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[CITE: 50USC1525]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
           CHAPTER 32--CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM
 
Sec. 1525. Assistance for facilities subject to inspection under 
        Chemical Weapons Convention
        

(a) Assistance authorized

    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) Reimbursement requirement

    The Secretary may provide assistance under subsection (a) of this 
section 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) Definitions

    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.

(Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1303, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 
1951.)

                          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, 
Sec. 409, Nov. 19, 1969, 83 Stat. 209, which comprises this chapter.
