U.S. Chemical Weapons Convention Implementing Legislation 

(1) Chemical weapon.--The term "chemical weapon" means the following, together or separately:

(2) Chemical weapons convention; convention.--The terms "Chemical Weapons Convention" and "Convention" mean the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, opened for signature on January 13, 1993.

(3) Key component of a binary or multicomponent chemical system.--The term "key component of a binary or multicomponent chemical system" means the precursor which plays the most important role in determining the toxic properties of the final product and reacts rapidly with other chemicals in the binary or multicomponent system.

(4) National of the united states.--The term "national of the United States" has the same meaning given such term in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)).

(5) Organization.--The term "Organization" means the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

(6) Person.--The term "person", except as otherwise provided, means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, any State or any political subdivision thereof, or any political entity within a State, any foreign government or nation or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of any such government or nation, or other entity located in the United States.

(9) Technical secretariat.--The term "Technical Secretariat" means the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons established by the Chemical Weapons Convention.

(10) Schedule 1 chemical agent.--The term 'Schedule 1 chemical agent' means any of the following, together or separately:

(b) Purposes.--The United States National Authority shall--

(c) Director.--The Secretary of State shall serve as the Director of the United States National Authority.

(d) Powers.--The Director may utilize the administrative authorities otherwise available to the Secretary of State in carrying out the responsibilities of the Director set forth in this Act.

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  (A) United states court of federal claims.--The United States Court of Federal Claims shall, subject to subparagraph (B), have jurisdiction of any civil action or claim against the United States for any taking of property without just compensation that occurs by reason of the action of any officer or employee of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, including any member of an inspection team of the Technical Secretariat, or by reason of the action of any officer or employee of the United States pursuant to this Act or the Convention. For purposes of this subsection, action taken pursuant to or under the color of this Act or the Convention shall be deemed to be action taken by the United States for a public purpose.

  (B) District courts.--The district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction, concurrent with the United States Court of Federal Claims, of any civil action or claim described in subparagraph (A) that does not exceed $10,000.

  (A) the value of proprietary information;

  (B) the availability of the proprietary information;

  (C) the extent to which the proprietary information is based on patents, trade secrets, or other protected intellectual property;

  (D) the significance of proprietary information; and

  (E) the emergence of technology elsewhere a reasonable time after the inspection

• (1) Jurisdiction of courts of the united states.--

  (2) Notification.--Any person intending to bring a civil action pursuant to paragraph (1) shall notify the United States National Authority of that intent at least one year before filing the claim in the United States Court of Federal Claims. Action on any claim filed during that one-year period shall be stayed. The one-year period following the notification shall not be counted for purposes of any law limiting the period within which the civil action may be commenced.

  (3) Initial steps by united states government to seek remedies.--During the period between a notification pursuant to paragraph (2) and the filing of a claim covered by the notification in the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States National Authority shall pursue all diplomatic and other remedies that the United States National Authority considers necessary and appropriate to seek redress for the claim including, but not limited to, the remedies provided for in the Convention and under this Act.

  (4) Burden of Proof.--In any civil action under paragraph (1), the plaintiff shall have the burden to establish a prima facie case that, due to acts or omissions of any official of the Organization or any member of an inspection team of the Technical Secretariat taken under the color of the Convention, proprietary information of the plaintiff has been divulged or taken without authorization. If the United States Court of Federal Claims finds that the plaintiff has demonstrated such a prima facie case, the burden shall shift to the United States to disprove the plaintiff's claim. In deciding whether the plaintiff has carried its burden, the United States Court of Federal Claims shall consider, among other things--

(b) Tort Liability.--The district courts of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction of civil actions for money damages for any tort under the Constitution or any Federal or State law arising from the acts or omissions of any officer or employee of the United States or the Organization, including any member of an inspection team of the Technical Secretariat, taken pursuant to or under color of the Convention or this Act.

(c) Waiver of Sovereign Immunity of the United States.--In any action under subsection (a) or (b), the United States may not raise sovereign immunity as a defense.

(d) Authority for Cause of Action.--

(e) Recoupment.--

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    (i) any foreign person, officer, or employee of the Organization, including any member of an inspection team of the Technical Secretariat, for whose actions or omissions the United States has been held liable for a tort or taking pursuant to this Act; and

    (ii) any foreign person or business entity organized and operating under the laws of a foreign nation which knowingly assisted, encouraged or induced, in any way, a foreign person described in clause (i) to publish, divulge, disclose, or make known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by the Convention any United States confidential business information.

    (i) Arms export transactions.--The United States Government shall not sell to a person described in subparagraph (A) any item on the United States Munitions List and shall terminate sales of any defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services to a person described in subparagraph (A) under the Arms Export Control Act.

    (ii) Sanctions under export administration act of 1979.-- The authorities under section 6 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 shall be used to prohibit the export of any goods or technology on the control list established pursuant to section 5(c)(1) of that Act to a person described in subparagraph (A).

