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the Federal, State, and local level of the domestic emergency
preparedness program for response to terrorist incidents involving
weapons of mass destruction by utilizing the President’s existing
authorities to develop an integrated program that builds upon the
program established under the Defense Against Weapons of Mass
Destruction Act of 1996 (title XIV of Public Law 104–201; 110
Stat. 2714; 50 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).
(b) REPORT.—Not later than January 31, 1999, the President
shall submit to Congress a report containing information on the
actions taken at the Federal, State, and local level to develop
an integrated program to prevent and respond to terrorist incidents
involving weapons of mass destruction.
SEC. 1403. REPORT ON DOMESTIC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
Section 1051 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1889; 31 U.S.C.
1113 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(c) ANNEX
ON DOMESTIC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PRO-
GRAM.—As part of the annual report submitted to Congress under
subsection (b), the President shall include an annex which provides
the following information on the domestic emergency preparedness
program for response to terrorist incidents involving weapons of
mass destruction (as established under section 1402 of the Defense
Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1998):
‘‘(1) Information on program responsibilities for each
participating Federal department, agency, and bureau.
‘‘(2) A summary of program activities performed during
the preceding fiscal year for each participating Federal depart-
ment, agency, and bureau.
‘‘(3) A summary of program obligations and expenditures
during the preceding fiscal year for each participating Federal
department, agency, and bureau.
‘‘(4) A summary of the program plan and budget for the
current fiscal year for each participating Federal department,
agency, and bureau.
‘‘(5) The program budget request for the following fiscal
year for each participating Federal department, agency, and
bureau.
‘‘(6) Recommendations for improving Federal, State, and
local domestic emergency preparedness to respond to incidents
involving weapons of mass destruction that have been made
by the advisory panel to assess the capabilities of domestic
response to terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction
(as established under section 1405 of the Defense Against Weap-
ons of Mass Destruction Act of 1998), and actions taken as
a result of such recommendations.
‘‘(7) Additional program measures and legislative authority
for which congressional action may be required.’’.
SEC. 1404. THREAT AND RISK ASSESSMENTS.
(a) REQUIREMENT TO DEVELOP METHODOLOGIES.—The Attorney
General, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation and representatives of appropriate Federal, State,
and local agencies, shall develop and test methodologies for assess-
ing the threat and risk of terrorist employment of weapons of
mass destruction against cities and other local areas. The results
of the tests may be used to determine the training and equipment
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requirements under the program developed under section 1402.
The methodologies required by this subsection shall be developed
using cities or local areas selected by the Attorney General, acting
in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion and appropriate representatives of Federal, State, and local
agencies.
(b) REQUIRED COMPLETION DATE.—The requirements in sub-
section (a) shall be completed not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1405. ADVISORY PANEL TO ASSESS DOMESTIC RESPONSE
CAPABILITIES FOR TERRORISM INVOLVING WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR PANEL.—The Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Energy,
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Director
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall enter into
a contract with a federally funded research and development center
to establish a panel to assess the capabilities for domestic response
to terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction.
(b) COMPOSITION OF PANEL; SELECTION.—(1) The panel shall
be composed of members who shall be private citizens of the United
States with knowledge and expertise in emergency response mat-
ters.
(2) Members of the panel shall be selected by the federally
funded research and development center in accordance with the
terms of the contract established pursuant to subsection (a).
(c) PROCEDURES FOR PANEL.—The federally funded research
and development center shall be responsible for establishing appro-
priate procedures for the panel, including procedures for selection
of a panel chairman.
(d) DUTIES OF PANEL.—The panel shall—
(1) assess Federal agency efforts to enhance domestic
preparedness for incidents involving weapons of mass destruc-
tion;
(2) assess the progress of Federal training programs for
local emergency responses to incidents involving weapons of
mass destruction;
(3) assess deficiencies in programs for response to incidents
involving weapons of mass destruction, including a review of
unfunded communications, equipment, and planning require-
ments, and the needs of maritime regions;
(4) recommend strategies for ensuring effective coordination
with respect to Federal agency weapons of mass destruction
response efforts, and for ensuring fully effective local response
capabilities for weapons of mass destruction incidents; and
(5) assess the appropriate roles of State and local govern-
ment in funding effective local response capabilities.
(e) DEADLINE TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT.—The Secretary of
Defense shall enter into the contract required under subsection
(a) not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(f ) DEADLINE FOR SELECTION OF PANEL MEMBERS.—Selection
of panel members shall be made not later than 30 days after
the date on which the Secretary enters into the contract required
by subsection (a).
