REPORT ON THE TRANSPORTATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY TO JOHNSTON ISLAND

SEC. 364. REPORT ON THE TRANSPORTATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY TO JOHNSTON ISLAND (a) Report Required.— The Secretary of the Army shall prepare a report analyzing the safety aspects of the project to remove and transport chemical weapons stored in the Federal Republic of Germany to Johnston Island, with special emphasis on measures undertaken to ensure safety during the actual transportation of the weapons. (b) Use of Report.— The report required by subsection (a) shall be used as part of each Phase I site specific environmental impact statement study of chemical weapons storage sites in the United States (including the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and the Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky) that is initiated on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. These Phase I studies are being used to assist in determining the validity of the programmatic on-site disposal decisions that have been made for those sites. Information from the report shall be incorporated in any Phase I assessment of transportation alternatives for those sites. (c) Submission of Report.— The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted to Congress not later than 60 days after the date the transportation project referred to in that subsection is completed.