MODIFICATIONS IN CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM

SEC. 118. MODIFICATIONS IN CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM (a) Extension of Deadline for Completion of Program.—Subsection (b) of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1512(b)) is amended— (1) by striking out “September 30, 1994” in paragraphs (1) and (3)(A) and inserting in lieu thereof “the stockpile elimination deadline”; (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking out “within 30 days” and all that follows in that paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof “not later than the earlier of (A) 30 days after the date on which the decision to defer is made, or (B) 30 days before the stockpile elimination deadline.”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(4) If the Secretary determines at any time that there will be a delay in meeting the requirement in paragraph (1) for the completion of the destruction of chemical weapons by the stockpile elimination deadline, the Secretary shall immediately notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives of that projected delay. “(5) For purposes of this section, the term ‘stockpile elimination deadline’ means April 30, 1997.”. (b) Requirement for Successful Completion of Operational Verification.—Such section is further amended by striking out subsection (k) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(k) Operational Verification.—(1) Until the Secretary of the Army successfully completes (through the prove-out work to be conducted at Johnston Atoll) operational verification of the technology to be used for the destruction of live chemical agents and munitions under this section, the Secretary may not conduct any activity for equipment prove out and systems test before live chemical agents are introduced at a facility (other than the Johnston Atoll facility) at which the destruction of chemical agent and munitions weapons is to take place under this section. The limitation in the preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to the Chemical Agent Munition Disposal System in Tooele, Utah. “(2) Upon the successful completion of the prove out of the equipment and facility at Johnston Atoll, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 102 STAT. 1935House of Representatives a report certifying that the prove out is completed. “(3) if the Secretary determines at any time that there will be a delay in meeting the deadline of December 31, 1990, scheduled by the Department of Defense for completion of the operational verification at Johnston Atoll referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall immediately notify the Committees of that projected delay.”.