50 U.S.C. § 1522 : US Code - Section 1522: Conduct of chemical and biological defense program

Search 50 U.S.C. § 1522 : US Code - Section 1522: Conduct of chemical and biological defense program

(a) General
The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the chemical and
biological defense program of the United States in accordance with
the provisions of this section.
(b) Management and oversight
In carrying out his responsibilities under this section, the
Secretary of Defense shall do the following:
(1) Assign responsibility for overall coordination and
integration of the chemical and biological warfare defense
program and the chemical and biological medical defense program
to a single office within the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
(2) Take those actions necessary to ensure close and continuous
coordination between (A) the chemical and biological warfare
defense program, and (B) the chemical and biological medical
defense program.
(3) Exercise oversight over the chemical and biological defense
program through the Defense Acquisition Board process.
(c) Coordination of program
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall designate the Army as
executive agent for the Department of Defense to coordinate and
integrate research, development, test, and evaluation, and
acquisition, requirements of the military departments for chemical
and biological warfare defense programs of the Department of
Defense.
(2) The Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
may conduct a program of basic and applied research and advanced
technology development on chemical and biological warfare defense
technologies and systems. In conducting such program, the Director
shall seek to avoid unnecessary duplication of the activities under
the program with chemical and biological warfare defense activities
of the military departments and defense agencies and shall
coordinate the activities under the program with those of the
military departments and defense agencies.
(d) Funding
(1) The budget for the Department of Defense for each fiscal year
after fiscal year 1994 shall reflect a coordinated and integrated
chemical and biological defense program for the Department of
Defense.
(2) Funding requests for the program (other than for activities
under the program conducted by the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency under subsection (c)(2) of this section) shall be
set forth in the budget of the Department of Defense for each
fiscal year as a separate account, with a single program element
for each of the categories of research, development, test, and
evaluation, acquisition, and military construction. Amounts for
military construction projects may be set forth in the annual
military construction budget. Funds for military construction for
the program in the military construction budget shall be set forth
separately from other funds for military construction projects.
Funding requests for the program may not be included in the budget
accounts of the military departments.
(3) The program conducted by the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency under subsection (c)(2) of this section shall be
set forth as a separate program element in the budget of that
agency.
(4) All funding requirements for the chemical and biological
defense program shall be reviewed by the Secretary of the Army as
executive agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
(e) Management review and report
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review of the
management structure of the Department of Defense chemical and
biological warfare defense program, including -
(A) research, development, test, and evaluation;
(B) procurement;
(C) doctrine development;
(D) policy;
(E) training;
(F) development of requirements;
(G) readiness; and
(H) risk assessment.
(2) Not later than May 1, 1994, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report that describes the details of measures being
taken to improve joint coordination and oversight of the program
and ensure a coherent and effective approach to its management.