RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CITIZENS’ ADVISORY COMMISSIONS IN COLORADO AND KENTUCKY.

SEC. 921. RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CITIZENS’ ADVISORY COMMISSIONS IN COLORADO AND KENTUCKY. Section 172 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (50 U.S.C. 1521 note) is amended—(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and122 STAT. 4574(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f):“(f) Colorado and Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commissions.—(1) Notwithstanding subsections (b), (g), and (h), and consistent with section 142 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (50 U.S.C. 1521 note) and section 8122 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107–248; 116 Stat. 1566; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note), the Secretary of the Army shall transfer responsibilities for the Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commissions in Colorado and Kentucky to the Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives.“(2) In carrying out the responsibilities transferred under paragraph (1), the Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives shall take appropriate actions to ensure that each Commission referred to in paragraph (1) retains the capacity to receive citizen and State concerns regarding the ongoing chemical demilitarization program in the State concerned.“(3) A representative of the Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs shall meet with each Commission referred to in paragraph (1) not less often than twice a year.“(4) Funds appropriated for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program shall be available for travel and associated travel costs for Commissioners on the Commissions referred to in paragraph (1) when such travel is conducted at the invitation of the Special Assistant for Chemical and Biological Defense and Chemical Demilitarization Programs of the Department of Defense.”.