[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 610 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 610

To implement the obligations of the United States under the Convention 
on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use 
 of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, known as ``the Chemical 
Weapons Convention'' and opened for signature and signed by the United 
                      States on January 13, 1993.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 17, 1997

    Mr. Lugar by request (for himself and Mr. Biden) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To implement the obligations of the United States under the Convention 
on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use 
 of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, known as ``the Chemical 
Weapons Convention'' and opened for signature and signed by the United 
                      States on January 13, 1993.

    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 ``Chemical Weapons Convention 
Implementation Act of 1997.''

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Congressional findings.
Sec. 4. Congressional declarations.
Sec. 5. Definitions.
Sec. 6. Severability.
                      TITLE I--NATIONAL AUTHORITY

Sec. 101. Establishment.
 TITLE II--APPLICATION OF CONVENTION PROHIBITIONS TO NATURAL AND LEGAL 
                                PERSONS

Sec. 201. Criminal provisions.
Sec. 202. Effective date.
Sec. 203. Restrictions on scheduled chemicals.
                          TITLE III--REPORTING

Sec. 301. Reporting of information.
Sec. 302. Confidentiality of information.
Sec. 303. Prohibited acts.
                         TITLE IV--INSPECTIONS

Sec. 401. Inspections pursuant to article VI of the Chemical Weapons 
                            Convention.
Sec. 402. Other inspections pursuant to the Chemical Weapons Convention 
                            and lead agency.
Sec. 403. Prohibited acts.
Sec. 404. Penalties.
Sec. 405. Specific enforcement.
Sec. 406. Legal proceedings.
Sec. 407. Authority.
Sec. 408. Saving provision.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Chemical weapons pose a significant threat to the 
        national security of the United States and are a scourge to 
        humankind.
            (2) The Chemical Weapons Convention is the best means of 
        ensuring the nonproliferation of chemical weapons and their 
        eventual destruction and forswearing by all nations.
            (3) The verification procedures contained in the Chemical 
        Weapons Convention and the faithful adherence of nations to 
        them, including the United States, are crucial to the success 
        of the Convention.
            (4) The declarations and inspections required by the 
        Chemical Weapons Convention are essential for the effectiveness 
        of the verification regime.

SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATIONS.

    The Congress makes the following declarations:
            (1) It shall be the policy of the United States to 
        cooperate with other states parties to the Chemical Weapons 
        Convention and to afford the appropriate form of legal 
        assistance to facilitate the implementation of the prohibitions 
        contained in title II of this Act.
            (2) It shall be the policy of the United States, during the 
        implementation of its obligations under the Chemical Weapons 
        Convention, to assign the highest priority to ensuring the 
        safety of people and to protecting the environment, and to 
        cooperate as appropriate with other states parties to the 
        Convention in this regard.
            (3) It shall be the policy of the United States to 
        minimize, to the greatest extent practicable, the 
        administrative burden and intrusiveness of measures to 
        implement the Chemical Weapons Convention placed on commercial 
        and other private entities, and to take into account the 
        possible competitive impact of regulatory measures on industry, 
        consistent with the obligations of the United States under the 
        Convention.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the 
definitions of the terms used in this Act shall be those contained in 
the Chemical Weapons Convention. Nothing in paragraphs 2 or 3 of 
article II of the Chemical Weapons Convention shall be construed to 
limit verification activities pursuant to parts X or XI of the Annex on 
Implementation and Verification of the Convention.
    (b) Other Definitions.--
            (1) The term ``Chemical Weapons Convention'' means 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.
            (2) The term ``national of the United States'' has the same 
        meaning given such term in section 101(a)(22) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)).
            (3) The term ``United States,'' when used in a geographical 
        sense, includes all places under the jurisdiction or control of 
        the United States, including (A) any of the places within the 
        provisions of section 101(41) of the Federal Aviation Act of 
        1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 40102(41)), (B) any public aircraft 
        or civil aircraft of the United States, as such terms are 
        defined in sections 105 (36) and (18) of the Federal Aviation 
        Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 40102(37) and 40102(17)), 
        and (C) any vessel of the United States, as such term is 
        defined in section 3(b) of the Maritime Drug Enforcement Act, 
        as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1903(b)).
            (4) The term ``person,'' except as used in section 201 of 
        this Act and as set forth below, means (A) any individual, 
        corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, 
        public or private institution, any State or any political 
        subdivision thereof, or any political entity within a State, 
        any foreign government or nation or any agency, instrumentality 
        or political subdivision of any such government or nation, or 
        other entity located in the United States; and (B) any legal 
        successor, representative, agent or agency of the foregoing 
        located in the United States. The phrase ``located in the 
        United States'' in the term ``person'' shall not apply to the 
        term ``person'' as use in the phrases ``person located outside 
        the territory'' in sections 203(b) and 302(d) of this Act and 
        ``person located in the territory'' in section 203(b) of this 
        Act.
            (5) The term ``Technical Secretariat'' means the Technical 
        Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical 
        Weapons established by the Chemical Weapons Convention.

SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY.

    If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision 
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this 
Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances 
other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected 
thereby.

                      TITLE I--NATIONAL AUTHORITY

SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT.

    Pursuant to paragraph 4 of article VII of the Chemical Weapons 
Convention, the President or the designee of the President shall 
establish the ``United States National Authority'' to, inter alia, 
serve as the national focal point for effective liaison with the 
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and other states 
parties to the Convention.

 TITLE II--APPLICATION OF CONVENTION PROHIBITIONS TO NATURAL AND LEGAL 
                                PERSONS

SEC. 201. CRIMINAL PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by--
            (1) redesignating chapter 11A relating to child support as 
        chapter 11B; and
            (2) inserting after chapter 11 relating to bribery, graft, 
        and conflicts of interest the following new chapter:

                    ``CHAPTER 11A--CHEMICAL WEAPONS

``Sec.
``227. Penalties and prohibitions with respect to chemical weapons.
``227A. Seizure, forfeiture, and destruction.
``227B. Injunctions.
``227C. Other prohibitions.
``227D. Definitions.

``SEC. 227. PENALTIES AND PROHIBITIONS WITH RESPECT TO CHEMICAL 
              WEAPONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), whoever 
knowingly develops, produces, otherwise acquires, stockpiles, retains, 
directly or indirectly transfers, uses, owns, or possesses any chemical 
weapon, or knowingly assists, encourages, or induces, in any way, any 
person to do so, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be fined 
under this title or imprisoned for life or any term of years, or both.
    ``(b) Exclusion.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to the retention, 
ownership, or possession of a chemical weapon, that is permitted by the 
Chemical Weapons Convention pending the weapon's destruction, by any 
agency or department of the United States. This exclusion shall apply 
to any person, including members of the Armed Forces of the United 
States, who is authorized by any agency or department of the United 
States to retain, own, or possess a chemical weapon, unless that person 
knows or should have known that such retention, ownership, or 
possession is not permitted by the Chemical Weapons Convention.
    ``(c) Jurisdiction.--There is jurisdiction by the United States 
over the prohibited activity in subsection (a) if (1) the prohibited 
activity takes place in the United States or (2) the prohibited 
activity takes place outside of the United States and is committed by a 
national of the United States.
    ``(d) Additional Penalty.--The court shall order that any person 
convicted of any offense under this section pay to the United States 
any expenses incurred incident to the seizure, storage, handling, 
transportation, and destruction or other disposition of property seized 
for the violation of this section.

``SEC. 227A. SEIZURE, FORFEITURE, AND DESTRUCTION.

    ``(a) Seizure.--
            ``(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Attorney 
        General may request the issuance, in the same manner as 
        provided for a search warrant, of a warrant authorizing the 
        seizure of any chemical weapon defined in section 227D(2)(A) of 
        this title that is of a type or quantity that under the 
        circumstances is inconsistent with the purposes not prohibited 
        under the Chemical Weapons Convention.
            ``(2) In exigent circumstances, seizure and destruction of 
        any such chemical weapon described in paragraph (1) may be made 
        by the Attorney General upon probable cause without the 
        necessity for a warrant.
    ``(b) Procedure for Forfeiture and Destruction.--Except as provided 
in paragraph (2) of subsection (a), property seized pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be forfeited to the United States after notice to 
potential claimants and an opportunity for a hearing. At such a 
hearing, the government shall bear the burden of persuasion by a 
preponderance of the evidence. Except as inconsistent herewith, the 
provisions of chapter 46 of this title relating to civil forfeitures 
shall extend to a seizure or forfeiture under this section. The 
Attorney General shall provide for the destruction or other appropriate 
disposition of any chemical weapon seized and forfeited pursuant to 
this section.
    ``(c) Affirmative Defense.--It is an affirmative defense against a 
forfeiture under subsection (b) that--
            ``(1) such alleged chemical weapon is for a purpose not 
        prohibited under the Chemical Weapons Convention; and
            ``(2) such alleged chemical weapon is of a type and 
        quantity that under the circumstances is consistent with that 
        purpose.
    ``(d) Other Seizure, Forfeiture, and Destruction.--
            ``(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
Attorney General may request the issuance, in the same manner as 
provided for a search warrant, of a warrant authorizing the seizure of 
any chemical weapon defined in section 227D(2) (B) or (C) of this title 
that exists by reason of conduct prohibited under section 227 of this 
title.
            ``(2) In exigent circumstances, seizure and destruction of 
        any such chemical weapon described in paragraph (1) may be made 
        by the Attorney General upon probable cause without the 
        necessity for a warrant.
            ``(3) Property seized pursuant to this subsection shall be 
        summarily forfeited to the United States and destroyed.
    ``(e) Assistance.--The Attorney General may request assistance from 
any agency or department in the handling, storage, transportation, or 
destruction of property sized under this section.
    ``(f) Owner Liability.--The owner or possessor of any property 
seized under this section shall be liable to the United States for any 
expenses incurred incident to the seizure, including any expenses 
relating to the handling, storage, transportation, and destruction or 
other disposition of the seized property.

