REPORT ON ALTERNATIVES TO USE OF ACQUISITION AND CROSS-SERVICING AGREEMENTS TO LEND MILITARY EQUIPMENT FOR PERSONNEL PROTECTION AND SURVIVABILITY.

SEC. 1208. REPORT ON ALTERNATIVES TO USE OF ACQUISITION AND CROSS-SERVICING AGREEMENTS TO LEND MILITARY EQUIPMENT FOR PERSONNEL PROTECTION AND SURVIVABILITY.(a) Report Required.—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 and assessing various alternatives to the use of acquisition and cross-servicing agreements pursuant to the temporary authority in section 1202 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2412), as amended by section 1252 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 402), for purposes of lending covered military equipment to military forces of nations as follows:(1) A nation participating in combined operations with the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan.(2) A nation participating in combined operations with the United States as part of a peacekeeping operation under the Charter of the United Nations or another international agreement.(b) Covered Military Equipment Defined.—In this section, the term “covered military equipment” has the meaning given that term in section 1202(d)(1) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007.