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(g) INITIAL MEETING OF THE PANEL.—The panel shall conduct
its first meeting not later than 30 days after the date that all
the selections to the panel have been made.
(h) REPORTS.—(1) Not later than 6 months after the date of
the first meeting of the panel, the panel shall submit to the Presi-
dent and to Congress an initial report setting forth its findings,
conclusions, and recommendations for improving Federal, State,
and local domestic emergency preparedness to respond to incidents
involving weapons of mass destruction.
(2) Not later than December 15 of each year, beginning in
1999 and ending in 2001, the panel shall submit to the President
and to the Congress a report setting forth its findings, conclusions,
and recommendations for improving Federal, State, and local
domestic emergency preparedness to respond to incidents involving
weapons of mass destruction.
(i) COOPERATION
OF OTHER AGENCIES.—(1) The panel may
secure directly from the Department of Defense, the Department
of Energy, the Department of Health and Human Services, the
Department of Justice, and the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, or any other Federal department or agency information
that the panel considers necessary for the panel to carry out its
duties.
(2) The Attorney General, the Secretary of Defense, the Sec-
retary of Energy, the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and
any other official of the United States shall provide the panel
with full and timely cooperation in carrying out its duties under
this section.
( j) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide the funds
necessary for the panel to carry out its duties from the funds
available to the Department of Defense for weapons of mass destruc-
tion preparedness initiatives.
(k) COMPENSATION OF PANEL MEMBERS.—(1) Members of the
panel shall serve without pay by reason of their work on the
panel.
(2) Members of the panel shall be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for
employees of agencies under subchapter 57 of title 5, United States
Code, while away from their homes or regular place of business
in performance of services for the panel.
(l) TERMINATION OF THE PANEL.—The panel shall terminate
three years after the date of the appointment of the member selected
as chairman of the panel.
(m) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘weapon of mass
destruction’’ has the meaning given that term in section 1403(1)
of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996
(50 U.S.C. 2302(1)).
TITLE 
XV—MATTERS 
RELATING 
TO
ARMS CONTROL, EXPORT CONTROLS,
AND COUNTER-PROLIFERATION
Subtitle A—Arms Control Matters
Sec. 1501. One-year extension of limitation on retirement or dismantlement of
strategic nuclear delivery systems.
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Sec. 1502. Transmission of executive branch reports providing Congress with classi-
fied summaries of arms control developments.
Sec. 1503. Report on adequacy of emergency communications capabilities between
United States and Russia.
Sec. 1504. Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons.
Subtitle B—Satellite Export Controls
Sec. 1511. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 1512. Certification of exports of missile equipment or technology to China.
Sec. 1513. Satellite controls under the United States Munitions List.
Sec. 1514. National security controls on satellite export licensing.
Sec. 1515. Report on export of satellites for launch by People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 1516. Related items defined.
Subtitle C—Other Export Control Matters
Sec. 1521. Authority for export control activities of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1522. Release of export information by Department of Commerce to other agen-
cies for purpose of national security assessment.
Sec. 1523. Nuclear export reporting requirement.
Sec. 1524. Execution of objection authority within the Department of Defense.
Subtitle D—Counterproliferation Matters
Sec. 1531. One-year extension of counterproliferation authorities for support of
United Nations Special Commission on Iraq.
Sec. 1532. Sense of Congress on nuclear tests in South Asia.
Sec. 1533. Report on requirements for response to increased missile threat in Asia-
Pacific region.
Subtitle A—Arms Control Matters
SEC. 1501. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT
OR DISMANTLEMENT OF STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DELIV-
ERY SYSTEMS.
Section 1302 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1948) is amended—
(1) in subsections (a), (b), and (c)(2), by striking out ‘‘during
fiscal year 1998’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘during the
strategic delivery systems retirement limitation period’’;
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking out ‘‘during fiscal year
1998’’;
(3) in subsection (d)(1)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘for fiscal year 1998’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘during fiscal year 1998’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) STRATEGIC DELIVERY SYSTEMS RETIREMENT LIMITATION
PERIOD.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘strategic delivery
systems retirement limitation period’ means the period of fiscal
years 1998 and 1999.’’.
SEC. 1502. TRANSMISSION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH REPORTS PROVID-
ING CONGRESS WITH CLASSIFIED SUMMARIES OF ARMS
CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS.
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Director of the Arms Con-
trol and Disarmament Agency (or the Secretary of State, if the
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency becomes an element of
the Department of State) shall transmit to the Committee on
National Security of the House of Representatives on a periodic
basis reports containing classified summaries of arms control
developments.