§ 6741. — Reports required by United States National Authority.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC6741]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 75--CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION
SUBCHAPTER III--REPORTS
Sec. 6741. Reports required by United States National Authority
(a) Regulations on recordkeeping
(1) Requirements
The United States National Authority shall ensure that
regulations are prescribed that require each person located in the
United States who produces, processes, consumes, exports, or
imports, or proposes to produce, process, consume, export, or
import, a chemical substance that is subject to the Convention to--
(A) maintain and permit access to records related to that
production, processing, consumption, export, or import of such
substance; and
(B) submit to the Director of the United States National
Authority such reports as the United States National Authority
may reasonably require to provide to the Organization, pursuant
to subparagraph 1(a) of the Annex on Confidentiality of the
Convention, the minimum amount of information and data necessary
for the timely and efficient conduct by the Organization of its
responsibilities under the Convention.
(2) Rulemaking
The Director of the United States National Authority shall
ensure that regulations pursuant to this section are prescribed
expeditiously.
(b) Coordination
(1) Avoidance of duplication
To the extent feasible, the United States Government shall not
require the submission of any report that is unnecessary or
duplicative of any report required by or under any other law. The
head of each Federal agency shall coordinate the actions of that
agency with the heads of the other Federal agencies in order to
avoid the imposition of duplicative reporting requirements under
this chapter or any other law.
(2) Definition
As used in paragraph (1), the term ``Federal agency'' has the
meaning given the term ``agency'' in section 551(1) of title 5.
(Pub. L. 105-277, div. I, title IV, Sec. 401, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat.
2681-880.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), 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.
Regulations
Regulations under subsec. (a) to be issued by Department of Commerce
by a date specified by Department of State as United States National
Authority (USNA) and to be reviewed and approved by USNA in coordination
with an interagency group, see section 3 of Ex. Ord. No. 13128, June 25,
1999, 64 F.R. 34703, set out as a note under section 6711 of this title.
