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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2157

To authorize appropriations for the Department of Defense for fiscal year

1995 for counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994

Mr. DOMENICI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the Department of Defense

for fiscal year 1995 for counterproliferation of weapons

of mass destruction.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defense

5 Counterproliferation Act of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

7 For purposes of this legislation, weapons of mass de8 struction are considered to include chemical, biological,

9 and nuclear weapons, their associated components and

10 production facilities, and their delivery systems.
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1 SEC. 3. PROGRAM TO COUNTER THE PROLIFERATION OF

2 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

3 (a) PROGRAM.—The United States shall establish an

4 integrated program in the Department of Defense to

5 counter potential threats to United States interests that

6 arise from the proliferation of weapons of mass destruc7 tion. The program will improve the capabilities of the

8 United States to identify, monitor, and respond to the pro9 liferation of weapons of mass destruction.

10 (b) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall

11 designate the Deputy Secretary of Defense as the manager

12 for the program referred to in section (3)(a). The Sec13 retary shall prescribe the duties of the Deputy Secretary

14 regarding management of such activities and programs.

15 The duties shall include coordination of

16 counterproliferation activities across all relevant govern17 ment agencies.

18 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

19 Funds are authorized to be appropriated for the De20 partment of Defense for fiscal year 1995 for the program

21 referred to in section (3)(a) in the amount of

22 $100,000,000. The amount appropriated pursuant to such

23 authorization of appropriations is authorized to be made

24 available for correcting aspects of such activities and pro25 grams that are characterized as shortfalls in the report

26 of the Deputy Secretary of Defense entitled ‘‘Report on
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1 Nonproliferation and Counterproliferation Activities and

2 Programs’’, dated May 1994.

3 SEC. 5. JOINT COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW OF

4 COUNTERPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS OF

5 THE UNITED STATES.

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) There is hereby estab7 lished a Counterproliferation Program Review Committee

8 composed of the following members:

9 (A) The Secretary of Defense.

10 (B) The Secretary of State.

11 (C) The Secretary of Energy.

12 (D) The Director of Central Intelligence.

13 (E) The Director of the United States Arms

14 Control and Disarmament Agency.

15 (F) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

16 (2) The Secretary of Defense shall chair the commit17 tee.

18 (3) A member of the committee may designate a rep19 resentative to perform routinely the duties of the member.

20 A representative shall be in a position of Deputy Assistant

21 Secretary or a position equivalent to or above the level

22 of Deputy Assistant Secretary. A representative of the

23 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall be a person

24 in a grade equivalent to that of Deputy Assistant Sec25 retary of Defense.
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1 (4) The Secretary of Defense may delegate to the

2 Deputy Secretary of Defense the performance of the du3 ties of the Chairman of the committee.

4 (5) The members of the committee shall first meet

5 not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment

6 of this Act. Upon designation of working level officials and

7 representatives, the members of the committee shall joint8 ly notify the appropriate committees of Congress that the

9 committee has been constituted. The notification shall

10 identify the representatives designated pursuant to para11 graph (3) and the working level officials of the committee.

12 (b) PURPOSES OF THE COMMITTEE.—The purposes

13 of the committee are—

14 (1) to optimize funding for, and ensure the de15 velopment and deployment of highly effective tech16 nologies and capabilities for the counterproliferation

17 of weapons of mass destruction; and

18 (2) to identify and eliminate undesirable

19 redundancies or uncoordinated efforts in the devel20 opment and deployment of such technologies and ca21 pabilities.

22 (c) DUTIES.—The committee shall—

23 (1) identify and review existing and proposed

24 capabilities and technologies for support of United

25 States counterproliferation policy with regard to—
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1 (A) intelligence;

2 (B) battlefield surveillance;

3 (C) passive defenses;

4 (D) active defenses; and

5 (E) counterforce capabilities;

6 (2) as part of the review pursuant to paragraph

7 (1), identify deficiencies in existing capabilities and

8 technologies;

9 (3) formulate near-term, mid-term, and long10 term programmatic options for meeting require11 ments established by the committee and eliminating

12 deficiencies identified by the committee; and

13 (4) in carrying out the other duties of the com14 mittee, ensure that all types of counterproliferation

15 actions are considered.

16 (d) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The committee shall

17 have access to information on all programs, projects, and

18 activities of the Department of Defense, the Department

19 of State, the Department of Energy, the intelligence com20 munity, and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

21 that are pertinent to the purposes and duties of the com22 mittee.

23 (e) BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.—The committee

24 may submit to the officials referred to in subsection (a)

25 any recommendation regarding existing or planned budg-
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1 ets as the committee considers appropriate to encourage

2 funding for capabilities and technologies at the level nec3 essary to support United States counterproliferation

4 policy.

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