[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2157 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2157

 To authorize appropriations for the Department of Defense for fiscal 
   year 1995 for counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 25 (legislative day, May 16), 1994

 Mr. Domenici introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize appropriations for the Department of Defense for fiscal 
   year 1995 for counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Counterproliferation Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this legislation, weapons of mass destruction are 
considered to include chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, their 
associated components and production facilities, and their delivery 
systems.

SEC. 3. PROGRAM TO COUNTER THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS 
              DESTRUCTION.

    (a) Program.--The United States shall establish an integrated 
program in the Department of Defense to counter potential threats to 
United States interests that arise from the proliferation of weapons of 
mass destruction. The program will improve the capabilities of the 
United States to identify, monitor, and respond to the proliferation of 
weapons of mass destruction.
    (b) Management.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate the 
Deputy Secretary of Defense as the manager for the program referred to 
in section (3)(a). The Secretary shall prescribe the duties of the 
Deputy Secretary regarding management of such activities and programs. 
The duties shall include coordination of counterproliferation 
activities across all relevant government agencies.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of 
Defense for fiscal year 1995 for the program referred to in section 
(3)(a) in the amount of $100,000,000. The amount appropriated pursuant 
to such authorization of appropriations is authorized to be made 
available for correcting aspects of such activities and programs that 
are characterized as shortfalls in the report of the Deputy Secretary 
of Defense entitled ``Report on Nonproliferation and 
Counterproliferation Activities and Programs'', dated May 1994.

SEC. 5. JOINT COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW OF COUNTERPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS OF 
              THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Establishment.--(1) There is hereby established a 
Counterproliferation Program Review Committee composed of the following 
members:
            (A) The Secretary of Defense.
            (B) The Secretary of State.
            (C) The Secretary of Energy.
            (D) The Director of Central Intelligence.
            (E) The Director of the United States Arms Control and 
        Disarmament Agency.
            (F) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
    (2) The Secretary of Defense shall chair the committee.
    (3) A member of the committee may designate a representative to 
perform routinely the duties of the member. A representative shall be 
in a position of Deputy Assistant Secretary or a position equivalent to 
or above the level of Deputy Assistant Secretary. A representative of 
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall be a person in a grade 
equivalent to that of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.
    (4) The Secretary of Defense may delegate to the Deputy Secretary 
of Defense the performance of the duties of the Chairman of the 
committee.
    (5) The members of the committee shall first meet not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Upon designation of 
working level officials and representatives, the members of the 
committee shall jointly notify the appropriate committees of Congress 
that the committee has been constituted. The notification shall 
identify the representatives designated pursuant to paragraph (3) and 
the working level officials of the committee.
    (b) Purposes of the Committee.--The purposes of the committee are--
            (1) to optimize funding for, and ensure the development and 
        deployment of highly effective technologies and capabilities 
        for the counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction; 
        and
            (2) to identify and eliminate undesirable redundancies or 
        uncoordinated efforts in the development and deployment of such 
        technologies and capabilities.
    (c) Duties.--The committee shall--
            (1) identify and review existing and proposed capabilities 
        and technologies for support of United States 
        counterproliferation policy with regard to--
                    (A) intelligence;
                    (B) battlefield surveillance;
                    (C) passive defenses;
                    (D) active defenses; and
                    (E) counterforce capabilities;
            (2) as part of the review pursuant to paragraph (1), 
        identify deficiencies in existing capabilities and 
        technologies;
            (3) formulate near-term, mid-term, and long-term 
        programmatic options for meeting requirements established by 
        the committee and eliminating deficiencies identified by the 
        committee; and
            (4) in carrying out the other duties of the committee, 
        ensure that all types of counterproliferation actions are 
        considered.
    (d) Access to Information.--The committee shall have access to 
information on all programs, projects, and activities of the Department 
of Defense, the Department of State, the Department of Energy, the 
intelligence community, and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 
that are pertinent to the purposes and duties of the committee.
    (e) Budget Recommendations.--The committee may submit to the 
officials referred to in subsection (a) any recommendation regarding 
existing or planned budgets as the committee considers appropriate to 
encourage funding for capabilities and technologies at the level 
necessary to support United States counterproliferation policy.

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