``SEC. 227B. INJUNCTIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--The United States may obtain in a civil action 
an injunction against--
            ``(1) the conduct prohibited under section 227 of this 
        title;
            ``(2) the preparation or solicitation to engage in conduct 
        prohibited under section 227 of this title; or
            ``(3) the development, production, other acquisition, 
        stockpiling, retention, direct or indirect transfer, use, 
        ownership, or possession, or the attempted development, 
        production, other acquisition, stockpiling, retention, direct 
        or indirect transfer, use, ownership, or possession, of any 
        alleged chemical weapon defined in section 227D(2)(A) of this 
        title that is of a type or quantity that under the 
        circumstances is inconsistent with the purposes not prohibited 
        under the Chemical Weapons Convention, or the assistance to any 
        person to do so.
    ``(b) Affirmative Defense.--It is an affirmative defense against an 
injunction under subsection (a)(3) that--
            ``(1) the conduct sought to be enjoined is for a purpose 
        not prohibited under the Chemical Weapons Convention; and
            ``(2) such alleged chemical weapon is of a type and 
        quantity that under the circumstances is consistent with that 
        purpose.

``SEC. 227C. OTHER PROHIBITIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), whoever 
knowingly uses riot control agents as a method of warfare, or knowingly 
assists any person to do so, shall be fined under this title or 
imprisoned for a term of not more than ten years, or both.
    ``(b) Exclusion.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to members of the 
Armed Forces of the United States. Members of the Armed Forces of the 
United States who use riot control agents as a method of warfare shall 
be subject to appropriate military penalties.
    ``(c) Jurisdiction.--There is jurisdiction by the United States 
over the prohibited activity in subsection (a) if (1) the prohibited 
activity takes place in the United States or (2) the prohibited 
activity takes place outside of the United States and is committed by a 
national of the United States.

``SEC. 227D. DEFINITIONS.

