Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 32 — Chemical and Biological Warfare Program
§ 1516. Delivery systems
Statutory text
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act shall be used for the procurement of delivery systems specifically designed to disseminate lethal chemical or any biological warfare agents, or for the procurement of delivery system parts or components specifically designed for such purpose, unless the President shall certify to the Congress that such procurement is essential to the safety and security of the United States.
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. 91–441 title V § 506(a) · 84 Stat. 905
Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 1516
(Pub. L. 91–441, title V, § 506(a), Oct. 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 912.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–441, title V, § 506(a), Oct. 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 912.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act shall be used for the procurement of delivery systems specifically designed to disseminate lethal chemical or any biological warfare agents, or for the procurement of delivery system parts or components specifically designed for such purpose, unless the President shall certify to the Congress that such procurement is essential to the safety and security of the United States.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 91–441, , 84 Stat. 912. Provisions authorizing the appropriation of funds are not classified to the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 91–121, title IV, § 409, , 83 Stat. 209, which comprises this chapter.
Section is from the Armed Forces-Military Procurement, 1971 act, Pub. L. 91–441.
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in Pub. L. 91–121, title IV, § 409(f), , 83 Stat. 210.