§ 6729. United States assistance in inspections at private facilities

Statutory text

Assistance in preparation for inspections

At the request of an owner of a facility not owned or operated by the United States Government, or contracted for use by or for the United States Government, the Secretary of Defense may assist the facility to prepare the facility for possible inspections pursuant to the Convention.

Reimbursement requirement

In general

Except as provided in paragraph (2), the owner of a facility provided assistance under subsection (a) shall reimburse the Secretary for the costs incurred by the Secretary in providing the assistance.

Exception

In the case of assistance provided under subsection (a) to a facility owned by a person described in subsection (c), the United States National Authority shall reimburse the Secretary for the costs incurred by the Secretary in providing the assistance.

Owners covered by United States National Authority reimbursements

Subsection (b)(2) applies in the case of assistance provided to the following:

Small business concerns

A small business concern as defined in section 632 of title 15.

Domestic producers of Schedule 3 or unscheduled discrete organic chemicals

Any person located in the United States that—

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

in the calendar year preceding the year in which the assistance is to be provided, produced—

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

more than 200 metric tons of unscheduled discrete organic chemicals.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1998
Pub. L. 105–277 div. I title III § 310 · 112 Stat. 2681
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 6729
(Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title III, § 310, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–880.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title III, § 310, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–880.)
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 310. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for the AmeriCorps program, unless the relevant agencies of the Department of the Interior and/or Agriculture follow appropriate reprogramming guidelines: Provided, That if no funds are provided for the AmeriCorps program by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, then none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for the AmeriCorps programs.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title III, § 310, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–880.)