CONDUCT OF THE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM.

SEC. 1701. CONDUCT OF THE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM. (a) General.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the chemical and biological defense program of the United States in accordance with the provisions of this section. (b) Management and Oversight.—In carrying out his responsibilities under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall do the following: (1) Assign responsibility for overall coordination and integration of the chemical and biological warfare defense program and the chemical and biological medical defense program to a single office within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 107 STAT. 1854 (2) Take those actions necessary to ensure close and continuous coordination between (A) the chemical and biological warfare defense program, and (B) the chemical and biological medical defense program. (3) Exercise oversight over the chemical and biological defense program through the Defense Acquisition Board process. (c) Coordination of the Program.—The Secretary of Defense shall designate the Army as executive agent for the Department of Defense to coordinate and integrate research, development, test, and evaluation, and acquisition, requirements of the military departments for chemical and biological warfare defense programs of the Department of Defense. (d) Funding.—(1) The budget for the Department of Defense for each fiscal year after fiscal year 1994 shall reflect a coordinated and integrated chemical and biological defense program for the military departments. (2) Funding requests for the program shall be set forth in the budget of tne Department of Defense for each fiscal year as a separate account, with a single program element for each of the categories of research, development, test, and evaluation, acquisition, and military construction. Amounts for military construction projects may be set forth in the annual military construction budget. Funds for military construction for the program in the military construction budget shall be set forth separately from other funds for military construction projects. Funding requests for the program may not be included in the budget accounts of the military departments. (3) All funding requirements for the chemical and biological defense program snail be reviewed by the Secretary of the Army as executive agent pursuant to subsection (c). (e) Management Review and Report.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review of the management structure of the Department of Defense chemical and biological warfare defense program, including— (A) research, development, test, and evaluation; (B) procurement; (C) doctrine development; (D) policy; (E) training; (F) development of requirements; (G) readiness; and (H) risk assessment. (2) Not later than May 1, 1994, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes the details of measures being taken to improve joint coordination and oversight of the program and ensure a coherent and effective approach to its management.