  ``As used in this chapter, the term--
            ``(1) `Chemical Weapons Convention' means 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;
            ``(2) `chemical weapon' means the following, together or 
        separately--
                    ``(A) a toxic chemical and its precursors, except 
                where intended for a purpose not prohibited under the 
                Chemical Weapons Convention, 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; or
                    ``(C) any equipment specifically designed for use 
                directly in connection with the employment of munitions 
                or devices specified in subparagraph (B);
            ``(3) `toxic chemical' means any chemical which through its 
        chemical action on life processes can cause death, temporary 
        incapacitation or permanent harm to humans or animals. This 
        includes all such chemicals, regardless of their origin or of 
        their method of production, and regardless of whether they are 
        produced in facilities, in munitions or elsewhere. (For the 
        purpose of implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention, toxic 
        chemicals which have been identified for the application of 
        verification measures are listed in schedules contained in the 
        Annex on Chemicals of the Chemical Weapons Convention.);
            ``(4) `precursor' means any chemical reactant which takes 
        part at any stage in the production by whatever method of a 
        toxic chemical. This includes any key component of a binary or 
        multicomponent chemical system. (For the purpose of 
        implementing the Chemical Weapons Covnention, precursors which 
        have been identified for the application of verification 
        measures are listed in schedules contained in the Annex on 
        Chemicals of the Chemical Weapons Convention.);
            ``(5) `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;
            ``(6) `purpose not prohibited under the Chemical Weapons 
        Convention' means--
                    ``(A) industrial, agricultural, research, medical, 
                pharmaceutical, or other peaceful purposes;
                    ``(B) protective purposes, namely those purposes 
                directly related to protection against toxic chemicals 
                and to protection against chemical weapons;
                    ``(C) military purposes not connected with the use 
                of chemical weapons and not dependent on the use of the 
                toxic properties of chemicals as a method of warfare; 
                or
                    ``(D) law enforcement purposes, including domestic 
                riot control purposes;
            ``(7) `national of the United States' has the same meaning 
        given such term in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22));
            ``(8) `United States,' when used in a geographical sense, 
        includes all places under the jurisdiction or control of the 
        United States, including (A) any of the places within the 
        provisions of section 101(41) of the Federal Aviation Act of 
        1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 40102(41)), (B) any public aircraft 
        or civil aircraft of the United States, as such terms are 
        defined in sections 101 (36) and (18) of the Federal Aviation 
        Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 40102(37) and 40102(17)), 
        and (C) any vessel of the United States, as such term is 
        defined in section 3(b) of the Maritime Drug Enforcement Act, 
        as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1903(b));
            ``(9) `person' means (A) any individual, corporation, 
        partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or 
        private institution, any State or any political subdivision 
        thereof, or any political entity within a State, any foreign 
        government or nation or any agency, instrumentality or 
        political subdivision of any such government or nation, or 
        other entity; and (B) any legal successor, representative, 
        agent or agency of the foregoing; and
            ``(10) `riot control agent' means any chemical not listed 
        in a schedule in the Annex on Chemicals of the Chemical Weapons 
        Convention, which can produce rapidly in humans sensory 
        irritation or disabling physical effects which disappear within 
        a short time following termination of exposure.
Nothing in paragraphs (3) or (4) of this section shall be construed to 
limit verification activities pursuant to part X or part XI of the 
Annex on Implementation and Verification of the Chemical Weapons 
Convention.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--The table of chapters for part I of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by--
            (1) in the item for chapter 11A relating to child support, 
        redesignating ``11A'' as ``11B''; and
            (2) inserting after the item for chapter 11 the following 
        new item:

``11A. CHEMICAL WEAPONS.....................................     227.''

SEC. 202. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This title shall take effect on the date the Chemical Weapons 
Covnention enters into force for the United States.

SEC. 203. RESTRICTIONS ON SCHEDULED CHEMICALS.

    (a) Schedule 1 Activities.--It shall be unlawful for any person, or 
any national of the United States located outside the United States, to 
produce, acquire, retain, transfer or use a chemical listed on schedule 
1 of the Annex on Chemicals of the Chemical Weapons Convention, 
unless--
            (1) the chemicals are applied to research, medical, 
        pharmaceutical or protective purposes;
            (2) the types and quantities of chemicals are strictly 
        limited to those that can be justified for such purposes; and
            (3) the amount of such chemicals per person at any given 
        time for such purposes does not exceed a limit to be determined 
        by the United States National Authority, but in any case, does 
        not exceed one metric ton.
    (b) Extraterritorial Acts.--
            (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, or any national of 
        the United States located outside the United States, to 
        produce, acquire, retain or use a chemical listed on schedule 1 
        of the Annex on Chemicals of the Chemical Weapons Convention 
        outside the territories of the states parties to the Convention 
        or to transfer such chemicals to any person located outside the 
        territory of the United States, except as provided for in the 
        Convention for transfer to a person located in the territory of 
        another State Party to the Convention.
            (2) Beginning three years after the entry into force of the 
        Chemical Weapons Convention, it shall be unlawful for any 
        person, or any national of the United States located outside 
        the United States, to transfer a chemical listed on schedule 2 
        of the Annex on Chemicals of the Convention to any person 
        located outside the territory of a state party to the 
        Convention or to receive such a chemical from any person 
        located outside the territory of a state party to the 
        Convention.
    (c) Jurisdiction.--There is jurisdiction by the United States over 
the prohibited activity in subsections (a) and (b) if (1) the 
prohibited activity takes place in the United States or (2) the 
prohibited activity takes place outside of the United States and is 
committed by a national of the United States.

                          TITLE III--REPORTING

SEC. 301. REPORTING OF INFORMATION.

