Chemical and Biological Defense Program Improvement Act of 2023

II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1716 To provide authority to include funding requests for the chemical and biological defense program in military department budget accounts. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 18, 2023 Mr. ROMNEY (for himself and Mr. LEE) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To provide authority to include funding requests for the chemical and biological defense program in military de- partment budget accounts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chemical and Biologi- 4 cal Defense Program Improvement Act of 2023’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:10 Jun 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1716.IS S1716 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1716 IS SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO INCLUDE FUNDING REQUESTS FOR 1 THE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE 2 PROGRAM IN BUDGET ACCOUNTS OF MILI- 3 TARY DEPARTMENTS. 4 Section 1701(d)(2) of the National Defense Author- 5 ization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (50 U.S.C. 1522(d)(2)) 6 is amended by striking ‘‘may not be included in the budget 7 accounts’’ and inserting ‘‘may be included in the budget 8 accounts’’. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:10 Jun 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1716.IS S1716 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS