CHEMICAL WEAPONS

Amendments

Public Health Service Act: clarify and improve provisions regarding emergencies (S. 1650), S13059 [12DE]

Articles and editorials

Living in a New Era of Insecurity, S9862 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: allow a grace period for payment of bills by consumers whose mail service has been disrupted due to hazardous substance attacks (see H.R. 3217), H7717 [1NO] (see H.R. 3251), H7909 [7NO]

Commission on Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 3378), H8731 [29NO]

Credit: prohibit creditors from penalizing consumers with late fees, increased interest rates, or adverse credit reports, whose mail service has been disrupted due to hazardous substance attacks (see H.R. 3175), H7357 [29OC]

Crime: establish criminal penalties and civil remedies for commission of a terrorist hoax (see S. 1658), S11611 (see S. 1659, 1665, 1666), S11612 [8NO] (see S. 1672), S11660 [9NO]

Dept. of Defense: establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau (see H.R. 3154), H7127 [17OC]

Dept. of Transportation: enhance authorities relating to emergency preparedness grants (see S. 1820), S13145 [13DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: add amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to diseases presumed to be service connected when incurred by Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 3461), H10054 [12DE]

———clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see S. 409), S1699 [28FE] (see H.R. 612), H393 [14FE]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (see H.R. 3253), H7958 [8NO]

———extend health care eligibility for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see S. 1576), S11105 [25OC]

———improve presumptive compensation benefits for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 1406), H1482 (see H.R. 1406), H1492 [4AP]

Hazardous substances: develop protocols for uniform national responses to public health emergencies involving dangerous biological or chemical agents (see H.R. 3176), H7358 [29OC]

Iraq: U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development (see H.J. Res. 75), H8842 [4DE]

National Commission on Threats to the Homeland and U.S. National Security: establish (see S. 1735), S12055 [27NO]

Pharmaceuticals: ensure prompt research, development, and distribution of new drugs, biologics, and medical devices that prevent or mitigate the consequences of a chemical or biological terrorist attack (see S. 1635), S11488 [6NO] (see H.R. 3457), H9239 [11DE]

Public Health Service Act: clarify and improve provisions regarding emergencies (see S. 1650), S11549 [7NO]

States: develop medical disaster response plans for terrorist attacks that use biological or chemical weapons (see H.R. 3269), H7959 [8NO]

Sudan: provide compensation for injury and property damages as a result of the bombing in Khartoum (see H.R. 894), H649 [6MR]

———U.S. Court of Claims consideration of claims for compensation for injury and property damages as a result of the bombing in Khartoum (see H. Res. 81), H649 [6MR]

Terrorism: assist States in preparing for an attack using biological or chemical weapons (see S. 1520), S10388 [9OC] (see H.R. 3153), H7127 [17OC]

———clarify Dept. of HHS responsibilities regarding biological agents and toxins, clarify application of privacy requirements to new cable television services, and strengthen security at certain nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3016), H6260 [3OC]

———clarify Dept. of HHS responsibilities regarding biological agents and toxins and amend penalties for offenses involving such agents and toxins (see H.R. 3160), H7217 [23OC]

———designation of school nurses as ``first responders'' and removal of any barriers impeding them from responding to a biological or chemical attack (see H. Con. Res. 298), H10966 [20DE]

———develop and disseminate educational materials on responding to terrorist events involving nuclear, biological, or chemical elements, and provide for an emergency medicine alert network (see H.R. 3458), H9239 [11DE]

———ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using biological or chemical weapons (see S. 1486), S10154 [3OC] (see S. 1508), S10287 [4OC] (see H.R. 3242), H7909 [7NO]

———ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using hazardous chemicals (see S. 1602), S11286 [31OC]

———protect children (see S. 1539), S10640 [11OC] (see S. 1685), S11789 [14NO] (see H.R. 3106), H6701 [11OC]

———provide incentives to commercial researchers to develop technologies and drugs to prevent and treat illnesses associated with a biological or chemical weapons attack (see S. 1764), S12369 [4DE]

Messages

National Emergency Relative to Weapons of Mass Destruction: President Bush, S7082 [28JN], S11658 [9NO], H3789 [28JN], H8038 [13NO], H8751 [4DE]

Outlines

Biological and Chemical Weapons Countermeasures Research Act (S. 1764), S12384 [4DE]

Remarks in House

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: biological disease and chemical threat prevention studies funding through reductions in the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, H6665, H6666 [11OC]

