§ 6728. — Annual report on inspections.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC6728]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 75--CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION
SUBCHAPTER II--INSPECTIONS
Sec. 6728. Annual report on inspections
(a) In general
Not later than one year after October 21, 1998, and annually
thereafter, the President shall submit a report in classified and
unclassified form to the appropriate congressional committees on
inspections made under the Convention during the preceding year.
(b) Content of reports
Each report shall contain the following information for the
reporting period:
(1) The name of each company or entity subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States reporting data pursuant to
subchapter III of this chapter.
(2) The number of inspections under the Convention conducted on
the territory of the United States.
(3) The number and identity of inspectors conducting any
inspection described in paragraph (2) and the number of inspectors
barred from inspection by the United States.
(4) The cost to the United States for each inspection described
in paragraph (2).
(5) The total costs borne by United States business firms in the
course of inspections described in paragraph (2).
(6) A description of the circumstances surrounding inspections
described in paragraph (2), including instances of possible
industrial espionage and misconduct of inspectors.
(7) The identity of parties claiming loss of trade secrets, the
circumstances surrounding those losses, and the efforts taken by the
United States Government to redress those losses.
(8) A description of instances where inspections under the
Convention outside the United States have been disrupted or delayed.
(c) ``Appropriate congressional committees'' defined
The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the
Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on the
Judiciary, the Committee on International Relations, and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
(Pub. L. 105-277, div. I, title III, Sec. 309, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat.
2681-879.)
