Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/3486

 119 STAT. 3468

PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The total amount expended during any fiscal year for purchases under this section may not exceed $15,000,000. ‘‘(c) SEMIANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL REPORT.—In any case in which the authority provided in subsection (a) is used during the period of the first six months of a fiscal year, or during the period of the second six months of a fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the use of that authority during that six-month period. Each such report shall be submitted not later than 30 days after the end of the six-month period during which the authority is used. Each such report shall include the following: ‘‘(1) The number and type of weapons purchased under subsection (a) during that six-month period covered by the report, together with the amount spent for those weapons and the Secretary’s estimate of the fair market value of those weapons. ‘‘(2) A description of the dispositions (if any) during that six-month period of weapons purchased under subsection (a).’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 127b the following new item: ‘‘127c. Purchase of weapons overseas: force protection.’’. 50 USC 1512 note.

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SEC. 1232. RIOT CONTROL AGENTS.

(a) RESTATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States that riot control agents are not chemical weapons and that the President may authorize their use as legitimate, legal, and non-lethal alternatives to the use of force that, as provided in Executive Order No. 11850 (40 Fed. Reg. 16187) and consistent with the resolution of ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention, may be employed by members of the Armed Forces in war in defensive military modes to save lives, including the illustrative purposes cited in Executive Order No. 11850. (b) REPORT REQUIRED.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the use of riot control agents by members of the Armed Forces. (2) CONTENT.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall include— (A) a description of all regulations, doctrines, training materials, and any other information related to the use of riot control agents by members of the Armed Forces; (B) a description of how the material described in subparagraph (A) is consistent with United States policy on the use of riot control agents; (C) a description of the availability of riot control agents, and the means to use them, to members of the Armed Forces, including members of the Armed Forces deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan; (D) a description of the frequency and circumstances of the use of riot control agents by members of the Armed Forces since January 1, 1992, and a summary of views held by commanders of United States combatant commands as to the utility of the use of riot control agents by members of the Armed Forces when compared with alternatives;

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