Chemical and Biological Defense Program Improvement Act of 2023

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3460 To amend title 50, United States Code, to provide authority to include funding requests for the chemical and biological defense program in military budget accounts. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 18, 2023 Mr. STEWART (for himself, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. MOORE of Utah, and Mr. OWENS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 50, United States Code, to provide authority to include funding requests for the chemical and biologi- cal defense program in military 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 04:33 Jun 03, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3460.IH H3460 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3460 IH 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 04:33 Jun 03, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3460.IH H3460 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS