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ministering the nonproliferation and political-mili-
tary affairs functions of the Department of State.
(b) AUTHORITY.—To carry out the purposes of sub-
section (a), the Secretary is authorized to establish the posi-
tion of Counselor for Nonproliferation and Political Mili-
tary Affairs in United States diplomatic missions overseas
to be filled by individuals who are career Civil Service offi-
cers or Foreign Service officers committed to follow-on as-
signments in the Nonproliferation or Political Military Af-
fairs Bureaus of the Department of State.
(c) TRAINING.—After being selected to serve as Coun-
selor, any person so selected shall spend not less than 10
months in language training courses at the Foreign Service
Institute, or in technical courses administered by the De-
partment of Defense, the Department of Energy, or other
appropriate departments and agencies of the United States,
except that such requirement for training may be waived
by the Secretary.
SEC. 605. PROTECTION AGAINST AGRICULTURAL BIOTER-
RORISM.
Of funds made available to carry out programs under
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,500,000 may be
made available to North Carolina State University for the
purpose of fingerprinting crop and livestock pathogens in
order to enhance the ability of the United States Govern-
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ment to detect new strains, determine their origin, and to
facilitate research in pathogen epidemiology.
SEC. 606. COMPLIANCE WITH THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS
CONVENTION.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On April 24, 1997, the Senate provided its
advice and consent to ratification of the Chemical
Weapons Convention subject to the condition that no
sample collected in the United States pursuant to the
Convention would be transferred for analysis to any
laboratory outside the territory of the United States.
(2) Congress enacted the same condition into law
as section 304(f)(1) of the Chemical Weapons Conven-
tion Implementation Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C.
6724(f)(1)).
(3) Part II, paragraph 57, of the Verification
Annex of the Convention requires that all samples
taken during a challenge inspection under the Con-
vention shall be analyzed by at least two laboratories
that have been designated as capable of conducting
such testing by the OPCW.
(4) The only United States laboratory currently
designated by the OPCW is the United States Army
Edgewood Forensic Science Laboratory.
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(5) In order to meet the requirements of condi-
tion (18) of the resolution of ratification of the Chem-
ical Weapons Convention, and section 304 of the
Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of
1998 (22 U.S.C. 6724), the United States must pos-
sess, at a minimum, a second OPCW-designated lab-
oratory.
(6) The possession of a second laboratory is nec-
essary in view of the potential for a challenge inspec-
tion to be initiated against the United States by a
foreign nation.
(7) To qualify as a designated laboratory, a lab-
oratory must be certified under ISO Guide 25 or a
higher standard, and complete three proficiency tests.
The laboratory must have the full capability to handle
substances listed on Schedule 1 of the Annex on
Schedules of Chemicals of the Chemical Weapons Con-
vention. In order to handle such substances in the
United States, a laboratory also must operate under
a bailment agreement with the United States Army.
(8) Several existing United States commercial
laboratories have approved quality control systems,
already possess bailment agreements with the United
States Army, and have the capabilities necessary to
obtain OPCW designation.
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(9) In order to bolster the legitimacy of United
States analysis of samples taken on its national terri-
tory, it is preferable that the second designated lab-
oratory is not a United States Government facility.
Further, it is not cost-effective to build and equip an-
other Government laboratory to meet OPCW designa-
tion standards when such capability already exists in
the private sector.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF SECOND DESIGNATED LAB-
ORATORY.—
(1) DIRECTIVE.—Not later than February 1,
2002, the United States National Authority, as des-
ignated under section 101 of the Chemical Weapons
Convention Implementation Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C.
6711), shall select, through competitive procedures, a
commercial laboratory within the United States to
pursue designation by the OPCW.
(2) DELEGATION.—The National Authority may
delegate the authority and administrative responsi-
bility for carrying out paragraph (1) to one or more
of the heads of the agencies described in section
101(b)(2) of the Chemical Weapons Convention Imple-
mentation Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6711(b)(2)).
(3) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2002, the
National Authority shall submit to the appropriate
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committees of Congress a report detailing a plan for
securing OPCW designation of a third United States
laboratory by December 1, 2003.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) 
CHEMICAL
WEAPONS
CONVENTION.—The
term ‘‘Chemical Weapons Convention’’ means the
Convention on the Prohibition of Development, Pro-
duction, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons
and on Their Destruction, Opened for Signature and
Signed by the United States at Paris on January 13,
1993, including the following protocols and memo-
randum of understanding:
(A) The Annex on Chemicals.
(B) The Annex on Implementation and
Verification.
(C) The Annex on the Protection of Con-
fidential Information.
(D) The Resolution Establishing the Pre-
paratory Commission for the Organization for
the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
(E) The Text on the Establishment of a Pre-
paratory Commission.
(2) OPCW.—The term ‘‘OPCW’’ means the Or-
ganization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
established under the Convention.
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TITLE VII—AUTHORITY TO
TRANSFER NAVAL VESSELS
SEC. 701. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER NAVAL VESSELS TO
CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER.—
(1) BRAZIL.—The President is authorized to
transfer to the Government of Brazil the ‘‘Newport’’
class tank landing ship Peoria (LST1183). Such
transfer shall be on a sale basis under section 21 of
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).
(2) POLAND.—The President is authorized to
transfer to the Government of Poland the ‘‘Oliver
Hazard Perry’’ class guided missile frigate Wads-
worth (FFG 9). Such transfer shall be on a grant
basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).
(3) TURKEY.—The President is authorized to
transfer to the Government of Turkey the ‘‘Oliver
Hazard Perry’’ class guided missile frigates Estocin
(FFG 15) and Samuel Eliot Morrison (FFG 13).
Each such transfer shall be on a sale basis under sec-
tion 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2761). The President is further authorized to transfer
to the Government of Turkey the ‘‘Knox’’ class frigates
Capadanno (FF 1093), Thomas C. Hart (FF 1092),