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title: "22 U.S.C. § 6771"
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description: "Prohibition"
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title_number: 22
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title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
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chapter_number: "75"
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chapter_name: "CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION"
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section: "6771"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 6771 - Prohibition
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## Text
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(a) In general Neither the Secretary of Defense nor any other officer or employee of the United States may, directly or by contract—
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(1) conduct any test or experiment involving the use of any chemical or biological agent on a civilian population; or
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(2) use human subjects for the testing of chemical or biological agents.
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(b) Construction Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to prohibit actions carried out for purposes not prohibited by this chapter (as defined in section 6701(8) of this title).
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(c) “Biological agent” defined In this section, the term “biological agent” means any micro-organism (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, rickettsiae or protozoa), pathogen, or infectious substance, or any naturally occurring, bio-engineered or synthesized component of any such micro-organism, pathogen, or infectious substance, whatever its origin or method of production, capable of causing—
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(1) death, disease, or other biological malfunction in a human, an animal, a plant, or another living organism;
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(2) deterioration of food, water, equipment, supplies, or materials of any kind; or
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(3) deleterious alteration of the environment.
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(Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title VI, § 602, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–886.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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References in TextThis chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act” and was translated as reading “this division”, meaning div. I of Pub. L. 105–277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–856, known as the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For complete classification of division I to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6701 of this title and Tables.
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