[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3154 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3154

 To require the Secretary of Defense to establish at least one Weapons 
 of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one 
      such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 2001

Mr. Maloney of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. 
Reyes, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, and Mrs. 
 Christensen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Defense to establish at least one Weapons 
 of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one 
      such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau.

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

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF AT LEAST ONE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 
              CIVIL SUPPORT TEAM IN EACH STATE.

    (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish at least 
one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State, plus 
an additional team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) The term ``Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support 
        Team'' means a team of members of the reserve components of the 
        armed forces that is established under section 12310(c) of 
        title 10, United States Code, in support of emergency 
        preparedness programs to prepare for or to respond to any 
        emergency involving the use of a weapon of mass destruction.
            (2) The term ``State'' includes the District of Columbia, 
        Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.
    (c) Deadline for Implementation.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
ensure that subsection (a) is fully implemented not later than 
September 30, 2003.
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