CHEMICAL WEAPONS

Addresses

Future of U.N. Peacekeeping: Kofi Annan, U.N., S1911 [24FE]

Articles and editorials

Japan's Biological Weapons—1930-1945—Hidden Chapter in History, S14543-S14547 [10NO]

Joe Poe Works Every Day To Find Answers for Him and Others About What Has Caused His Gulf War Illness, H1900 [13AP]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: make anthrax vaccination immunization program voluntary (see H.R. 2543), H5750 [16JY]

———suspend anthrax vaccination immunization program until it is determined to be safe and effective (see H.R. 2548), H5838 [19JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish presumption of service connection for certain chronic symptoms of Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 2697), H7025 [4AU]

Foreign trade: require electronic filing of Shippers' Export Declarations to allow more efficient tracking of proliferation shipments by export control agencies (see S. 1372), S8630 [15JY]

World War II: require disclosure of classified information on chemical and biological experiments carried out by Japan (see S. 1902), S14532 [10NO]

Letters

Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment Program testing of alternative chemical weapons disposal technologies: Jacob J. Lew, OMB, S6688 [8JN]

———John Hamre, Dept. of Defense, S6687 [8JN]

———William J. Lynn, Dept. of Defense, S6687 [8JN]

Dept. of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program funding: David R. Warren, GAO, S10370-S10372 [5AU]

———John J. Hamre, Dept. of Defense, S10369 [5AU]

Disclosure of classified information on chemical and biological experiments carried out by Japan during World War II: Sheldon H. Harris, S14542 [10NO]

Messages

Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act: President Clinton, S7708 [28JN], H5002 [29JN]

National Emergency Relative to Weapons of Mass Destruction: President Clinton, S8371 [13JY], S14526-S14530 [10NO], H5439 [13JY], H11939-H11943 [10NO]

Press releases

India Using Chemical Weapons in Its War Against Kashmiri Freedom Fighters—Now Is the Time To Free Khalistan: Council of Khalistan, E1318 [17JN]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: make anthrax vaccination immunization program voluntary (H.R. 2543), H9823 [12OC], E1578 [16JY], E1735 [3AU]

———suspend anthrax vaccination immunization program until it is determined to be safe and effective (H.R. 2548), H9823 [12OC], E1591 [19JY], E1735 [3AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, H1899 [13AP]

India: outbreak of hostilities with Pakistan in Kashmir, E1317 [17JN]

Iraq: anniversary of chemical weapon attack against Kurds at Halabja, E540 [24MR]

———military response to material and unacceptable breach of international obligations relative to weapons inspections, H283, H300 [2FE], E165 [9FE]

National security: enhance protections against domestic terrorist attacks using weapons of mass destruction and improve Dept. of Defense computer security, H8127 [13SE]

Remarks in Senate

Army: Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment Program testing of alternative chemical weapons disposal technologies, S6687 [8JN]

Bluegrass Army Depot, KY: require demonstration projects on alternative chemical weapons disposal methods before construction of a chemical demilitarization facility, S7042, S7043 [16JN]

Chemical Weapons Convention: implementation, S8078 [1JY]

Dept. of Defense: Chemical Demilitarization Program funding, S10368 [5AU]

———use interferometric sensor for detection of chemical and biological threats, S6682, S6683 [8JN]

Foreign trade: require electronic filing of Shippers' Export Declarations to allow more efficient tracking of proliferation shipments by export control agencies (S. 1372), S8531, S8631, S8632 [15JY], S10778 [13SE]

Fort McClellan, AL: closing and reuse by Center for Domestic Preparedness, S11753 [30SE]

Iraq: military response to material and unacceptable breach of international obligations relative to weapons inspections, S1911 [24FE]

Navy: bioenvironmental hazards research, S6685 [8JN]

Pine Bluff Arsenal, AR: construction of chemical defense quality evaluation facility, S7042 [16JN]

Safety: impact of demilitarization program on local commuities, S6272 [27MY]

World War II: require disclosure of classified information on chemical and biological experiments carried out by Japan (S. 1902), S14541 [10NO]

Summaries

Dept. of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program: Dept. of Defense, S10369 [5AU]

Texts of

H.R. 2548, Dept. of Defense Anthrax Vaccination Moratorium Act, E1593 [19JY]

S. 1372, Proliferation Prevention Enhancement Act, S8632 [15JY]