Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 75 — Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation
§ 6771. Prohibition
Statutory text
In general
Neither the Secretary of Defense nor any other officer or employee of the United States may, directly or by contract—
conduct any test or experiment involving the use of any chemical or biological agent on a civilian population; or
use human subjects for the testing of chemical or biological agents.
Construction
Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to prohibit actions carried out for purposes not prohibited by this chapter (as defined in section 6701(8) of this title).
“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—
death, disease, or other biological malfunction in a human, an animal, a plant, or another living organism;
deterioration of food, water, equipment, supplies, or materials of any kind; or
deleterious alteration of the environment.
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.
Pub. L. 105–277 div. I title VI § 602 · 112 Stat. 2681
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 6771
(Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title VI, § 602, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–886.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title VI, § 602, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–886.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act” and was translated as reading “this division”, meaning div. I of Pub. L. 105–277, , 112 Stat. 2681–856, known as the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For complete classification of division I to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6701 of this title and Tables.
Credits
(Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title VI, § 602, , 112 Stat. 2681–886.)