CHEMICAL STOCKPILE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM.

SEC. 141. CHEMICAL STOCKPILE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM. (a) Assistance to State and Local Governments.— Section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99–145; 50 U.S.C. 1521), is amended by adding at the end of subsection (c) the following: “(4) (A) In coordination with the Secretary of the Army and in accordance with agreements between the Secretary of the Army and the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Director shall carry out a program to provide assistance to State and local governments in developing capabilities to respond to emergencies involving risks to the public health or safety within their jurisdictions that are identified by the Secretary as being risks resulting from— “(i) the storage of lethal chemical agents and munitions referred to in subsection (a) at military installations in the continental United States; or “(ii) the destruction of such agents and munitions at facilities referred to in paragraph (1)(B). 112 STAT. 1943 “(B) No assistance may be provided under this paragraph after the completion of the destruction of the United States’ stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions. “(C) Not later than December 15 of each year, the Director shall transmit a report to Congress on the activities carried out under this paragraph during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the report is submitted.”. (b) Program Funding.— Section 1412(f) of such Act (51 U.S.C.1521(f)) is amended— (1) by striking out “Identification of Funds.—Funds” and inserting in lieu thereof “Identification of Funds.—(1)Funds”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) Amounts appropriated to the Secretary for the purposeof carrying out subsection (c)(4) shall be promptly made available to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.”. (c) Periodic Reports.— Section 1412(g) of such Act (50 U.S.C.1521(g)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(B)— (A) by striking out “and” at the end of clause (v); (B) by striking out the period at the end of clause(vi) and inserting in lieu thereof “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following new clause: “(vii) grants to State and local governments to assist those governments in carrying out functions relating to emergency preparedness and response in accordance with subsection (c)(3).”; (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) (as amended by paragraph (1)) and subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (2)(A) the following new subparagraph (B): “(B) A site-by-site description of actions taken to assist State and local governments (either directly or through the Federal Emergency Management Agency) in carrying out functions relating to emergency preparedness and response in accordance with subsection (c)(3).”.