Sec. 602. PROHIBITION
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## SEC. 602 PROHIBITION **[**[22 U.S.C. 6771](/us/usc/t22/s6771)**]** ###
(a)In General Neither the Secretary of Defense nor any other officer or employee of the United States may, directly or by contract— ####
(1)conduct any test or experiment involving the use of any chemical or biological agent on a civilian population; or ####
(2)use human subjects for the testing of chemical or biological agents. ###
(b)Construction Nothing in subsection
(a)may be construed to prohibit actions carried out for purposes not prohibited by this Act (as defined in section 3(8)). ###
(c)Biological Agent Defined In this section, the term “**biological agent**” means any micro-organism (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, rickettsiae or protozoa), pathogen, or infectious substance, or any naturally occurring, bio-engineered or synthesized component of any such micro-organism, pathogen, or infectious substance, whatever its origin or method of production, capable of causing— ####
(1)death, disease, or other biological malfunction in a human, an animal, a plant, or another living organism; ####
(2)deterioration of food, water, equipment, supplies, or materials of any kind; or ####
(3)deleterious alteration of the environment.
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