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In Apr 2004, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1540 (UNSCR 1540), obliging all member states to take steps to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), particularly by nonstate actors. Here, challenges in the drafting, enacting, & implementation of laws necessary to carry out this mandate are explored, drawing on the experience of the US with earlier statutory & regulatory provisions aimed at the prevention of bioterrorism that were developed before the terrorist attacks of 11 Sept 2001. The international treaty known as the Biological & Toxin Weapons Convention was signed in 1972 & the Biological Weapons Antiterrorism Act was passed in 1989. After the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) devised new regulations regarding the possession, handling, & use of "select" biological agents; controversial issues in such regulation are addressed. New biosecurity laws enacted after 9/11 & their relationship to UNSCR 1540 are examined; three case studies illustrate difficulties in their implementation. K. Hyatt Stewart