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 105 STAT. 1246 PUBLIC LAW 102-182—DEC. 4, 1991 (1) to continue to seek a verifiable global ban on chemical weapons at the 40 nation Conference on Disarmament in Geneva; (2) to support the Australia Group's objective to support the norms and restraints against the spread and the use of chemical warfare, to advance the negotiation of a comprehensive ban on chemical warfare by taking appropriate measures, and to protect the Australia Group's domestic industries against inadvertent association with supply of feedstock chemical equipment that could be misused to produce chemical weapons; (3) to implement paragraph (2) by proposing steps complementary to, and not mutually exclusive of, existing multilateral efforts seeking a verifiable ban on chemical weapons, such as the establishment of— (A) a harmonized list of export control rules and regulations to prevent relative commercial advantage and disadvantsiges accruing to Australia Group members, (B) liaison officers to the Australia Group's coordinating entity from within the diplomatic missions, (C) a close working relationship between the Australia Group and industry, (D) a public unclassified warning list of controlled chemical agents, precursors, and equipment, (E) information-exchange channels of suspected proliferants, (F) a "denial" list of firms and individuals who violate the Australia Group's export control provisions, and (G) broader cooperation between the Australia Group and other countries whose political commitment to stem the proliferation of chemical weapons is similar to that of the Australia Group; and (4) to adopt the imposition of stricter controls on the export of chemical agents, precursors, and equipment and to adopt tougher multilateral sanctions against firms and individuals who violate these controls or against countries that use chemical weapons. SEC. 304. UNITED STATES EXPORT CONTROLS. 22 USC 5603. (a) IN GENERAL.— The President shall— (1) use the authorities of the Arms Export Control Act to control the export of those defense articles and defense services, and (2) use the authorities of the Export Administration Act of 1979 to control the export of those goods and technology, that the President determines would assist the government of any foreign country in acquiring the capability to develop, produce, stockpile, deliver, or use chemical or biological weapons. (b) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT.— Section 6 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (m) through (r) as subsections (n) through (s), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (1) the following: "(m) CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.— "(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF LIST. — The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies, shall establish and maintain, as part of the list maintained under this

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