[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1716 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1716

 To provide authority to include funding requests for the chemical and 
   biological defense program in military department budget accounts.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 18, 2023

  Mr. Romney (for himself and Mr. Lee) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide authority to include funding requests for the chemical and 
   biological defense program in military department budget accounts.

    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 and Biological Defense 
Program Improvement Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO INCLUDE FUNDING REQUESTS FOR THE CHEMICAL AND 
              BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM IN BUDGET ACCOUNTS OF MILITARY 
              DEPARTMENTS.

    Section 1701(d)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1994 (50 U.S.C. 1522(d)(2)) is amended by striking ``may 
not be included in the budget accounts'' and inserting ``may be 
included in the budget accounts''.
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