    (iii) International financial assistance.--The United States shall oppose any loan or financial or technical assistance by international financial institutions in accordance with section 701 of the International Financial Institutions Act to a person described in subparagraph (A).

    (iv) Export-import bank transactions.--The United States shall not give approval to guarantee, insure, or extend credit, or to participate in the extension of credit to a person described in subparagraph (A) through the Export- Import Bank of the United States.

    (v) Private bank transactions.--Regulations shall be issued to prohibit any United States bank from making any loan or providing any credit to a person described in subparagraph (A).

    (vi) Blocking of assets.--The President shall take all steps necessary to block any transactions in any property subject to the jurisdiction of the United States in which a person described in subparagraph (A) has any interest whatsoever, for the purpose of recouping funds in accordance with the policy in paragraph (1).

    (vii) Denial of landing rights.--Landing rights in the United States shall be denied to any private aircraft or air carrier owned by a person described in subparagraph (A) except as necessary to provide for emergencies in which the safety of the aircraft or its crew or passengers is threatened.

  • (A) Imposition of sanctions.--The sanctions provided in subparagraph (B) shall be imposed for a period of not less than ten years upon--

    (B) Sanctions.--

  (A) Imposition of sanctions.--Whenever the President determines that persuasive information is available indicating that a foreign country has knowingly assisted, encouraged or induced, in any way, a person described in paragraph (2)(A) to publish, divulge, disclose, or make known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by the Convention any United States confidential business information, the President shall, within 30 days after the receipt of such information by the executive branch of Government, notify the Congress in writing of such determination and, subject to the requirements of paragraphs (4) and (5), impose the sanctions provided under subparagraph (B) for a period of not less than five years.

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    (i) Arms export transactions.--The United States Government shall not sell a country described in subparagraph (A) any item on the United States Munitions List, shall terminate sales of any defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services to that country under the Arms Export Control Act, and shall terminate all foreign military financing for that country under the Arms Export Control Act.

    (ii) Denial of certain licenses.--Licenses shall not be issued for the export to the sanctioned country of any item on the United States Munitions List or commercial satellites.

    (iii) Denial of assistance.--No appropriated funds may be used for the purpose of providing economic assistance, providing military assistance or grant military education and training, or extending military credits or making guarantees to a country described in subparagraph (A).

    (iv) Sanctions under export administration act of 1979.-- The authorities of section 6 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 shall be used to prohibit the export of any goods or technology on the control list established pursuant to section 5(c)(1) of that Act to a country described in subparagraph (A).

    (v) International financial assistance.--The United States shall oppose any loan or financial or technical assistance by international financial institutions in accordance with section 701 of the International Financial Institutions Act to a country described in subparagraph (A).

    (vi) Termination of assistance under foreign assistance act of 1961.--The United States shall terminate all assistance to a country described in subparagraph (A) under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except for urgent humanitarian assistance.

    (vii) Private bank transactions.--The United States shall not give approval to guarantee, insure, or extend credit, or participate in the extension of credit through the Export- Import Bank of the United States to a country described in subparagraph (A).

    (viii) Private bank transactions.--Regulations shall be issued to prohibit any United States bank from making any loan or providing any credit to a country described in subparagraph (A).

    (ix) Denial of landing rights.--Landing rights in the United States shall be denied to any air carrier owned by a country described in subparagraph (A), except as necessary to provide for emergencies in which the safety of the aircraft or its crew or passengers is threatened.

  • (B) Sanctions.--
• (1) Policy.--It is the policy of the United States to recoup all funds withdrawn from the Treasury of the United States in payment for any tort under Federal or State law or taking under the Constitution arising from the acts or omissions of any foreign person, officer, or employee of the Organization, including any member of an inspection team of the Technical Secretariat, taken under color of the Chemical Weapons Convention or this Act.

  (2) Sanctions on foreign companies.--

  (3) Sanctions on foreign governments.--

  (4) Suspension of sanctions upon recoupment by payment.-- Sanctions imposed under paragraph (2) or (3) may be suspended if the sanctioned person, business entity, or country, within the period specified in that paragraph, provides full and complete compensation to the United States Government, in convertible foreign exchange or other mutually acceptable compensation equivalent to the full value thereof, in satisfaction of a tort or taking for which the United States has been held liable pursuant to this Act.

  (5) Waiver of sanctions on foreign countries.--The President may waive some or all of the sanctions provided under paragraph (3) in a particular case if he determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that such waiver is necessary to protect the national security interests of the United States. The certification shall set forth the reasons supporting the determination and shall take effect on the date on which the certification is received by the Congress.

  (6) Notification to congress.--Not later than five days after sanctions become effective against a foreign person pursuant to this Act, the President shall transmit written notification of the imposition of sanctions against that foreign person to the chairmen and ranking members of the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

(f) Sanctions for Unauthorized Disclosure of United States Confidential Business Information.--The Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Attorney General shall exclude from the United States any alien who, after the date of enactment of this Act--

(g) United States Confidential Business Information Defined.--In this section, the term "United States confidential business information" means any trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged and confidential--

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  (A) data described in section 304(e)(2) of this Act,

  (B) any chemical structure,

  (C) any plant design process, technology, or operating method,

  (D) any operating requirement, input, or result that identifies any type or quantity of chemicals used, processed, or produced, or

  (E) any commercial sale, shipment, or use of a chemical, or

  (i) from a United States person; or

  (ii) through the United States Government or the conduct of an inspection on United States territory under the Convention.

