An substitute amendment to the Zablocki amendment. It stipulates that none of the funds of the bill can be used to produce binary chemical weapons unless the President certifies to Congress that for each unit of chemical munitions produced an equal unit of chemical munitions already on hand has been "rendered permanently useless for military purposes".

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Amendment Number
642
Description
An substitute amendment to the Zablocki amendment. It stipulates that none of the funds of the bill can be used to produce binary chemical weapons unless the President certifies to Congress that for each unit of chemical munitions produced an equal unit of chemical munitions already on hand has been "rendered permanently useless for military purposes".
Purpose
An substitute amendment to the Zablocki amendment. It stipulates that none of the funds of the bill can be used to produce binary chemical weapons unless the President certifies to Congress that for each unit of chemical munitions produced an equal unit of chemical munitions already on hand has been "rendered permanently useless for military purposes".
Congress
97
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jul 22, 1982
Latest Action Text
Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 192 - 225 (Record Vote No: 203).
Submitted Date
Jul 22, 1982
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 14, 2021
Amendment 642 — Informed