12 2 STA T .457 4 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 417 —O CT. 14 , 200 8(2)byinsert in gaf ter s u bse c ti o n(e)t h efo l lo w ing new sub - section (f)
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‘(f) COL O RAD OA N D KE N TUCKY C H E MI CAL D EMILITARI Z ATION CITIZEN S’A D V ISORY COMMISSIONS .— ( 1 ) N otwithstan d ing sub- sections (b) , (g), and (h), and consistent with section 1 4 2of the S tro mT hurmond National Defense Authori z ation Act for F iscal Y ear 1 9 99( 50U .S.C. 1521 note) and section 8 122 of the De p artment of Defense Appropriations Act, 200 3 ( P ublic L aw 10 7– 248
11 6 Stat. 1566; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note), the Secretary of the Army shall transfer responsibilities for the Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Ad v isory Commissions in Colorado and Kentuc k y to the Program M anager for Assembled Chemical W eapons Alternatives. ‘‘(2) I n carrying out the responsibilities transferred under para- graph (1), the Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives shall take appropriate actions to ensure that each Commission referred to in paragraph (1) retains the capacity to receive citizen and State concerns regarding the ongoing chemical demilitarization program in the State concerned. ‘‘(3) A representative of the O ffice of the Assistant to the Sec- retary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and B iological Defense Programs shall meet with each Commission referred to in paragraph (1) not less often than twice a year. ‘‘(4) Funds appropriated for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program shall be available for travel and associated travel costs for Commissioners on the Commissions referred to in paragraph (1) when such travel is conducted at the invitation of the Special Assistant for Chemical and Biological Defense and Chemical Demilitarization Programs of the Department of Defense.’’. SEC.92 2.C O S T-B E N E FI T A NA LY SISOFF U TU R E TREAT M ENT OF H Y D ROLYSATE AT P UEBLO CHEMICAL DEPOT , COLORADO. (a) FINDIN G S.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant, Colorado, is not planned to begin chemical agent destruction operations until 2015. (2) There will be no hydrolysate byproduct of chemical agent neutralization at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, until after chemical agent destruction operations begin. (3) The Department of Defense has no plans to produce, treat, store, or transport hydrolysate at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, during fiscal year 2009. (4) A J anuary 10, 2007, Department of Defense Ac q uisition Decision Memorandum requires the Program Manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives to continue to pursue off-site treatment and disposal of hydrolysate as long as doing so would be safe, efficient, and economically beneficial. (b) COST-BENE F IT ANALYSIS.—The Secretary of Defense shall perform a cost-benefit analysis of future on-site and off-site options for treatment and disposal of hydrolysate e x pected to be produced at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado. (c) R E P ORT.—Together with the budget j ustification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2010 (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense Transfe r a utho r i t y.
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