• (1) including--

  (2) as described in section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, and that is obtained--

"CHAPTER 11B--CHEMICAL WEAPONS

"Sec.
"229. Prohibited activities.
"229A. Penalties.
"229B. Criminal forfeitures; destruction of weapons.
"229C. Individual self-defense devices.
"229D. Injunctions.
"229E. Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies.
"229F. Definitions.

"Sec. 229. Prohibited activities

"(a) Unlawful Conduct.--Except as provided in subsection (b), it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly--

"(2) to assist or induce, in any way, any person to violate paragraph (1), or to attempt or conspire to violate paragraph (1).

"(A) any person, including a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, who is authorized by law or by an appropriate officer of the United States to retain, own, possess, transfer, or receive the chemical weapon; or

"(B) in an emergency situation, any otherwise nonculpable person if the person is attempting to destroy or seize the weapon.

"(1) In general.--Subsection (a) does not apply to the retention, ownership, possession, transfer, or receipt of a chemical weapon by a department, agency, or other entity of the United States, or by a person described in paragraph (2), pending destruction of the weapon.

"(2) Exempted persons.--A person referred to in paragraph (1) is--

"(c) Jurisdiction.--Conduct prohibited by subsection (a) is within the jurisdiction of the United States if the prohibited conduct--

"(1) takes place in the United States;

"(2) takes place outside of the United States and is committed by a national of the United States;

"(3) is committed against a national of the United States while the national is outside the United States; or

"(4) is committed against any property that is owned, leased, or used by the United States or by any department or agency of the United States, whether the property is within or outside the United States. "Sec. 229A. Penalties

"(a) Criminal Penalties.--

"(1) In general.--Any person who violates section 229 of this title shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years, or both.

"(2) Death penalty.--Any person who violates section 229 of this title and by whose action the death of another person is the result shall be punished by death or imprisoned for life.

"(b) Civil Penalties.--
"(1) In general.--The Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court against any person who violates section 229 of this title and, upon proof of such violation by a preponderance of the evidence, such person shall be subject to pay a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $100,000 for each such violation.

"(2) Relation to other proceedings.--The imposition of a civil penalty under this subsection does not preclude any other criminal or civil statutory, common law, or administrative remedy, which is available by law to the United States or any other person.

"(c) Reimbursement of Costs.--The court shall order any person convicted of an offense under subsection (a) to reimburse the United States for any expenses incurred by the United States incident to the seizure, storage, handling, transportation, and destruction or other disposition of any property that was seized in connection with an investigation of the commission of the offense by that person. A person ordered to reimburse the United States for expenses under this subsection shall be jointly and severally liable for such expenses with each other person, if any, who is ordered under this subsection to reimburse the United States for the same expenses.


 

"Sec. 229B. Criminal forfeitures; destruction of weapons




"(a) Property Subject to Criminal Forfeiture.--Any person convicted under section 229A(a) shall forfeit to the United States irrespective of any provision of State law--

"(1) any property, real or personal, owned, possessed, or used by a person involved in the offense;

"(2) any property constituting, or derived from, and proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, as the result of such violation; and

"(3) any of the property used in any manner or part, to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, such violation. The court, in imposing sentence on such person, shall order, in addition to any other sentence imposed pursuant to section 229A(a), that the person forfeit to the United States all property described in this subsection. In lieu of a fine otherwise authorized by section 229A(a), a defendant who derived profits or other proceeds from an offense may be fined not more than twice the gross profits or other proceeds.

"(b) Procedures.--
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"(A) 'this subchapter or subchapter II' shall be deemed to be a reference to section 229A(a); and

"(B) 'subsection (a)' shall be deemed to be a reference to subsection (a) of this section.

"(A) In general.--For the purposes of forfeiture proceedings under this section, a temporary restraining order may be entered upon application of the United States without notice or opportunity for a hearing when an information or indictment has not yet been filed with respect to the property, if, in addition to the circumstances described in section 413(e)(2) of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 853(e)(2)), the United States demonstrates that there is probable cause to believe that the property with respect to which the order is sought would, in the event of conviction, be subject to forfeiture under this section and exigent circumstances exist that place the life or health of any person in danger.

"(B) Warrant of seizure.--If the court enters a temporary restraining order under this paragraph, it shall also issue a warrant authorizing the seizure of such property.

"(C) Applicable procedures.--The procedures and time limits applicable to temporary restraining orders under section 413(e) (2) and (3) of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 853(e) (2) and (3)) shall apply to temporary restraining orders under this paragraph.

