[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 21, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REPORT CONCERNING BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS--MESSAGE FROM THE 
                            PRESIDENT--PM 5

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report, which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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 of potential 
use of biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction (WMD) within 
the United States.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, January 21, 1997.

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