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Sect. 129 of FY 2000 Military Construction Appropriations Bill (McConnell's "Don't Build Anything Technology-Specific in Kentucky Until You Test All Six Alternatives" Amendment)


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THIS AMENDMENT PASSED THE FULL SENATE COMMITTEE
ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION ON THURSDAY, JUNE 10TH
AND PASSED THE SENATE FLOOR ON JUNE 15TH.

" Sec. 129 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any Act may be obligated or expended for any purpose relating to the construction at Bluegrass Army Depot, Kentucky, of any facility employing a specific technology for the demilitarization of assembled chemical munitions until the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the results of the completed demonstration of the six alternatives to baseline incineration for the destruction of chemical agents and munitions as identified by the Program Evaluation Team of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program.
(b) In order to provide funding for the completion of the demonstration of alternatives referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary shall utilize the authority in section 8127 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-262; 112 Stat. 2333) in accordance with the provisions of that section."



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