LIMITATION RELATING TO OFFENSIVE BIOLOGICAL WAR-FARE PROGRAM OF RUSSIA.

SEC. 1208. LIMITATION RELATING TO OFFENSIVE BIOLOGICAL WAR-FARE PROGRAM OF RUSSIA. (a) Limitation.— Of the amount appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 301 for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs that is available for the purpose stated in section 1202(a)(6), $60,000,000 may not be obligated or expended until the President submits to Congress either a certification as provided in subsection (b) or a certification as provided in subsection (c). 110 STAT. 472 (b) Certification With Respect to Offensive Biological Warfare Program of Russia.— A certification under this subsection is a certification by the President of each of the following: (1) That Russia is in compliance with its obligations under the Biological Weapons Convention. (2) That Russia has agreed with the United States and the United Kingdom on a common set of procedures to govern visits by officials of the United States and United Kingdom to military biological facilities of Russia, as called for under the Joint Statement on Biological Weapons issued by officials of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia on September 14, 1992. (3) That visits by officials of the United States and United Kingdom to the four declared military biological facilities of Russia have occurred. (c) Alternative Certification.— A certification under this subsection is a certification by the President that the President is unable to make a certification under subsection (b). (d) Use of Funds Upon Alternative Certification.— If the President makes a certification under subsection (c), the $60,000,000 specified in subsection (a)— (1) shall not be available for the purpose stated in section 1202(a)(6); and (2) shall be available for activities in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus— (A) for the elimination of strategic offensive weapons (in addition to the amount specified in section 1202(a)(1)); and (B) for nuclear infrastructure elimination (in addition to the amount specified in section 1202(a)(4)).