Sec. 116. Report on Russian chemical and biological activities in Ukraine
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes— a description of any actions by Russia to use, move, develop, produce, or otherwise acquire, stockpile, retain, or otherwise employ or deploy chemical or biological weapons in or against Ukraine that could constitute a potential violation of its obligations as a State Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention or the Biological Weapons Convention, including activities relating to— military-grade nerve agents; pharmaceutical-based agents; destruction of any chemical production facility; chemical or biological weapons development facilities; chemical or biological weapons production facilities; chemical or biological weapons stockpiles; and cooperation with other nations regarding the use, development, supply, production, transfer, or deployment of chemical weapons; a listing of entities facilitating any activities identified in paragraph (1); and a description of any potential or planned use of those items listed in paragraph
(1)should focus on— assassinations; targeted killings; and battlefield use. The report required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.