    (a) Reports.--The Department of Commerce shall promulgate 
regulations under which each person who produces, processes, consumes, 
exports or imports, or proposes to produce, process, consume, export or 
import, a chemical substance subject to the Chemical Weapons Convention 
shall maintain and permit access to such records and shall submit to 
the Department of Commerce such reports as the United States National 
Authority may reasonably require pursuant to the Chemical Weapons 
Convention. The Department of Commerce shall promulgate regulations 
pursuant to this title expeditiously, taking into account the written 
decisions issued by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical 
Weapons, and may amend or change such regulations as necessary.
    (b) Coordination.--To the extent feasible, the United States 
National Authority shall not require any reporting that is unnecessary, 
or duplicative of reporting required under any other Act. Agencies and 
departments shall coordinate their actions with other agencies and 
departments to avoid duplication of reporting by the affected persons 
under this Act or any other Act.

SEC. 302. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.

    (a) Freedom of Information Act Exemption for Certain Chemical 
Weapons Convention Information.--Any information reported to, or 
otherwise obtained by, the United States National Authority, the 
Department of Commerce, or any other agency or department under this 
Act or under the Chemical Weapons Convention shall not be required to 
be publicly disclosed pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    (b) Prohibited Disclosure and Exceptions.--Information exempt from 
disclosure under subsection (a) shall not be published or disclosed, 
except that such information--
            (1) shall be disclosed or otherwise provided to the 
        Technical Secretariat or other states parties to the Chemical 
        Weapons Convention in accordance with the Convention, in 
        particular, the provisions of the Annex on the Protection of 
        Confidential Information;
            (2) shall be made available to any committee or 
        subcommittee of Congress of appropriate jurisdiction upon 
the written request of the chairman or ranking minority member of such 
committee or subcommittee, except that no such committee or 
subcommittee, or member thereof, shall disclose such information or 
material;
            (3) shall be disclosed to other agencies or departments for 
        law enforcement purposes with regard to this Act or any other 
        Act, and may be disclosed or otherwise provided when relevant 
        in any proceeding under this Act or any other Act, except that 
        disclosure or provision in such a proceeding shall be made in 
        such manner as to preserve confidentiality to the extent 
        practicable without impairing the proceeding; and
            (4) may be disclosed, including in the form of categories 
        of information, if the United States National Authority 
        determines that such disclosure is in the national interest.
    (c) Notice of Disclosure.--If the United States National Authority, 
pursuant to subsection (b)(4), proposes to publish or disclose or 
otherwise provide information exempted from disclosure in subsection 
(a), the United States National Authority shall, where appropriate, 
notify the person who submitted such information of the intent to 
release such information. Where notice has been provided, the United 
States National Authority may not release such information until the 
expiration of 30 days after notice has been provided.
    (d) Criminal Penalty for Wrongful Disclosure.--Any officer or 
employee of the United States or former officer or employee of the 
United States, who by virtue of such employment or official position 
has obtained possession of, or has access to, information the 
disclosure or other provision of which is prohibited by subsection (a), 
and who knowing that disclosure or provision of such information is 
prohibited by such subsection, willfully discloses or otherwise 
provides the information in any manner to any person, including persons 
located outside the territory of the United States, not entitled to 
receive it, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or 
imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
    (e) International Inspectors.--The provisions of this section on 
disclosure or provision of information shall also apply to employees of 
the Technical Secretariat.

SEC. 303. PROHIBITED ACTS.

    It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to (a) 
establish or maintain records, (b) submit reports, notices, or other 
information to the Department of Commerce or the United States National 
Authority, or (c) permit access to or copying of records, as required 
by this Act or a regulation thereunder.

                         TITLE IV--INSPECTIONS

SEC. 401. INSPECTIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VI OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS 
              CONVENTION.