"(1) General.--Property subject to forfeiture under this section, any seizure and disposition thereof, and any administrative or judicial proceeding in relation thereto, shall be governed by subsections (b) through (p) of section 413 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 853), except that any reference under those subsections to--

"(2) Temporary restraining orders.--

"(c) Affirmative Defense.--It is an affirmative defense against a forfeiture under subsection (b) that the property--

"(1) is for a purpose not prohibited under the Chemical Weapons Convention; and

"(2) is of a type and quantity that under the circumstances is consistent with that purpose.

"(d) Destruction or Other Disposition.--The Attorney General shall provide for the destruction or other appropriate disposition of any chemical weapon seized and forfeited pursuant to this section.

"(e) Assistance.--The Attorney General may request the head of any agency of the United States to assist in the handling, storage, transportation, or destruction of property seized under this section.

"(f) Owner Liability.--The owner or possessor of any property seized under this section shall be liable to the United States for any expenses incurred incident to the seizure, including any expenses relating to the handling, storage, transportation, and destruction or other disposition of the seized property.

"Sec. 229C. Individual self-defense devices




"Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any individual self-defense device, including those using a pepper spray or chemical mace.

"Sec. 229D. Injunctions




"The United States may obtain in a civil action an injunction against--

"(1) the conduct prohibited under section 229 or 229C of this title; or

"(2) the preparation or solicitation to engage in conduct prohibited under section 229 or 229D of this title.




"Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any individual self-defense device, including those using a pepper spray or chemical mace.

"Sec. 229E. Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emergencies

 




"The Attorney General may request the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance under section 382 of title 10 in support of Department of Justice activities relating to the enforcement of section 229 of this title in an emergency situation involving a chemical weapon. The authority to make such a request may be exercised by another official of the Department of Justice in accordance with section 382(f)(2) of title 10.

 

 

"Sec. 229F. Definitions


"In this chapter:

"(1) Chemical weapon.--The term 'chemical weapon' means the following, together or separately:

"(A) A toxic chemical and its precursors, except where intended for a purpose not prohibited under this chapter as long as the type and quantity is consistent with such a purpose.

"(B) A munition or device, specifically designed to cause death or other harm through toxic properties of those toxic chemicals specified in subparagraph (A), which would be released as a result of the employment of such munition or device.

"(C) Any equipment specifically designed for use directly in connection with the employment of munitions or devices specified in subparagraph (B).

"(2) Chemical weapons convention; convention.--The terms 'Chemical Weapons Convention' and 'Convention' mean the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, opened for signature on January 13, 1993.

"(3) Key component of a binary or multicomponent chemical system.--The term 'key component of a binary or multicomponent chemical system' means the precursor which plays the most important role in determining the toxic properties of the final product and reacts rapidly with other chemicals in the binary or multicomponent system.

"(4) National of the united states.--The term 'national of the United States' has the same meaning given such term in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)).

"(5) Person.--The term 'person', except as otherwise provided, means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, any State or any political subdivision thereof, or any political entity within a State, any foreign government or nation or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of any such government or nation, or other entity located in the United States.

"(6) Precursor.--

"(A) In general.--The term 'precursor' means any chemical reactant which takes part at any stage in the production by whatever method of a toxic chemical. The term includes any key component of a binary or multicomponent chemical system.

"(B) List of precursors.--Precursors which have been identified for the application of verification measures under Article VI of the Convention are listed in schedules contained in the Annex on Chemicals of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

"(7) Purposes not prohibited by this chapter.--The term 'purposes not prohibited by this chapter' means the following:
"(A) Peaceful purposes.--Any peaceful purpose related to an industrial, agricultural, research, medical, or pharmaceutical activity or other activity.

"(B) Protective purposes.--Any purpose directly related to protection against toxic chemicals and to protection against chemical weapons.

"(C) Unrelated military purposes.--Any military purpose of the United States that is not connected with the use of a chemical weapon or that is not dependent on the use of the toxic or poisonous properties of the chemical weapon to cause death or other harm.

"(D) Law enforcement purposes.--Any law enforcement purpose, including any domestic riot control purpose and including imposition of capital punishment.

"(8) Toxic chemical.--
"(A) In general.--The term 'toxic chemical' means any chemical which through its chemical action on life processes can cause death, temporary incapacitation or permanent harm to humans or animals. The term includes all such chemicals, regardless of their origin or of their method of production, and regardless of whether they are produced in facilities, in munitions or elsewhere.

"(B) List of toxic chemicals.--Toxic chemicals which have been identified for the application of verification measures under Article VI of the Convention are listed in schedules contained in the Annex on Chemicals of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

"(9) United states.--The term 'United States' means the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States and includes all places under the jurisdiction or control of the United States, including--
"(A) any of the places within the provisions of paragraph (41) of section 40102 of title 49, United States Code;

"(B) any civil aircraft of the United States or public aircraft, as such terms are defined in paragraphs (17) and (37), respectively, of section 40102 of title 49, United States Code; and

"(C) any vessel of the United States, as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the Maritime Drug Enforcement Act, as amended (46 U.S.C., App. sec. 1903(b))."

