Use of Human Subjects Chemichal or Biological Agents

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Use of Human Subjects
Chemical or Biological Agents

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>     50 USC Sec. 1520                                             01/16/96
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>     TITLE 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
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>     CHAPTER 32 - CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM
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>     Sec. 1520. Use of human subjects for testing of chemical or
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>         biological agents by Department of Defense; accounting to
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>         Congressional committees with respect to experiments and
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>         studies; notification of local civilian officials
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>       (a) Not later than thirty days after final approval within the
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>     Department of Defense of plans for any experiment or study to be
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>     conducted by the Department of Defense, whether directly or under
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>     contract, involving the use of human subjects for the testing of
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>     chemical or biological agents, the Secretary of Defense shall
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>     supply the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
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>     Representatives with a full accounting of such plans for such
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>     experiment or study, and such experiment or study may then be
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>     conducted only after the expiration of the thirty-day period
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>     beginning on the date such accounting is received by such
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>     committees.
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         (b)(1) The Secretary of Defense may not conduct any test or
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>     experiment involving the use of any chemical or biological agent on
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>     civilian populations unless local civilian officials in the area in
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>     which the test or experiment is to be conducted are notified in
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>     advance of such test or experiment, and such test or experiment may
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>     then be conducted only after the expiration of the thirty-day
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>     period beginning on the date of such notification.
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>       (2) Paragraph (1) shall apply to tests and experiments conducted
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>     by Department of Defense personnel and tests and experiments
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>     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;
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>     Pub. L. 97-375, title II, Sec. 203(a)(1), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat.
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>     1822.)
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>                                 CODIFICATION
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>       Section was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 91-121, title IV, Sec.
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>     409, Nov. 19, 1969, 83 Stat. 209, which comprises this chapter.
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>                                  AMENDMENTS
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>       1982 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-375 struck out par. (1) which
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>     directed the Secretary of Defense to supply not later than Oct. 1
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>     of each year the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
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        House with a full accounting of all experiments and studies
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>     conducted by the Department of Defense in the preceding twelve
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>     month period, whether directly or under contract, which involved
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>     the use of human subjects for the testing of chemical or biological
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>     agents, and designated par. (2) as subsec. (a).
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>                                CHANGE OF NAME
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>       Committee on Armed Services of House of Representatives treated
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>     as referring to Committee on National Security of House of
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>     Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a
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>     note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.

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