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 124 STAT. 4416 PUBLIC LAW 111–383—JAN. 7, 2011 ‘‘(iii) the dismantling or other closure of such facilities; ‘‘(iv) research and development; ‘‘(v) program management; ‘‘(vi) travel and associated travel costs for Citizens’ Advisory Commissioners under subsection (m)(7); and ‘‘(vii) grants to State and local governments to assist those governments in carrying out functions relating to emergency preparedness and response in accordance with subsection (e). ‘‘(D) An assessment of the safety status and the integrity of the stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions subject to this section, including— ‘‘(i) an estimate on how much longer that stockpile can continue to be stored safely; ‘‘(ii) a site-by-site assessment of the safety of those agents and munitions; and ‘‘(iii) a description of the steps taken (to the date of the report) to monitor the safety status of the stockpile and to mitigate any further deterioration of that status. ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall transmit the final report under para- graph (1) not later than 120 days following the completion of activi- ties under this section. ‘‘(j) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.—(1) Not later than March 1 and September 1 each year until the year in which the United States completes the destruction of its entire stockpile of chemical weapons under the terms of the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the members and committees of Congress referred to in paragraph (3) a report on the implementation by the United States of its chemical weapons destruction obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention. ‘‘(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall include the following: ‘‘(A) The anticipated schedule at the time of such report for the completion of destruction of chemical agents, munitions, and materiel at each chemical weapons demilitarization facility in the United States. ‘‘(B) A description of the options and alternatives for accel- erating the completion of chemical weapons destruction at each such facility, particularly in time to meet the stockpile elimi- nation deadline. ‘‘(C) A description of the funding required to achieve each of the options for destruction described under subparagraph (B), and a detailed life-cycle cost estimate for each of the affected facilities included in each such funding profile. ‘‘(D) A description of all actions being taken by the United States to accelerate the destruction of its entire stockpile of chemical weapons, agents, and materiel in order to meet the current stockpile elimination deadline under the Chemical Weapons Convention of April 29, 2012, or as soon thereafter as possible. ‘‘(3) The members and committees of Congress referred to in this paragraph are— ‘‘(A) the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Com- mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and