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50 USC Sec. 1520 01/16/96

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TITLE 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 32 - CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM

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Sec. 1520. Use of human subjects for testing of chemical or
biological agents by Department of Defense; accounting to
Congressional committees with respect to experiments and
studies; notification of local civilian officials

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(a) Not later than thirty days after final approval within the
Department of Defense of plans for any experiment or study to be
conducted by the Department of Defense, whether directly or under
contract, involving the use of human subjects for the testing of
chemical or biological agents, the Secretary of Defense shall
supply the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
Representatives with a full accounting of such plans for such
experiment or study, and such experiment or study may then be
conducted only after the expiration of the thirty-day period
beginning on the date such accounting is received by such
committees.
(b)(1) The Secretary of Defense may not conduct any test or
experiment involving the use of any chemical or biological agent on
civilian populations unless local civilian officials in the area in
which the test or experiment is to be conducted are notified in
advance of such test or experiment, and such test or experiment may
then be conducted only after the expiration of the thirty-day
period beginning on the date of such notification.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply to tests and experiments conducted
by Department of Defense personnel and tests and experiments
conducted on behalf of the Department of Defense by contractors.

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(Pub. L. 95-79, title VIII, Sec. 808, July 30, 1977, 91 Stat. 334;
Pub. L. 97-375, title II, Sec. 203(a)(1), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat.
1822.)

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CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 91-121, title IV, Sec.
409, Nov. 19, 1969, 83 Stat. 209, which comprises this chapter.

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AMENDMENTS
1982 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-375 struck out par. (1) which
directed the Secretary of Defense to supply not later than Oct. 1
of each year the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
House with a full accounting of all experiments and studies
conducted by the Department of Defense in the preceding twelve
month period, whether directly or under contract, which involved
the use of human subjects for the testing of chemical or biological
agents, and designated par. (2) as subsec. (a).

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CHANGE OF NAME
Committee on Armed Services of House of Representatives treated
as referring to Committee on National Security of House of
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a
note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.