(b) Conforming Amendments.--
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(A) by striking "Sec. 2332a. Use of weapons of mass destruction" and inserting "Sec. 2332a. Use of certain weapons of mass destruction";

(B) in subsection (a), by inserting "(other than a chemical weapon as that term is defined in section 229F)" after "weapon of mass destruction"; and

(C) in subsection (b), by inserting "(other than a chemical weapon (as that term is defined in section 229F))" after "weapon of mass destruction".

"11B. Chemical Weapons......................................229"....
(1) Weapons of mass destruction.--Section 2332a of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(2) Table of chapters.--The table of chapters for part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item for chapter 11A the following new item:

(c) Repeals.-- The following provisions of law are repealed:

(1) Section 2332c of title 18, United States Code, relating to chemical weapons.

(2) In the table of sections for chapter 113B of title 18, United States Code, the item relating to section 2332c.

(a) In General.-- In this title, the terms "challenge inspection", "plant site", "plant", "facility agreement", "inspection team", and "requesting state party" have the meanings given those terms in Part I of the Annex on Implementation and Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention. The term "routine inspection" means an inspection, other than an "initial inspection", undertaken pursuant to Article VI of the Convention.

(b) Definition of Judge of the United States.--In this title, the term "judge of the United States" means a judge or magistrate judge of a district court of the United States.

(b) Types of Facility Agreements.--

(d) Content of Facility Agreements.--Facility agreements shall--

(a) Prohibition.--No inspection of a plant, plant site, or other facility or location in the United States shall take place under the Convention without the authorization of the United States National Authority in accordance with the requirements of this title.

(b) Authority.--

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  (A) a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as designated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, accompanies each inspection team visit pursuant to paragraph (1);

  (B) no employee of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration accompanies any inspection team visit conducted pursuant to paragraph (1); and

  (C) the number of duly designated representatives shall be kept to the minimum necessary.

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    (i) such individual is or has been a member of, or a participant in, any group or organization that has engaged in, or attempted or conspired to engage in, or aided or abetted in the commission of, any terrorist act or activity;

    (ii) such individual has committed any act or activity which would be a felony under the laws of the United States; or

    (iii) the participation of such individual as a member of an inspection team would pose a risk to the national security or economic well-being of the United States.

  • (A) In general.--In deciding whether to exercise the right of the United States under the Convention to object to an individual serving as an inspector, the President shall give great weight to his reasonable belief that--

    (B) Not subject to judicial review.--Any objection by the President to an individual serving as an inspector, whether made pursuant to this section or otherwise, shall not be reviewable in any court.

• (1) Technical secretariat inspection teams.--Any duly designated member of an inspection team of the Technical Secretariat may inspect any plant, plant site, or other facility or location in the United States subject to inspection pursuant to the Convention.

  (2) United states government representatives.--The United States National Authority shall coordinate the designation of employees of the Federal Government to accompany members of an inspection team of the Technical Secretariat and, in doing so, shall ensure that--

  (3) Objections to individuals serving as inspectors.--

(a) Types of Inspections.--Each inspection of a plant, plant site, or other facility or location in the United States under the Convention shall be conducted in accordance with this section and section 305, except where other procedures are provided in a facility agreement entered into under section 302.

(b) Notice.--

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    (i) the type of inspection;

    (ii) the basis for the selection of the plant, plant site, or other facility or location for the type of inspection sought;

    (iii) the time and date that the inspection will begin and the period covered by the inspection; and

    (iv) the names and titles of the inspectors.

  • (A) In general.--The notice under paragraph (1) shall include all appropriate information supplied by the Technical Secretariat to the United States National Authority concerning--

    (B) Special rule for challenge inspections.--In the case of a challenge inspection pursuant to Article IX of the Convention, the notice shall also include all appropriate evidence or reasons provided by the requesting state party to the Convention for seeking the inspection.

• (1) In general.--An inspection referred to in subsection (a) may be made only upon issuance of an actual written notice by the United States National Authority to the owner and to the operator, occupant, or agent in charge of the premises to be inspected.

  (2) Time of Notification.--The notice for a routine inspection shall be submitted to the owner and to the operator, occupant, or agent in charge within six hours of receiving the notification of the inspection from the Technical Secretariat or as soon as possible thereafter. Notice for a challenge inspection shall be provided at any appropriate time determined by the United States National Authority. Notices may be posted prominently at the plant, plant site, or other facility or location if the United States is unable to provide actual written notice to the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the premises.

  (3) Content of notice.--

  (4) Separate notices required.--A separate notice shall be provided for each inspection, except that a notice shall not be required for each entry made during the period covered by the inspection.

(d) Timeframe for Inspections.--Consistent with the provisions of the Convention, each inspection shall be commenced and completed with reasonable promptness and shall be conducted at reasonable times, within reasonable limits, and in a reasonable manner.

(e) Scope.--

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  (A) financial data;

  (B) sales and marketing data (other than shipment data);

  (C) pricing data;

  (D) personnel data;

  (E) research data;

  (F) patent data;

  (G) data maintained for compliance with environmental or occupational health and safety regulations; or

  (H) personnel and vehicles entering and personnel and personal passenger vehicles exiting the facility.

