Special Oversight Board for Department of Defense Investigations of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents
Headline: Creates Oversight Board for Gulf War Chemical and Biological Investigations
What it does: Agencies must provide information and the Department of Defense must fund a Presidential oversight board reviewing Gulf War chemical and biological investigations.
- Creates a Presidential board to review military investigations of Gulf War exposures.
- Requires executive departments to provide information to support the board's review.
- Mandates interim and final reports within nine and eighteen months.
Summary
This order creates a Special Oversight Board to review Department of Defense investigations of possible detections and exposures to chemical and biological agents from the Gulf War. The board will have up to seven Presidential appointees and will report to the President through the Secretary of Defense.
It will provide advice and recommendations but will not perform scientific research or address legal liability. Executive departments must provide information, and the Department of Defense may fund the board; the board must file interim and final reports on set timelines.
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