    (a) Authority.--For purposes of administering this Act--
            (1) 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 Chemical Weapons Convention; and
            (2) the National Authority shall designate representatives 
        who may accompany members of an inspection team of the 
        Technical Secretariat during the inspection specified in 
        paragraph (1). The number of duly designated representatives 
        shall be kept to the minimum necessary.
    (b) Notice.--An inspection pursuant to subsection (a) may be made 
only upon issuance of a written notice to the owner and to the 
operator, occupant or agent in charge of the premises to be inspected, 
except that failure to receive a notice shall not be a bar to the 
conduct of an inspection. The notice shall be submitted to the owner 
and to the operator, occupant or agent in charge as soon as possible 
after the United States National Authority receives it from the 
Technical Secretariat. The notice shall include all appropriate 
information supplied by the Technical Secretariat to the United States 
National Authority regarding the basis for the selection of the plant 
site, plant, or other facility or location for the type of inspection 
sought, including, for challenge inspections pursuant to article IX of 
the Chemical Weapons Convention, appropriate evidence or reasons 
provided by the requesting state party to the Convention with regard to 
its concerns about compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention at 
the facility or location. A separate notice shall be given for each 
such inspection, but a notice shall not be required for each entry made 
during the period covered by the inspection.
    (c) Credentials.--If the owner, operator, occupant or agent in 
charge of the premises to be inspected is present, a member of the 
inspection team of the Technical Secretariat, as well as, if present, 
the representatives of agencies or departments, shall present 
appropriate credentials before the inspection is commenced.
    (d) Timeframe for Inspections.--Consistent with the provisions of 
the Chemical Weapons Convention, each inspection shall be commenced and 
completed with reasonable promptness and shall be conducted at 
reasonable times, within reasonable limits, and in a reasonable manner. 
The Department of Commerce shall endeavor to ensure that, to the extent 
possible, each inspection is commenced, conducted and concluded during 
ordinary working hours, but no inspection shall be prohibited or 
otherwise disrupted for commencing, continuing or concluding during 
other hours. However, nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted 
as modifying the timeframes established in the Chemical Weapons 
Convention.
    (e) Scope.--
            (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection 
        and subsection (f), an inspection conducted under this title 
        may extend to all things within the premises inspected 
        (including records, files, papers, processes, controls, 
        structures and vehicles) related to whether the requirements of 
        the Chemical Weapons Convention applicable to such premises 
        have been complied with.
            (2) To the extent possible consistent with the obligations 
        of the United States pursuant to the Chemical Weapons 
        Convention, no inspection under this title shall extend to--
                    (A) financial data;
                    (B) sales and marketing data (other than shipment 
                data);
                    (C) pricing data;
                    (D) personnel data;
                    (E) research data;
                    (F) patent data;
                    (G) data maintained for compliance with 
                environmental or occupational health and safety 
                regulations; or
                    (H) personnel and vehicles entering and personnel 
                and personal passenger vehicles exiting the facility.
    (f) Facility Agreements.--
            (1) Inspections of plants, plant sites, or other facilities 
        or locations for which the United States has a facility 
        agreement with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical 
        Weapons shall be conducted in accordance with the facility 
        agreement.
            (2) Facility agreements shall be concluded for plants, 
        plant sites, or other facilities or locations that are subject 
        to inspection pursuant to paragraph 4 of article VI of the 
        Chemical Weapons Convention unless the owner and the operator, 
        occupant or agent in charge of the facility and the Technical 
        Secretariat agree that such an agreement is not necessary. 
        Facility agreements should be concluded for plants, plant 
        sites, or other facilities or locations that are subject to 
        inspection pursuant to paragraphs 5 or 6 of article VI of the 
        Chemical Weapons Convention if so requested by the owner and 
        the operator, occupant or agent in charge of the facility.
            (3) The owner and the operator, occupant or agent in charge 
        of a facility shall be notified prior to the development of the 
        agreement relating to that facility and, if they so request, 
        may participate in the preparations for the negotiation of such 
        an agreement. To the extent practicable consistent with the 
        Chemical Weapons Convention, the owner and the operator, 
        occupant or agent in charge of a facility may observe 
        negotiations of the agreement between the United States and the 
        Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons concerning 
        that facility.
    (g) Sampling and Safety.--
            (1) The Department of Commerce is authorized to require the 
        provision of samples to a member of the inspection team of the 
        Technical Secretariat in accordance with the provisions of the 
        Chemical Weapons Convention. The owner or the operator, 
        occupant or agent in charge of the premises to be inspected 
        shall determine whether the sample shall be taken by 
        representatives of the premises or the inspection team or other 
        individuals present.
            (2) In carrying out their activities, members of the 
        inspection team of the Technical Secretariat and 
        representatives of agencies or departments accompanying the 
        inspection team shall observe safety regulations established at 
        the premises to be inspected, including those for protection of 
        controlled environments within a facility and for personal 
        safety.
    (h) Coordination.--To the extent possible consistent with the 
obligations of the United States pursuant to the Chemical 
Weapons Convention, the representatives of the United States National 
Authority, the Department of Commerce and any other agency or 
department, if present, shall assist the owner and the operator, 
occupant or agent in charge of the premises to be inspected in 
interacting with the members of the inspection team of the Technical 
Secretariat.

SEC. 402. OTHER INSPECTIONS PURSUANT TO THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION 
              AND LEAD AGENCY.