• (1) In general.--Except as provided in a warrant issued under section 305 or a facility agreement entered into under section 302, an inspection conducted under this title may extend to all things within the premises inspected (including records, files, papers, processes, controls, structures and vehicles) related to whether the requirements of the Convention applicable to such premises have been complied with.

  (2) Exception.--Unless required by the Convention, no inspection under this title shall extend to--

(a) In General.--The United States Government shall seek the consent of the owner or the operator, occupant, or agent in charge of the premises to be inspected prior to any inspection referred to in section 304(a). If consent is obtained, a warrant is not required for the inspection. The owner or the operator, occupant, or agent in charge of the premises to be inspected may withhold consent for any reason or no reason. After providing notification pursuant to subsection (b), the United States Government may seek a search warrant from a United States magistrate judge. Proceedings regarding the issuance of a search warrant shall be conducted ex parte, unless otherwise requested by the United States Government.

(b) Routine Inspections.--

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    (i) in the case of any facility owned or operated by a non- Government entity related to Schedule 1 chemical agents, to verify that the facility is not used to produce any Schedule 1 chemical agent except for declared chemicals; quantities of Schedule 1 chemicals produced, processed, or consumed are correctly declared and consistent with needs for the declared purpose; and Schedule 1 chemicals are not diverted or used for other purposes;

    (ii) in the case of any facility related to Schedule 2 chemical agents, to verify that activities are in accordance with obligations under the Convention and consistent with the information provided in data declarations; and

    (iii) in the case of any facility related to Schedule 3 chemical agents and any other chemical production facility, to verify that the activities of the facility are consistent with the information provided in data declarations;

    (i) in the case of any facility owned or operated by a non- Government entity related to Schedule 1 chemical agents, the intensity, duration, timing, and mode of the requested inspection is based on the risk to the object and purpose of the Convention by the quantities of chemical produced, the characteristics of the facility and the nature of activities carried out at the facility, and the requested inspection, when considered with previous such inspections of the facility undertaken in the current calendar year, shall not exceed the number reasonably required based on the risk to the object and purpose of the Convention as described above;

    (ii) in the case of any facility related to Schedule 2 chemical agents, the Technical Secretariat gave due consideration to the risk to the object and purpose of the Convention posed by the relevant chemical, the characteristics of the plant site and the nature of activities carried out there, taking into account the respective facility agreement as well as the results of the initial inspections and subsequent inspections; and

    (iii) in the case of any facility related to Schedule 3 chemical agents or unscheduled discrete organic chemicals, the facility was selected randomly by the Technical Secretariat using appropriate mechanisms, such as specifically designed computer software, on the basis of two weighting factors: (I) equitable geographical distribution of inspections; and (II) the information on the declared sites available to the Technical Secretariat, related to the relevant chemical, the characteristics of the plant site, and the nature of activities carried out there;

  • (A) the Chemical Weapons Convention is in force for the United States;

    (B) the plant site, plant, or other facility or location sought to be inspected is required to report data under title IV of this Act and is subject to routine inspection under the Convention;

    (C) the purpose of the inspection is--

    (D) the items, documents, and areas to be searched and seized;

    (E) in the case of a facility related to Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 chemical agents or unscheduled discrete organic chemicals, the plant site has not been subject to more than 1 routine inspection in the current calendar year, and, in the case of facilities related to Schedule 3 chemical agents or unscheduled discrete organic chemicals, the inspection will not cause the number of routine inspections in the United States to exceed 20 in a calendar year;

    (F) the selection of the site was made in accordance with procedures established under the Convention and, in particular--

    (G) the earliest commencement and latest closing dates and times of the inspection; and

    (H) the duration of inspection will not exceed time limits specified in the Convention unless agreed by the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the plant.

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      (I) the duration and scope of the inspection;

      (II) areas to be inspected;

      (III) records and data to be reviewed; and

      (IV) samples to be taken;

    • (i) all appropriate information supplied by the Technical Secretariat to the United States National Authority regarding the basis for the selection of the plant site, plant, or other facility or location for the type of inspection sought;

      (ii) any other appropriate information relating to the reasonableness of the selection of the plant, plant site, or other facility or location for the inspection;

      (iii) information concerning--

      (iv) appropriate evidence or reasons provided by the requesting state party for the inspection;

      (v) any other evidence showing probable cause to believe that a violation of this Act has occurred or is occurring; and

      (vi) the identities of the representatives of the Technical Secretariat on the inspection team and the Federal Government employees accompanying the inspection team.

