50 USC § 1521a - Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions

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title: "50 USC § 1521a - Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions"
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title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
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section_name: "Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions"
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chapter_name: "CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM"
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last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title I, § 141, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2477; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1846(i)(6), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4252; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1702(k)(1), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2160.)"
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# § 1521a. Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions

**(a)** **Program management** section 4201 of title 10

The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the program for destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions is managed as a major defense acquisition program (as defined in ) in accordance with the essential elements of such programs as may be determined by the Secretary.

**(b)** **Requirement for Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) annual certification** section 1521 of this title

Beginning with respect to the budget request for fiscal year 2004, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall submit to the congressional defense committees on an annual basis a certification that the budget request for the chemical agents and munitions destruction program has been submitted in accordance with the requirements of .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title I, § 141, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2477; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1846(i)(6), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4252; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1702(k)(1), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2160.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003, and not as part of , , , which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a).  and  amended subsec. (a) identically, substituting “section 4201” for “section 2430”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see , set out as a note preceding , Armed Forces.

### “Congressional Defense Committees” Defined

Congressional defense committees means the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, see , . See note under , Armed Forces.