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 98 STAT. 2626 10 USC 8851.

PUBLIC LAW 98-525—OCT. 19, 1984 (55) Section 8851(c) is amended by striking out "of this section". (56)(A) Sections 2127(b), 2388(c), and 6154 are amended by striking out "section 3324(a) and (b)" and inserting in lieu thereof "subsections (a) and (b) of section 3324". (B) Section 7522(b) is amended by striking out "Section 3324 (a) and (b) of title 31 does" and inserting in lieu thereof "Subsections (a) and (b) of section 3324 of title 31 do". (57) Section 9512(b)(l) is amended by inserting "App." after "49 U.S.C.". TITLE XV—GENERAL PROVISIONS PART A—DEFENSE FINANCIAL MATTERS TRANSFER AUTHORITY

Ante, p. 2510.

SEC. 1501. (a)(1) Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may transfer amounts of authorizations made available to the Department of Defense in this Act between any such authorizations (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authorizations so transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes as the authorization to which transferred. (2) The total amount of authorizations that the Secretary of Defense may transfer under the authority of this section may not exceed $2,000,000,000. (b) The authority provided by this section to transfer authorizations— (1) may only be used to provide authority for higher priority items than the items from which authority is transferred; and (2) may not be used to provide authority for an item that has been denied authorization by Congress. (c) The Secretary of Defense shall promptly notify Congress of transfers made under the authority of this section. (d) Transfers between paragraphs of a subsection of section 301 may be made without regard to the requirements of this section. PART B—PROVISIONS RELATING TO SPECIFIC PROGRAMS

Establishment.

Report.

CHEMICAL WARFARE REVIEW COMMISSION

SEC. 1511. (a) The President shall establish a bipartisan commission to be known as the "Chemical Warfare Review Commission". The Commission shall review the overall adequacy of the chemical warfare posture of the United States with particular emphasis on the question of whether the United States should produce binary chemical munitions, and shall report its findings and recommendations to the President not later than April 1, 1985. In developing its recommendations, the Commission shall consider— (1) the relationship of chemical stockpile modernization by the United States with the ultimate goal of the United States of achieving a multilateral, comprehensive, and verifiable ban on chemical weapons; (2) the adequacy of the existing United States stockpile of unitary chemical weapons in providing a credible deterrent to

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