    (a) Other Inspections.--The provisions of this title shall apply, 
as appropriate, to all other inspections authorized by the Chemical 
Weapons Convention. For all inspections other than those conducted 
pursuant to paragraphs 4, 5, or 6 of article VI of the Convention, the 
term ``Department of Commerce'' shall be replaced by the term ``Lead 
Agency'' in section 401.
    (b) Lead Agency.--For the purposes of this title, the term ``Lead 
Agency'' means the agency or department designated by the President or 
the designee of the President to exercise the functions and powers set 
forth in the specific provision, based, inter alia, on the particular 
responsibilities of the agency or department within the United States 
Government and the relationship of the agency or department to the 
premises to be inspected.

SEC. 403. PROHIBITED ACTS.

    It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to permit 
entry or inspection, or to disrupt, delay or otherwise impede an 
inspection as required by this Act or the Chemical Weapons Convention.

SEC. 404. PENALTIES.

    (a) Civil.--
            (1) (A) Any person who violates a provision of section 203 
        of this Act shall be liable to the United States for a civil 
        penalty in an amount not to exceed $50,000 for each such 
        violation.
            (B) Any person who violates a provision of section 303 of 
        this Act shall be liable to the United States for a civil 
        penalty in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each such 
        violation.
            (C) Any person who violates a provision of section 403 of 
        this Act shall be liable to the United States for a civil 
        penalty in an amount not to exceed $25,000 for each such 
        violation. For purposes of this subsection, each day such a 
        violation of section 403 continues shall constitute a separate 
        violation of section 403.
            (2) (A) A civil penalty for a violation of section 203, 303 
        or 403 of this Act shall be assessed by the Lead Agency by an 
        order made on the record after opportunity (provided in 
        accordance with this subparagraph) for a hearing in accordance 
        with section 554 of title 5, United States Code. Before issuing 
        such an order, the Lead Agency shall give written notice to the 
        person to be assessed a civil penalty under such order of the 
        Lead Agency's proposal to issue such order and provide such 
        person an opportunity to request, within 15 days of the date 
        the notice is received by such person, such a hearing on the 
        order.
            (B) In determining the amount of a civil penalty, the Lead 
        Agency shall take into account the nature, circumstances, 
        extent and gravity of the violation or violations and, with 
        respect to the violator, ability to pay, effect on ability to 
        continue to do business, any history of prior such violations, 
        the degree of culpability, the existence of an internal 
        compliance program, and such other matters as justice may 
        require.
            (C) The Lead Agency may compromise, modify or remit, with 
        or without conditions, any civil penalty which may be imposed 
        under this subsection. The amount of such penalty, when finally 
        determined, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, may be 
        deducted from any sums owing by the United States to the person 
        charged.
            (3) Any person who requested in accordance with paragraph 
        (2)(A) a hearing respecting the assessment of a civil penalty 
        and who is aggrieved by an order assessing a civil penalty may 
        file a petition for judicial review of such order with the 
        United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
        Circuit or for any other circuit in which such person resides 
        or transacts business. Such a petition may be filed only within 
        the 30-day period beginning on the date the order making such 
        assessment was issued.
            (4) If any person fails to pay an assessment of a civil 
        penalty--
                    (A) after the order making the assessment has 
                become a final order and if such person does not file 
a petition for judicial review of the order in accordance with 
paragraph (3); or
                    (B) after a court in an action brought under 
                paragraph (3) has entered a final judgment in favor of 
                the Lead Agency;
        the Attorney General shall recover the amount assessed (plus 
        interest at currently prevailing rates from the date of the 
        expiration of the 30-day period referred to in paragraph (3) or 
        the date of such final judgment, as the case may be) in an 
        action brought in any appropriate district court of the United 
        States. In such an action, the validity, amount and 
        appropriateness of such penalty shall not be subject to review.
    (b) Criminal.--Any person who knowingly violates any provision of 
section 203, 303, or 403 of this Act, shall, in addition to or in lieu 
of any civil penalty which may be imposed under subsection (a) for such 
violation, be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for 
not more than two years, or both.

SEC. 405. SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Jurisdiction.--The district courts of the United States shall 
have jurisdiction over civil actions to--
            (1) restrain any violation of section 203, 303 or 403 of 
        this Act; and
            (2) compel the taking of any action required by or under 
        this Act or the Chemical Weapons Convention.
    (b) Civil Actions.--A civil action described in subsection (a) may 
be brought--
            (1) in the case of a civil action described in subsection 
        (a)(1), in the United States district court for the judicial 
        district wherein any act, omission, or transaction constituting 
        a violation of section 203, 303, or 403 of this Act occurred or 
        wherein the defendant is found or transacts business; or
            (2) in the case of a civil action described in subsection 
        (a)(2), in the United States district court for the judicial 
        district wherein the defendant is found or transacts business.
In any such civil action process may be served on a defendant wherever 
the defendant may reside or may be found, whether the defendant resides 
or may be found within the United States or elsewhere.

