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[CITE: 50USC2311]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
         CHAPTER 40--DEFENSE AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
 
                   SUBCHAPTER I--DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS
 
Sec. 2311. Response to threats of terrorist use of weapons of 
        mass destruction
        

(a) Enhanced response capability

    In light of the potential for terrorist use of weapons of mass 
destruction against the United States, the President shall take 
immediate action--
        (1) to enhance the capability of the Federal Government to 
    prevent and respond to terrorist incidents involving weapons of mass 
    destruction; and
        (2) to provide enhanced support to improve the capabilities of 
    State and local emergency response agencies to prevent and respond 
    to such incidents at both the national and the local level.

(b) Report required

    Not later than January 31, 1997, the President shall transmit to 
Congress a report containing--
        (1) an assessment of the capabilities of the Federal Government 
    to prevent and respond to terrorist incidents involving weapons of 
    mass destruction and to support State and local prevention and 
    response efforts;
        (2) requirements for improvements in those capabilities; and
        (3) the measures that should be taken to achieve such 
    improvements, including additional resources and legislative 
    authorities that would be required.

(Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XIV, Sec. 1411, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 
Stat. 2717.)
