MILITARY-TO-MILITARY CONTACTS AND COMPARABLE ACTIVITIES.

SEC. 1316. MILITARY-TO-MILITARY CONTACTS AND COMPARABLE ACTIVITIES. (a) Activities Authorized.— (1) Chapter 6 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 168. Military-to-military contacts and comparable activities “(a) Program Authority.— The Secretary of Defense may conduct military-to-military contacts and comparable activities that are designed to encourage a democratic orientation of defense establishments and military forces of other countries. “(b) Administration.— The Secretary may provide funds appropriated for carrying out subsection (a) to the following officials for use as provided in subsection (c): “(1) The commander of a combatant command, upon the request of the commander. “(2) An officer designated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with respect to an area or areas not under the area of responsibility of a commander of a combatant command. “(3) The head of any Department of Defense component. “(c) Authorized Activities.— An official provided funds under subsection (b) may use those funds for the following activities and expenses: “(1) The activities of traveling contact teams, including any transportation expense, translation services expense, or administrative expense that is related to such activities. “(2) The activities of military liaison teams. “(3) Exchanges of civilian or military personnel between the Department of Defense and defense ministries of foreign governments. “(4) Exchanges of military personnel between units of the armed forces and units of foreign armed forces. “(5) Seminars and conferences held primarily in a theater of operations. “(6) Distribution of publications primarily in a theater of operations. “(7) Personnel expenses for Department of Defense civilian and military personnel to the extent that those expenses relate to participation in an activity described in paragraph (3), (4), (5), or (6). “(8) Reimbursement of military personnel appropriations accounts for the pay and allowances paid to reserve component personnel for service while engaged in any activity referred to in another paragraph of this subsection. “(d) Relationship to Other Funding.— Any amount provided during any fiscal year to an official under subsection (b) for an activity or expense referred to in subsection (c) shall be in addition 108 STAT. 2899to amounts otherwise available for those activities and expenses for that fiscal year. “(e) Limitations.— (1) Funds may not be provided under this section for a fiscal year for any activity for which— “(A) funding was proposed in the budget submitted to Congress for that fiscal year pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31; and “(B) Congress did not authorize appropriations. “(2) An activity may not be conducted under this section with a foreign country unless the Secretary of State approves the conduct of such activity in that foreign country. “(3) Funds may not be provided under this section for a fiscal year for any country that is not eligible in that fiscal year for assistance under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. “(4) Except for those activities specifically authorized under subsection (c), funds may not be used under this section for the provision of defense articles or defense services to any country or for assistance under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. “(f) Military-to-Military Contacts Defined.— In this section, the term ‘military-to-military contacts’ means contacts between members of the armed forces and members of foreign armed forces through activities described in subsection (c).”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “168. Military-to-military contacts and comparable activities.”. (b) Fiscal Year 1995 Funding.— Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities, $46,300,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of carrying out activities under section 168 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). (c) Fiscal Year 1995 Active Duty End Strengths.— (1) A member of a reserve component described in paragraph (2) shall not be counted (under section 115(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code) against the applicable end strength limitation for members of the Armed Forces on active duty for fiscal year 1995 prescribed in section 401. (2) Paragraph (1) applies in the case of a member of a reserve component who is on active duty under a call or order to active duty for 180 days or more for activities under section 168 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). (d) Report.— Not later than February 15, 1995, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the management structure of the military-to-military contacts program.