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 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-886 TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. 601. REPEAL. Section 808 of the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1520; relating to the use of human subjects for the testing of chemical or biological agents) is repealed. SEC. 602. PROHIBITION. 22 USC 6771. (a) IN GENERAL.— Neither the Secretary of Defense nor any other officer or employee of the United States may, directly or by contract— (1) conduct any test or experiment involving the use of any chemical or biological agent on a civilian population; or (2) use human subjects for the testing of chemical or biological agents. (b) CONSTRUCTION. —Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to prohibit actions carried out for purposes not prohibited by this Act (as defined in section 3(8)). (c) BIOLOGICAL AGENT DEFINED. — In this section, the term "biological agent" means any micro-organism (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, rickettsiae or protozoa), pathogen, or infectious substance, or any naturally occurring, bio-engineered or synthesized component of any such micro-organism, pathogen, or infectious substance, whatever its origin or method of production, capable of causing— (1) death, disease, or other biological malfunction in a human, an animal, a plant, or another living organism; (2) deterioration of food, water, equipment, supplies, or materials of any kind; or (3) deleterious alteration of the environment. SEC. 603. BANKRUPTCY ACTIONS. Section 362(b) of title 11, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: "(4) under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (6) of subsection (a) of this section, of the commencement or continuation of an action or proceeding by a governmental unit or any organization exercising authority under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, opened for signature on January 13, 1993, to enforce such governmental unit's or organization's police and regulatory power, including the enforcement of a judgment other than a money judgment, obtained in an action or proceeding by the governmental unit to enforce such governmental unit's or organization's police or regulatory power;". DIVISION J—REVENUES AND MEDICARE Tax and Trade Rehef Extension SEC. 1000. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE; TABLE OF CON- Act of 1998. TENTS. ^^ use 1 note. (a) SHORT TITLE. — This division may be cited as the "Tax and Trade Relief Extension Act of 1998".

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