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22 U.S.C. § 6742 — Reports required by United States National Authority
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**(a) Regulations on recordkeeping**
(1) **Requirements** — The United States National Authority shall ensure that regulations are prescribed that require each person located in the United States who produces, processes, consumes, exports, or imports, or proposes to produce, process, consume, export, or import, a chemical substance that is subject to the Convention to—
(A) maintain and permit access to records related to that production, processing, consumption, export, or import of such substance; and
(B) submit to the Director of the United States National Authority such reports as the United States National Authority may reasonably require to provide to the Organization, pursuant to subparagraph 1(a) of the Annex on Confidentiality of the Convention, the minimum amount of information and data necessary for the timely and efficient conduct by the Organization of its responsibilities under the Convention.
(2) **Rulemaking** — The Director of the United States National Authority shall ensure that regulations pursuant to this section are prescribed expeditiously.
**(b) Coordination**
(1) **Avoidance of duplication** — To the extent feasible, the United States Government shall not require the submission of any report that is unnecessary or duplicative of any report required by or under any other law. The head of each Federal agency shall coordinate the actions of that agency with the heads of the other Federal agencies in order to avoid the imposition of duplicative reporting requirements under this chapter or any other law.
(2) **Definition** — As used in paragraph (1), the term “Federal agency” has the meaning given the term “agency” in [section 551(1) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section551/1&num=0&edition=p
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**(a) Regulations on recordkeeping**
(1) **Requirements** — The United States National Authority shall ensure that regulations are prescribed that require each person located in the United States who produces, processes, consumes, exports, or imports, or proposes to produce, process, consume, export, or import, a chemical substance that is subject to the Convention to—
(A) maintain and permit access to records related to that production, processing, consumption, export, or import of such substance; and
(B) submit to the Director of the United States National Authority such reports as the United States National Authority may reasonably require to provide to the Organization, pursuant to subparagraph 1(a) of the Annex on Confidentiality of the Convention, the minimum amount of information and data necessary for the timely and efficient conduct by the Organization of its responsibilities under the Convention.
(2) **Rulemaking** — The Director of the United States National Authority shall ensure that regulations pursuant to this section are prescribed expeditiously.
**(b) Coordination**
(1) **Avoidance of duplication** — To the extent feasible, the United States Government shall not require the submission of any report that is unnecessary or duplicative of any report required by or under any other law. The head of each Federal agency shall coordinate the actions of that agency with the heads of the other Federal agencies in order to avoid the imposition of duplicative reporting requirements under this chapter or any other law.
(2) **Definition** — As used in paragraph (1), the term “Federal agency” has the meaning given the term “agency” in [section 551(1) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section551/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
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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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**(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
§ 6742
1 So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted.
of any report that is unnecessary or duplica-
tive of any report required by or under any
other law. The head of each Federal agency
shall coordinate the actions of that agency
with the heads of the other Federal agencies
in order to avoid the imposition of duplicative
reporting requirements under this chapter or
any other law.
(2) Definition
As used in paragraph (1), the term ‘‘Federal
agency’’ has the meaning given the term
‘‘agency’’ in section 551(1) of title 5.
(Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title IV, § 401, Oct. 21,
1998, 112 Stat. 2681–880.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was in the
original ‘‘this Act’’ and was translated as reading ‘‘this
division’’, meaning div. I of Pub. L. 105–277, Oct. 21,
1998, 112 Stat. 2681–856, known as the Chemical Weapons
Convention Implementation Act of 1998, to reflect the
probable intent of Congress. For complete classifica-
tion of division I to the Code, see Short Title note set
out under section 6701 of this title and Tables.
Executive Documents
REGULATIONS
Regulations under subsec. (a) to be issued by Depart-
ment of Commerce by a date specified by Department
of State as United States National Authority (USNA)
and to be reviewed and approved by USNA in coordina-
tion with an interagency group, see section 3 of Ex.
Ord. No. 13128, June 25, 1999, 64 F.R. 34703, set out as a
note under section 6711 of this title.
§ 6742. Prohibition relating to low concentrations
of Schedules 2 and 3 chemicals
(a) Prohibition
Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter, no person located in the United States
shall be required to report on, or to submit to
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