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 PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

119 STAT. 3469

(E) a general description of steps taken or planned to be taken by the Department of Defense to clarify the circumstances under which riot control agents may be used by members of the Armed Forces; and (F) a brief explanation of the continuing validity of Executive Order No. 11850 under United States law. (3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION.—The term ‘‘Chemical Weapons Convention’’ means the Convention on the Prohibitions of Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, with annexes, done at Paris, January 13, 1993, and entered into force April 29, 1997 (T. Doc. 103–21). (2) RESOLUTION OF RATIFICATION OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION.—The term ‘‘resolution of ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention’’ means S. Res. 75, 105th Congress, agreed to April 24, 1997, advising and consenting to the ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention. SEC. 1233. REQUIREMENT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN CRITERIA APPLICABLE TO GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW.

10 USC 113 note.

(a) CRITERIA.—As part of the Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy (IGPBS) developed by the Department of Defense that is referred to as the ‘‘Global Posture Review’’, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall develop criteria for assessing, with respect to each type of facility specified in subsection (c) that is to be located in a foreign country, the following factors: (1) The effect of any new basing arrangements on the strategic mobility requirements of the Department of Defense. (2) The ability of units deployed to overseas locations in areas in which United States Armed Forces have not traditionally been deployed to meet mobility response times required by operational planners. (3) The cost of deploying units to areas referred to in paragraph (2) on a rotational basis (rather than on a permanent basing basis). (4) The strategic benefit of rotational deployments through countries with which the United States is developing a close or new security relationship. (5) Whether the relative speed and complexity of conducting negotiations with a particular country is a discriminator in the decision to deploy forces within the country. (6) The appropriate and available funding mechanisms for the establishment, operation, and sustainment of specific Main Operating Bases, Forward Operating Bases, or Cooperative Security Locations. (7) The effect on military quality of life of the unaccompanied deployment of units to new facilities in overseas locations. (8) Other criteria as Secretary of Defense determines appropriate.

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