The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) will appoint an ad hoc topical committee to address specific issues related to chemical terrorism threats. This committee will address the adequacy of strategies to prevent, counter, and respond to chemical terrorism, and identify technical, policy, and resource gaps with respect to:

(1) identifying national and international chemical risks, and critical emerging threats;

(2) preventing state-sponsored and non-state actors from acquiring or misusing the technologies, materials, and critical expertise needed to carry out chemical attacks, including dual-use technologies, materials, and expertise;

(3) countering efforts by state-sponsored and non-state actors to carry out such attacks;

(4) responding to chemical terrorism incidents to attribute their origin and help manage their consequences;

(5) budgets likely to be required to implement effectively such strategies; and

(6) other important matters that are directly relevant to such strategies.

NASEM will produce a consensus report and may produce additional products (such as proceedings of workshops) by mutual agreement with the sponsor. The consensus report will be unclassified with a classified annex.