Sec. 1226. Report on compliance of Iran under the Chemical Weapons Convention
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In the annual report submitted to Congress in March 2018, consistent with condition (10)(C) of the Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction ( Chemical Weapons Convention ), entered into force on April 29, 1997, the Secretary of State concluded that (b)ased on available information, the United States cannot certify Iran has met its obligations under the Convention for declaration of:
(1)its chemical weapons production facility (CWPF);
(2)transfer of chemical weapons (CW); and
(3)retention of an undeclared CW stockpile . Not later than February 1, 2019, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report assessing the extent to which Iran is complying with its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention that includes the following: A description, assessment, and verification, to the extent practicable, of any credible information that Iran has assisted the Government of Syria in committing actions that violate such treaty. A description of any dual-use technologies that could advance Iran’s capability to produce chemical weapons for offensive use. The implications of any activities or technologies described pursuant to paragraphs
(1)and
(2)for Iran’s compliance with other international obligations relating to nonproliferation. Any other matters the Secretaries determines to be relevant. The report required under subsection
(b)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.