SEC. 406. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

    (a) Warrants.--
            (1) The Lead Agency shall seek the consent of the owner or 
        the operator, occupant, or agent in charge of the premises to 
        be inspected prior to the initiation of any inspection. Before 
        or after seeking such consent, the Lead Agency may seek a 
        search warrant from any official authorized to issue search 
        warrants. Proceedings regarding the issuance of a search 
        warrant shall be conducted ex parte, unless otherwise requested 
        by the Lead Agency. The Lead Agency shall provide to the 
        official authorized to issue search warrants all appropriate 
        information supplied by the Technical Secretariat to the United 
        States National Authority regarding the basis for the selection 
        of the plant site, plant, or other facility or location for the 
        type of inspection sought, including, for challenge inspections 
        pursuant to article IX of the Chemical Weapons Convention, 
        appropriate evidence or reasons provided by the requesting 
        state party to the Convention with regard to its concerns about 
        compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention at the facility 
        or location. The Lead Agency shall also provide any other 
        appropriate information available to it relating to the 
        reasonableness of the selection of the plant, plant site, or 
        other facility or location for the inspection.
            (2) The official authorized to issue search warrants shall 
        promptly issue a warrant authorizing the requested inspection 
        upon an affidavit submitted by the Lead Agency showing that--
                    (A) the Chemical Weapons Convention is in force for 
                the United States;
                    (B) the plant site, plant, or other facility or 
                location sought to be inspected is subject to the 
                specific type of inspection requested under the 
                Chemical Weapons Convention;
                    (C) the procedures established under the Chemical 
                Weapons Convention and this Act for initiating an 
                inspection have been complied with; and
                    (D) the Lead Agency will ensure that the inspection 
                is conducted in a reasonable manner and will not exceed 
                the scope or duration set forth in or authorized by the 
                Chemical Weapons Convention or this Act.
            (3) The warrant shall specify the type of inspection 
        authorized; the purpose of the inspection; the type of plant 
        site, plant, or other facility or location to be inspected; to 
        the extent possible, the items, documents and areas that may be 
        inspected; the earliest commencement and latest concluding 
        dates and times of the inspection; and the identities of the 
        representatives of the Technical Secretariat, if known, and, if 
        applicable, the representatives of agencies or departments.
    (b) Subpoenas.--In carrying out this Act, the Lead Agency may by 
subpoena require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the 
production of reports, papers, documents, answers to questions and 
other information that the Lead Agency deems necessary. Witnesses shall 
be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts 
of the United States. In the event of contumacy, failure or refusal of 
any person to obey any such subpoena, any district court of the United 
States in which venue is proper shall have jurisdiction to order any 
such person to comply with such subpoena. Any failure to obey such an 
order of the court is punishable by the court as a contempt thereof.
    (c) Injunctions and Other Orders.--No court shall issue an 
injunction or other order that would limit the ability of the Technical 
Secretariat to conduct, or the United States National Authority or the 
Lead Agency to facilitate, inspections as required or authorized by the 
Chemical Weapons Convention.

SEC. 407. AUTHORITY.

    (a) Regulations.--The Lead Agency may issue such regulations as are 
necessary to implement and enforce this title and the provisions of the 
Chemical Weapons Convention, and amend or revise them as necessary.
    (b) Enforcement.--The Lead Agency may designate officers or 
employees of the agency or department to conduct investigations 
pursuant to this Act. In conducting such investigations, those officers 
or employees may, to the extent necessary or appropriate for the 
enforcement of this Act, or for the imposition of any penalty or 
liability arising under this Act, exercise such authorities as are 
conferred upon them by other laws of the United States.

SEC. 408. SAVING PROVISION.

    The purpose of this Act is to enable the United States to comply 
with its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention. 
Accordingly, in addition to the authorities set forth in this Act, the 
President is authorized to issue such executive orders, directives or 
regulations as are necessary to fulfill the obligations of the United 
States under the Chemical Weapons Convention, provided such executive 
orders, directives or regulations do not exceed the requirements 
specified in the Chemical Weapons Convention.
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