Dept. of Defense: counter-terrorism programs funding through reductions in ballistic missile defense program funding, H8457, H8477, H8478 [28NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses, H4902-H4905 [31JY], H9143-H9148 [11DE]

———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), E2043 [8NO], E2059 [13NO]

Iraq: U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development (H.J. Res. 75), H10418-H10426 [19DE], H10936, H10951 [20DE], E2396 [20DE]

———U.S. use of force relative to weapons development, H10951 [20DE]

National security: demonstration of portable systems to detect chemical, biological and nuclear agents, H7915 [8NO]

Terrorism: clarify Dept. of HHS responsibilities regarding biological agents and toxins and amend penalties for offenses involving such agents and toxins (H.R. 3160), H7139-H7143 [23OC]

———ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using biological or chemical weapons, H6450 [9OC]

———protect children (H.R. 3106), E1866 [12OC]

Remarks in Senate

Crime: establish criminal penalties and civil remedies for commission of a terrorist hoax (S. 1658), S11613, S11614 [8NO]

———establish criminal penalties and civil remedies for commission of a terrorist hoax (S. 1665), S11616 [8NO]

———establish criminal penalties and civil remedies for commission of a terrorist hoax (S. 1666), S11617 [8NO]

———establish criminal penalties and civil remedies for commission of a terrorist hoax (S. 1672), S11661 [9NO]

Dept. of Transportation: enhance authorities relating to emergency preparedness grants (S. 1820), S13148-S13150 [13DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: add amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to diseases presumed to be service connected when incurred by Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, S13833 [20DE]

———clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (S. 409), S1701 [28FE]

———extend health care eligibility for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (S. 1576), S11111 [25OC]

National Commission on Threats to the Homeland and U.S. National Security: establish (S. 1735), S12056 [27NO]

Public Health Service Act: clarify and improve provisions regarding emergencies (S. 1650), S11558 [7NO]

Terrorism: ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using biological or chemical weapons (S. 1486), S10634 [11OC]

———ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using biological or chemical weapons (S. 1508), S10304-S10307 [4OC]

———ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using hazardous chemicals (S. 1602), S11288 [31OC]

———protect children from bioterrorism, S10871-S10873 [23OC]

———protect children (S. 1539), S10649 [11OC]

———protect children (S. 1685), S11791-S11794 [14NO]

———provide incentives to commercial researchers to develop technologies and drugs to prevent and treat illnesses associated with a biological or chemical weapons attack (S. 1764), S12376-S12384 [4DE]

———use of technology to track the origin and movement of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons and to protect critical infrastructure, S13919 [20DE]

Weapons: establish policy for reducing and securing chemical, biological, and nuclear weapon stockpiles in Russian arsenals, S9862-S9864 [26SE]

Reports

Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions: CIA, S9143-S9146 [6SE]

Reports filed

Dept. of HHS Responsibilities Regarding Biological Agents, Toxins, Privacy Requirements to Cable Television Services, and Nuclear Facilities Security: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3016) (H. Rept. 107-231), H6457 [9OC]

Dept. of HHS Responsibilities Regarding Biological Agents and Toxins, Cable Television Services Privacy Requirements, and Security at Certain Nuclear Facilities: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3016) (H. Rept. 107-231), H7851 [6NO]

Statements

Domestic Preparedness Against Weapons of Mass Destruction: President Bush, S9354 [13SE]

Summaries

Kids and Terrorism Preparedness Act (S. 1685), S11792 [14NO]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 75, U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development in Iraq, H10418 [19DE]

H.R. 3160, Bioterrorism Enforcement Act, H7139 [23OC]

S. 1508, Biological and Chemical Attack Preparedness Act, S10306 [4OC]

S. 1539, Protecting America's Children Against Terrorism Act, S10650-S10652 [11OC]

S. 1635, Pathogen Research, Emergency Preparedness and Response Efforts (PREPARE) Act, S11489-S11491 [6NO]

S. 1650, Public Health Emergencies Accountability Act, S11559 [7NO]

S. 1659, Terrorist Hoax Costs Recovery Act, S11614 [8NO]

S. 1666, Anti Terrorist Hoax and False Report Act, S11618 [8NO]

S. 1685, Kids and Terrorism Preparedness Act, S11792 [14NO]

S. 1735, National Commission on Threats to the Homeland and U.S. National Security establishment, S12057 [27NO]

S. 1820, Heroic Emergency Response Operations (HERO) Act, S13149 [13DE]