§ 1512 Transportation, open air testing, and disposal; Presidential determination; report to Congress; notice to Congress and State Governors
§ 1512a Transportation of chemical munitions
§ 1513 Deployment, storage, and disposal; notification to host country and Congress; international law violations; reports to Congress and international organizations
§ 1514 “United States” defined
§ 1515 Suspension; Presidential authorization
§ 1516 Delivery systems
§ 1517 Immediate disposal when health or safety are endangered
§ 1518 Disposal; detoxification; report to Congress; emergencies
§ 1519 Lethal binary chemical munitions
§ 1519a Limitation on procurement of binary chemical weapons
§ 1520a Restrictions on use of human subjects for testing of chemical or biological agents
§ 1521 Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions
§ 1521a Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions
§ 1522 Conduct of chemical and biological defense program
§ 1523 Annual report on chemical and biological warfare defense
§ 1524 Agreements to provide support to vaccination programs of Department of Health and Human Services
§ 1525 Assistance for facilities subject to inspection under Chemical Weapons Convention
§ 1526 Effective use of resources for nonproliferation programs
§ 1527 Improved biosafety for handling of select agents and toxins
§ 1528 Congressional notification of biological select agent and toxin theft, loss, or release involving the Department of Defense
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Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 50 > Chapter 32 - Chemical and Biological Warfare Program

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • agency: includes any department, independent establishment, commission, administration, authority, board or bureau of the United States or any corporation in which the United States has a proprietary interest, unless the context shows that such term was intended to be used in a more limited sense. See 28 USC 451
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • county: includes a parish, or any other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States. See 1 USC 2
  • department: means one of the executive departments enumerated in section 1 of Title 5, unless the context shows that such term was intended to describe the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of the government. See 28 USC 451
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
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  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Magistrate judges: Judicial officers who assist U.S. district judges in getting cases ready for trial, who may decide some criminal and civil trials when both parties agree to have the case heard by a magistrate judge instead of a judge.
  • Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • oath: includes affirmation, and "sworn" includes affirmed. See 1 USC 1
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • United States: means the several States the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States. See 50 USC 1514
  • vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3
  • writing: includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise. See 1 USC 1