Research on Chemical and Biological Defense

Research on Chemical and Biological Defense is a Department of Defense program managed by the Army as DoD Executive Agent for the Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP). The program funds research to prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat the effects of chemical and biological warfare agents. Total funding is approximately $964.

2 million ($959. 1 million in grants plus $5 million in subgrants). Eligible applicants include public or private educational institutions, nonprofit organizations operated for the public interest, and commercial firms.

The Army coordinates and integrates research, development, test and evaluation, and acquisition requirements across all Military Departments under statutory authority established by the FY94 National Defense Authorization Act.

By Component / PSA / DAFA Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) As the DoD EA, the Secretary of the Army is responsible for coordinating and integrating RDT&E and acquisition requirements of the Military Departments for DoD chemical and biological warfare defense programs; and reviewing all funding requirements for the CBDP.

This DoD EA was made statutory by §1701(c)(1) of the FY94 NDAA (PL 103-160) (signed by President Clinton on November 30, 1993) which states "The Secretary of Defense shall designate the Army as executive agent for the Department of Defense to coordinate and integrate research, development, test, and evaluation, and acquisition, requirements of the military departments for chemical and biological warfare defense programs of the Department of Defense."

Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment (USW(A&S)) Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquistion, Logistics, and Technology) and the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8 Ms. Laura Pegher, laura. i. pegher.

civ@army. mil; Ms. Lindsey Perkins, lindsey. d.

perkins. civ@army. mil Section 1701(c)(1) of NDAA for FY94 (direct download) DoD Directive 5160.

05E: "Roles and Responsibilities Associated with the CBDP" (Sep 8, 2017) (external link) 07/24/02025 12:00 PM by Bowman, Marilyn <p><strong>Title:</strong> The title of the Executive Agent assignment from the designating document. This may not always be the same as the title of the designating issuance. </p><p><strong>Description: </strong>The general purpose and scope of the assignment.

</p><p><strong>Date Assigned:</strong> The date of the designating document or specific date the Executive Agent assignment became effective, if different. </p><p><strong>Expiration Date: </strong>Date specified, if applicable, that the Executive Agent responsibilities end. </p><p><strong>Review Date: </strong>Typically three to five years after the assignment.

This date should be used to determine the validity of the Executive Agent assignment and whether it should be continued. </p><p><strong>Signature:</strong> The signatory of the designating document. Executive Agents may only be assigned by either the Secretary of War (SW) or the Deputy Secretary of War (DW).

</p><p><strong>Principal Staff Function: </strong>Each Executive Agent assignment has a Principal Staff Assistant (PSA) assigned to it for oversight and monitoring. </p><p><strong>Joint Staff Function: </strong>The Joint Staff directorate that applies to the function or mission of the Executive Agent. </p><p><strong>DoW Component:</strong> The Head of a DoW Component assigned as Executive Agent.

</p><p><strong>Agency:</strong> The Head of the DoW Component assigned the Executive Agent responsibility will normally assign the duties of performing the functions to an agency within his Component. If this has been done the Agency will be blank. </p><p><strong>Office: </strong>The office within the Agency that is assigned to carryout the Executive Agent responsibilities.

</p><p><strong>Executive Agent POC:</strong> An individual within the responsible Agency who has been assigned to monitor the Executive Agent assignment. This would be the person to contact for specific Executive Agent information. </p><p><strong>Primary Document:</strong> The issuance making the Executive Agent assignment and signed by the individual entered in the "Signature" entry.

The document typically will be a memorandum, directive, or instruction and will include the Executive Agent designation. </p><p><strong>Primary Document Location:</strong> Location of the Primary Document. If it can be found on the Internet the URL will be linked.

If it is hard copy only the office holding a copy will be entered. </p><p><strong>Primary Document Date:</strong> Issue date of the Primary Document</p><p><strong>Secondary Document:</strong> In some cases the Primary Document may be a memorandum designating the Executive Agent, but contains little or no details concerning specific responsibilities.

In this case a Secondary Document may be listed to further spell out the Executive Agent duties and responsibilities. </p><p><strong>Secondary Document Location:</strong> Location of the Secondary Document. If they can be found on the Internet the URL will be linked.

If it is hard copy only the office holding a copy will be entered. </p><p><strong>Secondary Document Date:</strong> Issue date of the Secondary Document. </p><p><strong>DoW Component POC:</strong> The Point of Contact for the component.

This POC tracks all the Executive Agent assignments for the component. </p><p><strong>Review Date:</strong> Enter date in M/D/YYYY format. </p><p><strong>Attachments: </strong>If required to provide additional information</p>