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114 STAT. 1654A-30 PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX Subtitle F—Chemical Demilitarization SEC. 151. PUEBLO CHEMICAL DEPOT CHEMICAL AGENT AND MUNI- TIONS DESTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES. (a) LIMITATION.—In determining the technologies to be used for the destruction of the stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, whether under the assessment required by section 141(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 537; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note), the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, or any other assessment, the Secretary of Defense may consider only the following technologies: (1) Incineration. (2) Any technologies demonstrated under the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment on or before May 1, 2000. (b) ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS ASSESSMENT DEFINED. — As used in subsection (a), the term "Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment" means the pilot program carried out under section 8065 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in section 101(b) of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009 - 101; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note). SEC. 152. REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF NEED FOR FEDERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY CHEMI- CAL DEMILITARIZATION ACTIVITIES. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— Not later than April 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives a report on the impact of the Department of Defense chemical agents and munitions destruction program on the communities in the vicinity of the chemical weapons stockpile storage sites and associated chemical agent demilitarization activities at the following facilities: (1) Anniston Chemical Activity, Alabama. (2) Blue Grass Chemical Activity, Kentucky, (3) Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah. (4) Edgewood Chemical Activity, Maryland. (5) Newport Chemical Activity, Indiana. (6) Pine Bluff Chemical Activity, Arkansas. (7) Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado. (8) Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon. (b) RECOMMENDATION. —The Secretary shall include in the report a recommendation regarding whether Federal economic assistance for any or all of those communities to assist in meeting the impact of that program is needed and appropriate. If the Secretary's recommendation is that such economic assistance is needed and appropriate for any or all of such communities, the Secretary shall include in the report criteria for determining the amount of such economic assistance. (c) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED IN ASSESSING IMPACT.— In assessing the impact of the program referred to in subsection (a) for purposes of preparing the report required by that subsection and the recommendation required by subsection (b), the Secretary shall consider the following: (1) The impact that any change in population as a result of chemical agent demilitarization activities would have on the community.