To require the Secretary of the Army to submit to Congress a report regarding the management of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program and to require that additional emergency warning sirens be provided for communities near chemical stockpile sites.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Procurement.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 16, 1995

Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to specified congressional committees on expenditures for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program since 1986, requiring: (1) an accounting for the various expenses under the Program; and (2) a justification for all Program administrative expenses. Directs the Secretary to approve immediate placement of a minimum of three additional outdoor sirens (to warn local citizens of possible emergencies arising out of the destruction of chemical munitions at a stockpile site) in every county in the United States that is situated within a designated immediate response and protective action zone. Requires funds for the sirens to be provided from Program funding.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Rep. Browder, Glen [D-AL-3] · D–AL

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Armed Services Committee

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Mar 20, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Procurement.
Feb 16, 1995
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Feb 16, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on National Security.
Feb 16, 1995
Introduced in House
Feb 16, 1995
Introduced in House

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Discuss H.R.979, 104th Congress: To require the Secretary of the Army to submit to Congress a report regarding the management of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program and to require that additional emergency warning sirens be provided for communities near chemical stockpile sites.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/979

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1995-02-16.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/hr979/BILLS-104hr979ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.979, 104th Congress: To require the Secretary of the Army to submit to Congress a report regarding the management of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program and to require that additional emergency warning sirens be provided for communities near chemical stockpile sites.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/979

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1995-02-16.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/hr979/BILLS-104hr979ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-06-06T14:19:25Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.979, 104th Congress: To require the Secretary of the Army to submit to Congress a report regarding the management of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program and to require that additional emergency warning sirens be provided for communities near chemical stockpile sites.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/979

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1995-02-16.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/hr979/BILLS-104hr979ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-06-06T14:19:25Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.979, 104th Congress: To require the Secretary of the Army to submit to Congress a report regarding the management of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program and to require that additional emergency warning sirens be provided for communities near chemical stockpile sites.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/979

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 1995-02-16.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/hr979/BILLS-104hr979ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-06-06T14:19:25Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine H.R.979 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.