Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989

Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989

Long title	An Act to implement the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and Their Destruction, by prohibiting certain conduct relating to biological weapons, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	BWATA
Enacted by	the 101st United States Congress
Effective	May 22, 1990
Citations
Public law	101-298
Statutes at Large	104 Stat. 201
Codification
Titles amended	18 U.S.C.: Crimes and Criminal Procedure
U.S.C. sections amended	18 U.S.C. ch. 10 § 175 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 993 by Herb Kohl (D–WI) on May 16, 1989 Committee consideration by Senate Judiciary Passed the Senate on November 21, 1989 (Passed voice vote) Passed the House on May 8, 1990 (Passed without objection) Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on May 22, 1990

The Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 (BWATA), Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 101–298, enacted May 22, 1990) was a piece of U.S. legislation that was passed into law in 1990. It provided for the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention as well as criminal penalties for violation of its provisions.^[1] The law was amended in 1996 and has been used to prosecute several individuals.