50 U.S.C. § 2357 — Findings

Page 385 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 2357a (10) Plans for studying the merits and costs of establishing a global network of means for detecting and responding to terroristic or other criminal use of biological agents against people or other forms of life in the United States or any foreign country. (c) Report (1) At the same time that the President sub- mits the budget for fiscal year 1998 to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, the Presi- dent shall submit to Congress a report that sets forth the comprehensive program developed under subsection (a). (2) The report shall include the following: (A) The specific plans for the program that are required under subsection (b). (B) Estimates of the funds necessary, by agency or department, for carrying out such plans in fiscal year 1998 and the following five fiscal years. (3) The report shall be in an unclassified form. If there is a classified version of the report, the President shall submit the classified version at the same time. (Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XIV, § 1443, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2728.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original ‘‘this title’’, meaning title XIV of div. A of Pub. L. 104–201, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2714, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title XIV to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2301 of this title and Tables. § 2354. Termination After September 30, 1999, the President— (1) is not required to maintain a National Coordinator for Nonproliferation Matters under section 2351 of this title; and (2) may terminate the Committee on Non- proliferation established under section 2352 of this title. (Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XIV, § 1444, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2730; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title X, § 1069(c)(3), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2136.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1998—Pub. L. 105–261 made technical amendments to references in original act which appear in par. (1) as reference to section 2351 of this title and in par. (2) as reference to section 2352 of this title. SUBCHAPTER IV–A—NONPROLIFERATION ASSISTANCE COORDINATION Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Subchapter was enacted as part of the Nonprolifera- tion Assistance Coordination Act of 2002, and also as part of the Security Assistance Act of 2002 and the For- eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, and not as part of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass De- struction Act of 1996 which comprises this chapter. § 2357. Findings Congress finds that— (1) United States nonproliferation efforts in the independent states of the former Soviet Union have achieved important results in en- suring that weapons of mass destruction, weapons-usable material and technology, and weapons-related knowledge remain beyond the reach of terrorists and weapons-proliferating states; (2) although these efforts are in the United States national security interest, the effec- tiveness of these efforts has suffered from a lack of coordination within and among United States Government agencies; (3) increased spending and investment by the United States private sector on nonprolifera- tion efforts in the independent states of the former Soviet Union, specifically, spending and investment by the United States private sector in job creation initiatives and proposals for unemployed Russian Federation weapons scientists and technicians, are making an im- portant contribution in ensuring that knowl- edge related to weapons of mass destruction remains beyond the reach of terrorists and weapons-proliferating states; and (4) increased spending and investment by the United States private sector on nonprolifera- tion efforts in the independent states of the former Soviet Union make advisable the es- tablishment of a coordinating body to ensure that United States public and private efforts are not in conflict, and to ensure that public spending on efforts by the independent states of the former Soviet Union is maximized to ensure efficiency and further United States national security interests. (Pub. L. 107–228, div. B, title XIII, § 1332, Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1448.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE For short title of subtitle C (§§ 1331–1339) of title XIII of div. B of Pub. L. 107–228, which enacted this sub- chapter, as the ‘‘Nonproliferation Assistance Coordina- tion Act of 2002’’, see section 1331 of Pub. L. 107–228, set out as a note under section 2301 of this title. § 2357a. Definitions (a) Independent states of the former Soviet Union In this subchapter, the term ‘‘independent states of the former Soviet Union’’ has the meaning given the term in section 5801 of title 22. (b) Appropriate committees of Congress In this subchapter, the term ‘‘the appropriate committees of Congress’’ means the Committees on Foreign Relations, Armed Services, and Ap- propriations of the Senate and the Committees on International Relations, Armed Services, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (Pub. L. 107–228, div. B, title XIII, § 1333, Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1449.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on International Relations of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Foreign Af-