MUNITIONS CONTROL REGISTRATION FEES.

SEC. 118. MUNITIONS CONTROL REGISTRATION FEES. The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2269 et seq.) is amended— (1) by redesignating section 45 (as redesignated by section 117) as section 46; and (2) by inserting after section 44 (as redesignated by section 117) the following new section: “SEC. 45. MUNITIONS CONTROL REGISTRATION FEES. “(a) Munitions Control Registration Fees.— For each fiscal year, $500,000 of the registration fees collected by the Office of Munitions Control of the Department of State shall be credited to a Department of State account, to be available without fiscal year104 STAT. 26 limitation. Fees credited to that account shall be available only for payment of expenses incurred for— “(1) contract personnel to assist in the evaluation of munitions control license applications, reduction in processing time for license applications, and improved monitoring of compliance with the terms of licenses; and “(2) the automation of munitions control functions and the processing of munitions control license applications, including the development, procurement, and utilization of computer equipment and related software. “(b) Budget Act Compliance.— The authority contained in subsection (a) shall be exercised to such extent and in such amounts as are to be provided in an appropriation Act.”.