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 PUBLIC LAW 107-314—DEC. 2, 2002 116 STAT. 2587 and information of the Department of Defense on Project 112 that are relevant to the provision of benefits by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to members of the Armed Forces who participated in that project. (b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—(1) The records and information covered by the plan under subsection (a) shall be the records and information necessary to permit the identification of members of the Armed Forces who were or may have been exposed to chemical or biological agents as a result of Project 112. (2) The plan shall provide for completion of all activities contemplated by the plan not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) IDENTIFICATION OF OTHER PROJECTS OR TESTS. —The Secretary of Defense also shall work with veterans and veterans service organizations to identify other projects or tests conducted by the Department of Defense that may have exposed members of the Armed Forces to chemical or biological agents. (d) GAO REPORTS ON PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION. —(1) Not Deadline, later than 30 days after submission of the plan under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report reviewing the plan. The report shall include an examination of whether adequate resources have been committed, the timeliness of the information to be released to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the adequacy of the procedures to notify affected veterans of potential exposure. (2) Not later than six months after implementation of the Deadline, plan begins, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report evaluating the progress in the implementation of the plan. (e) DOD REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION.— (1) Not later than Deadline, six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and upon completion of all activities contemplated by the plan under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a report on progress in the implementation of the plan. (2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, for the period covered by such report— (A) the number of records reviewed; (B) each test, if any, under Project 112 identified during such review; (C) for each test so identified— (i) the test name; (ii) the test objective; (iii) the chemical or biological agent or agents involved; and (iv) the number of members of the Armed Forces, and civilian personnel, potentially effected by such test; and (D) the extent of submittal of records and information to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under this section. (f) PROJECT 112. — For purposes of this section, Project 112 refers to the chemical and biological weapons vulnerability-testing program of the Department of Defense conducted by the Deseret Test Center from 1963 to 1969. The project included the Shipboard Hazard and Defense (SHAD) project of the Navy.

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