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22 U.S.C. § 6713 — No abridgement of constitutional rights
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No person may be required, as a condition for entering into a contract with the United States or as a condition for receiving any benefit from the United States, to waive any right under the Constitution for any purpose related to this chapter or the Convention.
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**(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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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 6712
complete classification of division I to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 6701 of this title
and Tables.
Executive Documents
EX. ORD. NO. 13128. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS CONVENTION
AND
THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS
CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION ACT
Ex. Ord. No. 13128, June 25, 1999, 64 F.R. 34703, pro-
vided:
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the Chemical Weapons Convention
Implementation Act of 1998 [22 U.S.C. 6701 et seq.] (as
enacted in Division I of Public Law 105–277) (the Act),
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United
States Code, and in order to facilitate implementation
of the Act and the Convention on the Prohibition of the
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of
Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (the ‘‘Con-
vention’’), it is hereby ordered as follows:
SECTION 1. The Department of State shall be the
United States National Authority (the ‘‘USNA’’) for
purposes of the Act and the Convention.
SEC. 2. The USNA shall coordinate the implementa-
tion of the provisions of the Act and the Convention
with an interagency group consisting of the Secretary
of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of
Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, and the heads of
such other agencies or departments, or their designees,
I may consider necessary or advisable.
SEC. 3. The Departments of State and Commerce, and
other agencies as appropriate, each shall issue, amend,
or revise regulations, orders, or directives as necessary
to implement the Act and U.S. ob
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