appropriate congressional committeesmeans the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on International Relations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
biological agentmeans 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—
chemical weaponmeans the following, together or separately:
Federal agencyhas the meaning given the term “agency” in section 551(1) of title 5.
judge of the United Statesmeans a judge or magistrate judge of a district court of the United States.
key component of a binary or multicomponent chemical systemmeans the precursor which plays the most important role in determining the toxic properties of the final product and reacts rapidly with other chemicals in the binary or multicomponent system.
national of the United Stateshas the same meaning given such term in section 1101(a)(22) of title 8.
Organizationmeans the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
precursormeans any chemical reactant which takes part at any stage in the production by whatever method of a toxic chemical.
routine inspectionmeans an inspection, other than an “initial inspection”, undertaken pursuant to Article VI of the Convention.
Schedule 1 chemical agentmeans any of the following, together or separately:
Schedule 2 chemical agentmeans the following, together or separately:
Schedule 3 chemical agentmeans any of the following, together or separately:
Technical Secretariatmeans the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons established by the Chemical Weapons Convention.
toxic chemicalmeans any chemical which through its chemical action on life processes can cause death, temporary incapacitation or permanent harm to humans or animals.
United Statesmeans the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States and includes all places under the jurisdiction or control of the United States, including—
United States confidential business informationmeans any trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged and confidential— and that is obtained—
unscheduled discrete organic chemicalmeans any chemical not listed on any schedule contained in the Annex on Chemicals of the Convention that belongs to the class of chemical compounds consisting of all compounds of carbon, except for its oxides, sulfides, and metal carbonates.