[House Document 105-29]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




105th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-29


 
 POLICY FUNCTIONS/OPERATIONAL ROLES OF FEDERAL AGENCIES IN COUNTERING 
                THE DOMESTIC CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL THREAT

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  A REPORT DESCRIBING THE RESPECTIVE POLICY FUNCTIONS AND OPERATIONAL 
ROLES OF FEDERAL AGENCIES IN COUNTERING THE THREAT POSED BY THE USE OR 
 POTENTIAL USE OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 
   (WMD) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 104-201, SEC. 
                      1416(e)(1) (110 STAT. 2724)




  January 21, 1996.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
        Committee on National Security and ordered to be printed


To the Congress of the United States:
    As required by section 1416 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201), I 
transmit herewith a report describing the respective policy 
functions and operational roles of Federal agencies in 
countering the threat posed by the use or potential use of 
biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction (WMD) 
within the United States.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, January 21, 1997.