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 99 STAT. 746

PUBLIC LAW 99-145—NOV. 8, 1985 (c) CONDITIONS FOR FINAL ASSEMBLY.—Funds referred to in subsec-

Defense and national ^®*^""*y-

Post, p. 747.

tion (a) may not be used for the final assembly of complete binary chemical munitions before October 1, 1987, and may only be used for such purpose on or after that date if— (1) a mutually verifiable international agreement concerning binary and other similar chemical munitions has not been entered into by the United States by that date; (2) the President, after that date, transmits to Congress a certification that— (A) final assembly of such complete munitions is necessitated by national security interests of the United States and the interests of other NATO member nations; (B) performance specifications and handling and storage safety specifications established by the Department of Defense with respect to such munitions will be met or exceeded; (C) applicable Federal safety requirements will be met or exceeded in the handling, storage, and other use of such munitions; and (D) the plan of the Secretary of Defense for destruction of existing United States chemical warfare stocks developed pursuant to section 1412 (which shall, if not sooner transmitted to Congress, accompany such certification) is ready to be implemented; (3) final assembly is carried out only after the end of the 60day period beginning on the date such certification is received by the Congress; (4) the plan of the Secretary of Defense for land-based storage of such munitions within the United States during peacetime provides that the two components that constitute a binary chemical munition are to be stored in separate States; and (5) the plan of the Secretary of Defense for the transportation of such munitions within the United States during peacetime provides that the two components that constitute a binary munition are transported separately. (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that existing unitary chemical munitions currently stored in the United States and in European member nations of NATO should be replaced by modern, safer binary chemical munitions. (e) REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 1986, the President shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of consultations among NATO member nations concerning the organization's chemical deterrent posture. The report shall include descriptions of any consultations concerning— (1) efforts to provide key civilian workers at military support facilities in Europe— (A) with personal and collective equipment to protect against the use of chemical munitions; and (B) with the training required for the use of such equipment; (2) efforts to upgrade the chemical reconnaissance, decontamination, and protective capabilities of the military forces of each NATO member nation to a level adequate to meet the chemical threat identified in NATO intelligence estimates; (3) efforts to initiate a NATO-wide study of measures required to protect ports, airfields, logistics centers, and command and

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