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22 U.S.C. § 6724 — Authority to conduct inspections
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**(a) Prohibition** No inspection of a plant, plant site, or other facility or location in the United States shall take place under the Convention without the authorization of the United States National Authority in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter.
**(b) Authority**
(1) **Technical Secretariat inspection teams** — Any duly designated member of an inspection team of the Technical Secretariat may inspect any plant, plant site, or other facility or location in the United States subject to inspection pursuant to the Convention.
(2) **United States Government representatives** — The United States National Authority shall coordinate the designation of employees of the Federal Government (and, in the case of an inspection of a United States Government facility, the designation of contractor personnel who shall be led by an employee of the Federal Government) to accompany members of an inspection team of the Technical Secretariat and, in doing so, shall ensure that—
(A) a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as designated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, accompanies each inspection team visit pursuant to paragraph (1);
(B) no employee of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration accompanies any inspection team visit conducted pursuant to paragraph (1); and
(C) the number of duly designated representatives shall be kept to the minimum necessary.
(3) **Objections to individuals serving as inspectors**
(A) *In general* — In deciding whether to exercise the right of the United States under the Convention to object to an individual serving as an inspector, the President shall give great weight to his reasonable belief that—
(i) such individual is or has been a member of, o
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**(a) Prohibition** No inspection of a plant, plant site, or other facility or location in the United States shall take place under the Convention without the authorization of the United States National Authority in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter.
**(b) Authority**
(1) **Technical Secretariat inspection teams** — Any duly designated member of an inspection team of the Technical Secretariat may inspect any plant, plant site, or other facility or location in the United States subject to inspection pursuant to the Convention.
(2) **United States Government representatives** — The United States National Authority shall coordinate the designation of employees of the Federal Government (and, in the case of an inspection of a United States Government facility, the designation of contractor personnel who shall be led by an employee of the Federal Government) to accompany members of an inspection team of the Technical Secretariat and, in doing so, shall ensure that—
(A) a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as designated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, accompanies each inspection team visit pursuant to paragraph (1);
(B) no employee of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration accompanies any inspection team visit conducted pursuant to paragraph (1); and
(C) the number of duly designated representatives shall be kept to the minimum necessary.
(3) **Objections to individuals serving as inspectors**
(A) *In general* — In deciding whether to exercise the right of the United States under the Convention to object to an individual serving as an inspector, the President shall give great weight to his reasonable belief that—
(i) such individual is or has been a member of, or a participant in, any group or organization that has engaged in, or attempted or conspired to engage in, or aided or abetted in the commission of, any terrorist act or activity;
(ii) such individual has committed any act or activity which would be a felony under the laws of the United States; or
(iii) the participation of such individual as a member of an inspection team would pose a risk to the national security or economic well-being of the United States.
(B) *Not subject to judicial review* — Any objection by the President to an individual serving as an inspector, whether made pursuant to this section or otherwise, shall not be reviewable in any court.
**(c) Exception** The requirement under subsection (b)(2)(A) shall not apply to inspections of United States chemical weapons destruction facilities (as used within the meaning of part IV(C)(13) of the Verification Annex to the Convention).
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In this chapter:
(1) **Chemical weapon** — The term “chemical weapon” means the following, together or separately:
(A) A toxic chemical and its precursors, except where intended for a purpose not prohibited under this chapter as long as the type and quantity is consistent with such a purpose.
(B) A munition or device, specifically designed to cause death or other harm through toxic properties of those toxic chemicals specified in subparagraph (A), which would be released as a result of the employment of such munition or device.
(C) Any equipment specifically designed for use directly in connection with the employment of munitions or devices specified in subparagraph (B).
(2) **Chemical Weapons Convention; Convention** — The terms “Chemical Weapons Convention” and “Convention” mean the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, opened for signature on January 13, 1993.
(3) **Key component of a binary or multicomponent chemical system** — The term “key component of a binary or multicomponent chemical system” means the precursor which plays the most important role in determining the toxic properties of the final product and reacts rapidly with other chemicals in the binary or multicomponent system.
(4) **National of the United States** — The term “national of the United States” has the same meaning given such term in [section 1101(a)(22) of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101/a/22&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Organization** — The term “Organization” means the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
(6) **Person** — The term “person”, except as otherwise provided, means any individual, corporation, partnership
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 6724
inspect any plant, plant site, or other facility
or location in the United States subject to in-
spection pursuant to the Convention.
(2) United States Government representatives
The United States National Authority shall
coordinate the designation of employees of the
Federal Government (and, in the case of an in-
spection of a United States Government facil-
ity, the designation of contractor personnel
who shall be led by an employee of the Federal
Government) to accompany members of an in-
spection team of the Technical Secretariat
and, in doing so, shall ensure that—
(A) a special agent of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, as designated by the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, accompanies
each inspection team visit pursuant to para-
graph (1);
(B) no employee of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency or the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration accompanies any
inspection team visit conducted pursuant to
paragraph (1); and
(C) the number of duly designated rep-
resentatives shall be kept to the minimum
necessary.
(3) Objections to individuals serving as inspec-
tors
(A) In general
In deciding whether to exercise the right
of the United States under the Convention
to object to an individual serving as an in-
spector, the President shall give great
weight to his reasonable belief that—
(i) such individual is or has been a mem-
ber of, or a participant in, any group or or-
ganization that has engaged in, or at-
tempted or conspired to engage in, or
aided or abetted in the commission of, any
terrorist act or activity;
(ii) such individual has committed any
act or activity which would be a felony
under the laws of the United States; or
(iii) the participation of such individu
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