STATE DRAFT REPORT ON H.R. 901, "BIOLOGICAL WAPONS ACT OF 1987.

• Document Type: CREST
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: May 6, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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LEGISLATIVE REFERRAL MEMORANDUM
TO: Legislative Liaison Officer -
Department of Justice
Department of Defense
National Security Council
Aims Control and Disannaanent Agency
Department of Health & Hunan Services
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON. D.C. 1010$
May 6,1987
tral Intelligence Agency
SUBJECT: State draft report on H. R. 901, "Biological Weapons Act
of 1987. a
The Office of Management and Budget requests.the views of your
agency on the above subject before advising on its relationship
to the program of the President, in accordance with OMB Circular
A-19.
A response to this request for your views is needed no later than
TUESDAY, MAY 26?, 1987.
Questions should be referred to BUE TKAU/ANNETTE ROONEY
(395-7300), the legislative analyst in this office.
RONALD K. PETERSON FOR
Assistant Director for
Legislative Reference
cc: J. Cooney
G. Rawitscher
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United States Department of State
Washington, D. C. 20520
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Secretary has asked me to reply to your letter of
February 25, 1987, inquiring about-the St-ate $epa-r-tment's views
regarding H.R. 901, to "implement-the-Convention on the
Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpi ing o
Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and their
Destruction, by prohibiting certain conduct relating to
biological weapons, and for other purposes."
Article IV of the Biological Weapons Convention provides
that each state "shall, in accordance with its constitutional
processes, take any necessary measures to prohibit and prevent
the development, production, stockpiling, acquisition or
retention of the agents, toxins, weapons, equipment and means
of delivery specified in article I of the Convention, within
the territory of such state, under its jurisdiction or under
its control anywhere."
The Administration supports efforts to establish criminal
penalties for activity prohibited by the Biological and Toxin
Weapons Convention. The proposed legislation would supplement
existing laws, such as the Toxic Substances Control Act of
1976, and would serve to close any possible loopholes.
We would suggest, however, that the qualification of any
agent, toxin, or delivery system "for use as a weapon of mass
destruction" be amended to read "for use as a weapon...". The
inclusion of the reference to mass destruction would preclude
the leveling of criminal penalties on an individual who had
engaged in prohibited activities with a small amount of agent
or toxin, such as for terrorist purposes.
Thank you for your inquiry on this matter. Please do not
hesitate to call on me for further assistance on this or any
other matter.
The Honorable
Peter W. Rodino, Jr.,
Chairman,
Committee on the Judiciary
House of Representatives.
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The Office of Management and Budget advises that from the
standpoint of the Administration's program there is no
objection to the submission of this report.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Louise R. Hoppe
Acting Assistant Secretary of State
Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
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