[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 29 (Monday, March 10, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S2090]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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                    THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

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                    FORD EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 20

  (Ordered referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.)
  Mr. FORD submitted an Executive amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the Chemical Weapons Convention (Treaty Doc. No. 103-21); as 
follows:

                             Condition #15

       Chemical Weapons Destruction.--Prior to depositing the 
     United States instrument of ratification, the President shall 
     certify to the Senate that he is committed to exploring 
     alternative technologies for the destruction of the U.S. 
     chemical weapons stockpile in order to ensure that the U.S. 
     has the best plans and programs for meeting its chemical 
     weapons destruction requirements. The President shall also 
     certify that--
       A. the current statutory requirement for completing 
     destruction of the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile by 
     December 31, 2004 shall be superseded after the Convention 
     enters into force by the CWC-mandated deadline of April 29, 
     2007;
       B. the requirement under Article III, paragraph 1 (a)(v) of 
     the Convention for a declaration not later than 30 days after 
     the Convention enters into force on general plans for 
     chemical weapons destruction does not in any way preclude the 
     United States from deciding in the future to employ a 
     destruction technology different than that specified in this 
     U.S. declaration; and,
       C. if, as a result of the alternative technologies program 
     mandated in Section 8065 of the FY 1997 DOD Appropriations 
     Bill (PL 104-208), the President determines that alternatives 
     to incineration are available which are safer and more 
     environmentally sound, but whose use would preclude the 
     United States from meeting the Convention's timelines, the 
     President shall consult with the Congress on whether to 
     submit a request to the Executive Council of the OPCW for an 
     extension of the Convention's destruction deadline, as 
     provided under Part IV (A) of the Verification Annex.

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