CHEMICAL WEAPONS

Analyses

Joint Resolution on Iraq: Representative Kucinich (2002), H1948-H1950 [17MR]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat and chemical and biological injuries (see H.R. 403), H434 [24JA]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: ensure methods used to detect chemical, nuclear, biological, and radiological weapons in municipal waste are as effective in screening other commerce entering the U.S. (see S. 860), S2507 [14AP]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (see S. 1855), S7368 [10NO] (see H.R. 2405), H4580 [28JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Office of Intelligence and Analysis weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information sharing functions and require dissemination of information to relevant entities (see H.R. 2764), H5884 [1AU]

EPA: reduce or eliminate the risk of releases of hazardous chemicals from public water systems and wastewater treatment works (see S. 711), S2046 [31MR]

Foreign trade: authorize the President to control the transfer of goods, services, technology, and software to protect national security and promote foreign policy (see H.R. 2004), H3753 [26MY]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign financial institutions that deal with the Central Bank of Iran if the bank engaged in transactions relating to weapons proliferation or terrorism (see H.R. 3439), H7713 [16NO]

National security: enhance security of chemical facilities (see S. 709), S2046 [31MR]

———improve efforts to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from an attack with a weapon of mass destruction (see H.R. 2356), H4573 [24JN]

Remarks in House

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (H.R. 2405), H8153-H8159 [6DE], E2205 [7DE]

Remarks in Senate

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: ensure methods used to detect chemical, nuclear, biological, and radiological weapons in municipal waste are as effective in screening other commerce entering the U.S. (S. 860), S2533 [14AP]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (S. 1855), S7382-S7384 [10NO]

Reports filed

Dept. of HHS Programs To Protect Against Pandemics and Attacks From Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1855), S8733 [16DE]

Dept. of HHS Reauthorization of Programs To Protect Against Pandemics and Attacks From Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2405) (H. Rept. 112-286), H7712 [16NO]

Texts of

H.R. 2405, Dept. of HHS programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons reauthorization, H8153-H8157 [6DE]

S. 860, ensure Bureau of Customs and Border Protection methods used to detect chemical, nuclear, biological, and radiological weapons in municipal waste are as effective in screening other commerce entering the U.S., S2533 [14AP]