22 U.S.C. § 6771 — Prohibition
submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-277 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 173 words · no verdicts yet
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Neither the Secretary of Defense nor any other officer or employee of the United States* may, directly or by contract—
conduct any test or experiment involving the use of any chemical or biological agent on a civilian population; or
use human subjects for the testing of chemical or biological agents.
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).
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—
death, disease, or other biological malfunction in a human, an animal, a plant, or another living organism;
deterioration of food, water, equipment, supplies, or materials of any kind; or
deleterious alteration of the environment.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title VI, § 602, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–886.)
- 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-277 · 112 Stat. 2681
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