CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEMS

SEC. 163. CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEMS (a) Termination of Procurement of Survivable Collective Protection System.— After the date of the enactment of this Act, no funds may be obligated for procurement of the Survivable Collective Protection System. (b) Limitation on Procurement of Transportable Collective Protection System.— None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be obligated for procurement of the Transportable Collective Protection System until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth— (1) the overall requirements for the program; (2) the rationale for the program in light of the chemical weapons arms control agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union and the efforts to achieve a multilateral ban on all chemical weapons; 104 STAT. 1507 (3) the anticipated distribution of assets to be procured under the program, shown by geographic region and by military forces; and (4) total program costs. (c) Exception for Operation Desert Shield.— The limitation in subsection (b) shall not apply with respect to any procurement in connection with Operation Desert Shield.