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22 U.S.C. § 6727 — Prohibited acts relating to inspections

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22 U.S.C. § 6727 — Prohibited acts relating to inspections

It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to fail or refuse to permit entry or inspection, or to disrupt, delay, or otherwise impede an inspection, authorized by this chapter.

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It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to fail or refuse to permit entry or inspection, or to disrupt, delay, or otherwise impede an inspection, authorized by this chapter.

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22 U.S.C. § 6701 — Prohibition

**(a) In general** Neither the Secretary of Defense nor any other officer or employee of the United States may, directly or by contract— (1) conduct any test or experiment involving the use of any chemical or biological agent on a civilian population; or (2) use human subjects for the testing of chemical or biological agents. **(b) Construction** Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to prohibit actions carried out for purposes not prohibited by this chapter (as defined in [section 6701(8) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6701/8&num=0&edition=prelim)). **(c) “Biological agent” defined** In this section, the term “biological agent” means any micro-organism (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, rickettsiae or protozoa), pathogen, or infectious substance, or any naturally occurring, bio-engineered or synthesized component of any such micro-organism, pathogen, or infectious substance, whatever its origin or method of production, capable of causing— (1) death, disease, or other biological malfunction in a human, an animal, a plant, or another living organism; (2) deterioration of food, water, equipment, supplies, or materials of any kind; or (3) deleterious alteration of the environment.

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22 U.S.C. § 6727 — National security exception

Page 1852 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 6726 spection and the observers of the inspection and, if applicable, the identities of the rep- resentatives of agencies or departments of the United States accompanying those representa- tives. (4) Challenge inspections (A) Criminal search warrant For any challenge inspection conducted on the territory of the United States pursuant to Article IX of the Chemical Weapons Con- vention, where consent has been withheld, the United States Government shall first ob- tain from a judge of the United States a criminal search warrant based upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and describing with particularity the place to be searched and the person or things to be seized. (B) Information provided The United States Government shall pro- vide to the judge of the United States— (i) all appropriate information supplied by the Technical Secretariat to the United States National Authority regarding the basis for the selection of the plant site, plant, or other facility or location for the type of inspection sought; (ii) any other appropriate information relating to the reasonableness of the selec- tion of the plant, plant site, or other facil- ity or location for the inspection; (iii) information concerning— (I) the duration and scope of the in- spection; (II) areas to be inspected; (III) records and data to be reviewed; and (IV) samples to be taken; (iv) appropriate evidence or reasons pro- vided by the requesting state party for the inspection; (v) any other evidence showing probable cause to believe that a violation of this chapter has occurred or is occurring; and (vi) the identities of the representatives of the Technical Secretariat on the inspec- tion team and the Federal G

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