COMMENTS ON REPORT ON H.R. 901, THE BIOLOGOCAL WEAPONS ACT OF 1987

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89T00234R000100030018-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2013
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: July 30, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE REODRD
FROM:
OCA 87-3224
30 July 1987
Legislation Division
Office of congressional Affairs
SUBJECT: Comments on Report on H.R. 901, The Biological Weapons Act of 1987
1. On 24 July 1987, I telephoned the Office of Management and Budget to
relay the Agency's comments on the Department of Justice draft report on the
above-captioned bill (attached).
2. I explained that the proposed new section 175(2) seems to state that
testing would violate the law. Commensurate with the treaty, the following
words should be added at the end of this proposed section: "and of types and
in quantities that have no justification for prophylactic, protective or other
peaceful purposes."
3. Secondly, there is a suggestion that the word "develops" be struck
from section 175(1) as redundant. In fact, this word is not redundant as it
appears in the treaty and should not be deleted.
Attachment:
as stated
Distribution:
OCARead
Orig. - OCA Registry
1 - DDL/OCA
1 - OCA/LEG/SUbjki-File --Arms Contro1,7
1 - OCA/LEG/RH-Chrono-
OCA/LEG, (30 July 1987)
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