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 113 STAT. 538 PUBLIC LAW 106-65 —OCT. 5, 1999 (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph: "(2) Facilities constructed to carry out this section shall, when no longer needed for the purposes for which they were constructed, be disposed of in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and mutual agreements between the Secretary of the Army and the Governor of the State in which the facility is located."; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as amended by subparagraph (A)) the following new paragraph: "(3)(A) Facilities constructed to carry out this section may not be used for a purpose other than the destruction of the stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions that exists on November 8, 1985. "(B) The prohibition in subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to items designated by the Secretary of Defense as lethal chemical agents, munitions, or related materials after November 8, 1985, if the State in which a destruction facility is located issues the appropriate permit or permits for the destruction of such items at the facility."; (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking "(c)(4)" and inserting "(c)(5)"; and (3) in subsection (g)(2)(B), by striking "(c)(3)" and inserting "(c)(4)". Deadline. (c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT AND REPORT. —(1) Not later than March 1, 2000, the Comptroller General of the United States shall review and assess the program for destruction of the United States stockpile of chemical agents and munitions and report the results of the assessment to the congressional defense committees. (2) The assessment conducted under paragraph (1) shall include a review of the program execution and financial management of each of the elements of the program, including— (A) the chemical stockpile disposal project; (B) the nonstockpile chemical materiel project; (C) the alternative technologies and approaches project; (D) the chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program; and (E) the assembled chemical weapons assessment program. (d) DEFINITIONS. —As used in this section: (1) The term "Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment" means the pilot program carried out under section 8065 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (section 101(b) of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009 -101; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note). (2) The term "Chemical Weapons Convention" means 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.

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