50 U.S.C. § 1525 — Assistance for facilities subject to inspection under Chemical Weapons Convention

(a) Assistance. At the owner’s or operator’s request, the Secretary of Defense may give a facility subject to a routine or challenge inspection under the Chemical Weapons Convention technical help related to compliance. The Department’s On-Site Inspection Agency must provide it. (b) Reimbursement. The Secretary may provide help only if the Secretary determines that Defense Department costs will be reimbursed. The United States National Authority may reimburse those costs from available funds. The reimbursement must be credited to funds available for the On-Site Inspection Agency. (c) Definitions. (1) “Chemical Weapons Convention” and “Convention” mean the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, ratified by the United States on April 25, 1997, and effective April 29, 1997. (2) “Facility that is subject to a routine inspection” means a declared facility as defined in paragraph 15 of part X of the Convention’s Annex on Implementation and Verification. (3) “Challenge inspection” means an inspection under Article IX of the Convention. (4) “United States National Authority” means the authority established or designated under Article VII, paragraph 4, of the Convention.