    (i) the type of inspection authorized;

    (ii) the purpose of the inspection;

    (iii) the type of plant site, plant, or other facility or location to be inspected;

    (iv) the areas of the plant site, plant, or other facility or location to be inspected;

    (v) the items, documents, data, equipment, and computers that may be inspected or seized;

    (vi) samples that may be taken;

    (vii) the earliest commencement and latest concluding dates and times of the inspection; and

    (viii) the identities of the representatives of the Technical Secretariat on the inspection teams and the Federal Government employees accompanying the inspection team.
  • (A) Criminal search warrant.--For any challenge inspection conducted on the territory of the United States pursuant to Article IX of the Chemical Weapons Convention, where consent has been withheld, the United States Government shall first obtain from a judge of the United States a criminal search warrant based upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and describing with particularity the place to be searched and the person or things to be seized.

    (B) Information provided.--The United States Government shall provide to the judge of the United States--

    (C) Content of warrant.--The warrant shall specify--

• (1) Obtaining administrative search warrants.--For any routine inspection conducted on the territory of the United States pursuant to Article VI of the Convention, where consent has been withheld, the United States Government shall first obtain an administrative search warrant from a judge of the United States. The United States Government shall provide to the judge of the United States all appropriate information supplied by the Technical Secretariat to the United States National Authority regarding the basis for the selection of the plant site, plant, or other facility or location for the type of inspection sought. The United States Government shall also provide any other appropriate information available to it relating to the reasonableness of the selection of the plant, plant site, or other facility or location for the inspection.

  (2) Content of affidavits for administrative search warrants.--The judge of the United States shall promptly issue a warrant authorizing the requested inspection upon an affidavit submitted by the United States Government showing that--

  (3) Content of warrants.--A warrant issued under paragraph (2) shall specify the same matters required of an affidavit under that paragraph. In addition to the requirements for a warrant issued under this paragraph, each warrant shall contain, if known, the identities of the representatives of the Technical Secretariat conducting the inspection and the observers of the inspection and, if applicable, the identities of the representatives of agencies or departments of the United States accompanying those representatives.

  (4) Challenge inspections.--

(b) Content of Reports.--Each report shall contain the following information for the reporting period:

(b) Reimbursement Requirement.--

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    (i) more than 30 metric tons of Schedule 3 or unscheduled discrete organic chemicals that contain phosphorous, sulfur, or fluorine; or

    (ii) more than 200 metric tons of unscheduled discrete organic chemicals.

  • (A) does not possess, produce, process, consume, import, or export any Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 chemical; and

    (B) in the calendar year preceding the year in which the assistance is to be provided, produced--

• (1) Small business concerns.--A small business concern as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act.

  (2) Domestic producers of schedule 3 or unscheduled discrete organic chemicals.--Any person located in the United States that--

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  (A) maintain and permit access to records related to that production, processing, consumption, export, or import of such substance; and

  (B) submit to the Director of the United States National Authority such reports as the United States National Authority may reasonably require to provide to the Organization, pursuant to subparagraph 1(a) of the Annex on Confidentiality of the Convention, the minimum amount of information and data necessary for the timely and efficient conduct by the Organization of its responsibilities under the Convention.

• (1) Requirements.--The United States National Authority shall ensure that regulations are prescribed that require each person located in the United States who produces, processes, consumes, exports, or imports, or proposes to produce, process, consume, export, or import, a chemical substance that is subject to the Convention to--

  (2) Rulemaking.--The Director of the United States National Authority shall ensure that regulations pursuant to this section are prescribed expeditiously.

(a) Freedom of Information Act Exemption for Certain Convention Information.--Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), any confidential business information, as defined in section 103(g), reported to, or otherwise acquired by, the United States Government under this Act or under the Convention shall not be disclosed under section 552(a) of title 5, United States Code.

(b) Exceptions.--

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    (i) to the person that submitted such information; and

    (ii) in the case of information about a person received from another source, to the person to whom that information pertains. The information may not be disclosed until the expiration of 30 days after notice under this paragraph has been provided.

  • (A) Requirement.--If any Department or agency of the United States Government proposes pursuant to paragraph (1) to publish or disclose or otherwise provide information exempt from disclosure under subsection (a), the United States National Authority shall, unless contrary to national security or law enforcement needs, provide notice of intent to disclose the information-- (B) Proceedings on objections.--In the event that the person to which the information pertains objects to the disclosure, the agency shall promptly review the grounds for each objection of the person and shall afford the objecting person a hearing for the purpose of presenting the objections to the disclosure. Not later than 10 days before the scheduled or rescheduled date for the disclosure, the United States National Authority shall notify such person regarding whether such disclosure will occur notwithstanding the objections.
• (1) Authority.--The United States Government shall disclose any information reported to, or otherwise required by the United States Government under this Act or the Convention, including categories of such information, that it determines is in the national interest to disclose and may specify the form in which such information is to be disclosed.

  (2) Notice of disclosure.--

(d) Criminal Penalty for Wrongful Disclosure.--Any officer or employee of the United States, and any former officer or employee of the United States, who by reason of such employment or official position has obtained possession of, or has access to, information the disclosure or other provision of which is prohibited by subsection (a), and who, knowing that disclosure or provision of such information is prohibited by such subsection, willfully discloses or otherwise provides the information in any manner to any person (including any person located outside the territory of the United States) not authorized to receive it, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.

