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[CITE: 50USC2313]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
         CHAPTER 40--DEFENSE AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
 
                   SUBCHAPTER I--DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS
 
Sec. 2313. Nuclear, chemical, and biological emergency response


(a) Department of Defense

    The Secretary of Defense shall designate an official within the 
Department of Defense as the executive agent for--
        (1) the coordination of Department of Defense assistance to 
    Federal, State, and local officials in responding to threats 
    involving biological or chemical weapons or related materials or 
    technologies, including assistance in identifying, neutralizing, 
    dismantling, and disposing of biological and chemical weapons and 
    related materials and technologies; and
        (2) the coordination of Department of Defense assistance to the 
    Department of Energy in carrying out that department's 
    responsibilities under subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Department of Energy

    The Secretary of Energy shall designate an official within the 
Department of Energy as the executive agent for--
        (1) the coordination of Department of Energy assistance to 
    Federal, State, and local officials in responding to threats 
    involving nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons or related 
    materials or technologies, including assistance in identifying, 
    neutralizing, dismantling, and disposing of nuclear weapons and 
    related materials and technologies; and
        (2) the coordination of Department of Energy assistance to the 
    Department of Defense in carrying out that department's 
    responsibilities under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Funding

    Of the total amount authorized to be appropriated under section 
301,\1\ $15,000,000 is available for providing assistance described in 
subsection (a) of this section.
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(Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XIV, Sec. 1413, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 
Stat. 2719.)

                       References in Text

    Section 301, referred to in subsec. (c), is section 301 of Pub. L. 
104-201, div. A, title III, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2475, which is not 
classified to the Code.
