 
1985, the President must certify to Congress in writing that, in light 
of circumstances prevailing at the time the certification is made, the 
production of such munitions is essential to the national interest.
    (3) For purposes of this subsection, ``production of binary chemical 
munitions'' means the final assembly of weapon components and the 
filling or loading of components with binary chemicals.

(Pub. L. 98-94, title XII, Sec. 1233, Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 695.)

                       References in Text

    Section 101 of this Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is section 
101 of Pub. L. 98-94, title I, Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 618, which was 
not classified to the Code.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Department of Defense 
Authorization Act, 1984, and not as part of Pub. L. 91-121, title IV, 
Sec. 409, Nov. 19, 1969, 83 Stat. 209, which comprises this chapter.