(e) Criminal Forfeiture.--The property of any person who violates subsection (d) shall be subject to forfeiture to the United States in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided in section 229C of title 18, United States Code, as added by this Act.

(f) International Inspectors.--The provisions of this section shall also apply to employees of the Technical Secretariat.

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  (A) Prohibited acts relating to inspections.--Any person that is determined, in accordance with paragraph (2), to have violated section 306 of this Act shall be required by order to pay a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $25,000 for each such violation. For purposes of this paragraph, each day such a violation of section 306 continues shall constitute a separate violation of that section.

  (B) Recordkeeping violations.--Any person that is determined, in accordance with paragraph (2), to have violated section 405 of this Act shall be required by order to pay a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each such violation.

  (A) In general.--Before imposing an order described in paragraph (1) against a person under this subsection for a violation of section 306 or 405, the Secretary of State shall provide the person or entity with notice and, upon request made within 15 days of the date of the notice, a hearing respecting the violation.

  (B) Conduct of hearing.--Any hearing so requested shall be conducted before an administrative law judge. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of section 554 of title 5, United States Code. If no hearing is so requested, the Secretary of State's imposition of the order shall constitute a final and unappealable order.

  (C) Issuance of orders.--If the administrative law judge determines, upon the preponderance of the evidence received, that a person or entity named in the complaint has violated section 306 or 405, the administrative law judge shall state his findings of fact and issue and cause to be served on such person or entity an order described in paragraph (1).

  (D) Factors for determination of penalty amounts.--In determining the amount of any civil penalty, the administrative law judge shall take into account the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation or violations and, with respect to the violator, the ability to pay, effect on ability to continue to do business, any history of prior such violations, the degree of culpability, the existence of an internal compliance program, and such other matters as justice may require.

  (A) after the order making the assessment has become a final order and if such person does not file a petition for judicial review of the order in accordance with paragraph (5), or
  
  (B) after a court in an action brought under paragraph (5) has entered a final judgment in favor of the United States National Authority, the Secretary of State shall file a suit to seek compliance with the order in any appropriate district court of the United States, plus interest at currently prevailing rates calculated from the date of expiration of the 30-day period referred to in paragraph (5) or the date of such final judgment, as the case may be. In any such suit, the validity and appropriateness of the final order shall not be subject to review.
• (1) Penalty amounts.--

  (2) Hearing.--

  (3) Administrative appellate review.--The decision and order of an administrative law judge shall become the final agency decision and order of the head of the United States National Authority unless, within 30 days, the head of the United States National Authority modifies or vacates the decision and order, with or without conditions, in which case the decision and order of the head of the United States National Authority shall become a final order under this subsection.

  (4) Offsets.--The amount of the civil penalty under a final order of the United States National Authority may be deducted from any sums owed by the United States to the person.

  (5) Judicial review.--A person adversely affected by a final order respecting an assessment may, within 30 days after the date the final order is issued, file a petition in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit or for any other circuit in which the person resides or transacts business.

  (6) Enforcement of orders.--If a person fails to comply with a final order issued under this subsection against the person or entity--

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  (A) in the case of a civil action described in subsection (a)(1), in the United States district court for the judicial district in which any act, omission, or transaction constituting a violation of section 306 or 405 occurred or in which the defendant is found or transacts business; or

  (B) in the case of a civil action described in subsection (a)(2), in the United States district court for the judicial district in which the defendant is found or transacts business.

• (1) In general.--A civil action described in subsection (a) may be brought--

  (2) Service of process.--In any such civil action process may be served on a defendant wherever the defendant may reside or may be found, whether the defendant resides or may be found within the United States or elsewhere.

(a) Civil Action.--Any person or entity subject to a search under this Act may file a civil action challenging the constitutionality of any provision of this Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the full calendar year of, and the two full calendar years following, the enactment of this Act, the district court shall accord such a case a priority in its disposition ahead of all other civil actions except for actions challenging the legality and conditions of confinement.

(b) En Banc Review.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the full calendar year of, and the two full calendar years following, the enactment of this Act, any appeal from a final order entered by a district court in an action brought under subsection (a) shall be heard promptly by the full Court of Appeals sitting en banc.

(b) Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to prohibit actions carried out for purposes not prohibited by this Act (as defined in section 3(8)).

(c) Biological Agent Defined.--In this section, the term "biological agent" means any micro-organism (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, rickettsiae or protozoa), pathogen, or infectious substance, or any naturally occurring, bio- engineered or synthesized component of any such micro- organism, pathogen, or infectious substance, whatever its origin or method of production, capable of causing--

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  "(4) under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (6) of subsection (a) of this section, of the commencement or continuation of an action or proceedingby a governmental unit or any organization exercising authority under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, opened for signature on January 13, 1993, to enforce such governmental unit's or organization's police and regulatory power, including the enforcement of a judgment other than a money judgment, obtained in an action or proceeding by the governmental unit to enforce such governmental unit's or organization's police or regulatory power;".
• (1) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); and

  (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: