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Shown Here: Introduced in Senate (09/05/2002)
[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[S. 2908 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
107th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2908
To require the Secretary of Defense to establish at least one Weapons
of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 5, 2002
Mr. Feingold (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Kohl, Mr.
Reid, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Torricelli, and Mr. Jeffords) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Armed Services
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to establish at least one Weapons
of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil
Support Team Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF AT LEAST ONE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION CIVIL
SUPPORT TEAM IN EACH STATE.
(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that there
is established, by not later than September 30, 2003, at least one
Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support
Team'' means a team that--
(A) provides support for emergency preparedness
programs to prepare for or to respond to any emergency
involving the use of a weapon of mass destruction (as
defined in section 1403 of the Defense Against Weapons
of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2302)); and
(B) is composed of members of National Guard who
are performing duties as members of the team under the
authority of subsection (c) of section 12310 of title
10, United States Code, while serving on active duty as
described in subsection (a) of such section or on full-
time National Guard duty under section 502(f) of title
32, United States Code.
(2) The term ``State'' includes the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.
(c) Funding.--The costs of establishing Weapons of Mass Destruction
Civil Support Teams to comply with the requirement in subsection (a),
and the costs of training and equipping the teams established to comply
with such requirement, may be paid (to the extent properly allocable on
the bases of purpose and period of availability) out of funds
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2003 for purposes as
follows:
(1) For the Army, for--
(A) military personnel;
(B) operation and maintenance;
(C) other procurement; or
(D) military construction.
(2) For the Air Force for military personnel.
(3) For the Department of Defense for the chemical and
biological defense program.
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