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 124 STAT. 4417 PUBLIC LAW 111–383—JAN. 7, 2011 ‘‘(B) the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader and the minority leader of the House of Rep- resentatives, and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. ‘‘(k) AUTHORIZED USE OF TOXIC CHEMICALS.—Consistent with United States obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Secretary of Defense may develop, produce, otherwise acquire, retain, transfer, and use toxic chemicals and their precursors for purposes not prohibited by the Chemical Weapons Convention if the types and quantities of such chemicals and precursors are consistent with such purposes, including for protective purposes such as protection against toxic chemicals and protection against chemical weapons. ‘‘(l) SURVEILLANCE AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an ongoing comprehensive program of— ‘‘(1) surveillance of the existing United States stockpile of chemical weapons; and ‘‘(2) assessment of the condition of the stockpile. ‘‘(m) CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CITIZENS’ ADVISORY COMMIS- SIONS.—(1)(A) The Secretary of the Army shall establish a citizens’ commission for each State in which there is a chemical demilitariza- tion facility under Army management. ‘‘(B) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs shall establish a chemical demili- tarization citizens’ commission in Colorado and in Kentucky. ‘‘(C) Each commission under this subsection shall be known as the ‘Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission’ for the State concerned. ‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of the Army, or the Department of Defense with respect to Colorado and Kentucky, shall provide for a rep- resentative to meet with each commission established under this subsection to receive citizen and State concerns regarding the ongoing program for the disposal of the lethal chemical agents and munitions in the stockpile referred to in subsection (a) at each of the sites with respect to which a commission is established pursuant to paragraph (1). ‘‘(B) The Secretary of the Army shall provide for a representa- tive from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisi- tion, Logistics, and Technology) to meet with each commission under Army management. ‘‘(C) The Department of Defense shall provide for a representa- tive from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs to meet with the commissions in Colorado and Kentucky. ‘‘(3)(A) Each commission under this subsection shall be com- posed of nine members appointed by the Governor of the State. Seven of such members shall be citizens from the local affected areas in the State. The other two shall be representatives of State government who have direct responsibilities related to the chemical demilitarization program. ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, affected areas are those areas located within a 50-mile radius of a chemical weapons storage site. ‘‘(4) For a period of five years after the termination of any commission under this subsection, no corporation, partnership, or other organization in which a member of that commission, a spouse of a member of that commission, or a natural or adopted child Time period. Colorado. Kentucky. Establishment.