To require a report on the use by the Department of Defense of live primates in training programs related to chemical or biological agents.

1. Adds Sec. __. (a) Report on Use of Live Primates in Training Relating to Chemical and Biological Agents.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth a detailed description of the requirements for the use by the Department of Defense of live primates at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, and elsewhere, to demonstrate the effects of chemical or biological agents or chemical (such as physostigmine) or biological agent simulants in training programs wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: Sec. __. (a) Report on Use of Live Primates in Training Relating to Chemical and Biological Agents.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth a detailed description of the requirements for the use by the Department of Defense of live primates at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, and elsewhere, to demonstrate the effects of chemical or biological agents or chemical (such as physostigmine) or biological agent simulants in training programs.

   Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following:

   Inserted: (1) The number of live primates used in the training described in subsection (a).

   Inserted: (2) The average lifespan of primates from the point of introduction into such training programs.

   Inserted: (3) An explanation why the use of primates in such training is more advantageous and realistic than the use of human simulators or other alternatives.

   Inserted: (4) An estimate of the cost of converting from the use of primates to human simulators in such training.

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