Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, tit. XV, sec. 1504

AMOUNTS FOR COUNTERPROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES.

EnactedYear: 1994Length: 941 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 1504. AMOUNTS FOR COUNTERPROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES. (a) Counterproliferation Activities.— Of the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201(4), $16,500,000 shall be available for counterproliferation activities. (b) Limitation.— (1) Of the funds made available pursuant to subsection (a), $4,000,000 may not be obligated until the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress a report on a proposed classified counterproliferation database system. The report shall provide— (A) an assessment of current major databases and software capabilities of entities in the intelligence community and of national weapons laboratories and laboratories of the Armed Forces against capabilities defined in the proposed project; and (B) an assessment of the technical feasibility of the proposed system, program plan, strategy, milestones and future year funding. (2) No funds may be obligated for the database system described in the report until the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence enter into a written agreement concerning the program to develop that database system that provides— (A) how binding for that program is to be divided between (i) the account of the National Foreign Intelligence Program, and (ii) Tactical Intelligence and Related Program accounts; and (B) a plan for the sources of funds for, and the programmed amounts for, that program for fiscal years after fiscal year 1995. (c) Education in Support of Counterproliferation Activities.— Of the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 301(5), not more than $2,000,000 shall be available for providing education to members of the Armed Forces in matters relating to counterproliferation. (d) Additional Authority To Transfer Authorizations.— (1) In addition to the transfer authority provided in section 1001, upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may transfer amounts of authorizations made available to the Department of Defense in this division for fiscal year 1995 to counterproliferation programs, projects, and activities identified as areas for progress by the Counterproliferation Program Review Committee established by section 1605 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160), as amended by section 1502. Amounts of authorizations so transferred shall be merged 108 STAT. 2918with and be available for the same purposes as the authorization to which transferred. (2) The total amount of authorizations that the Secretary may transfer under the authority of this subsection may not exceed $100,000,000. (3) The authority provided by this subsection to transfer authorizations— (A) may only be used to provide authority for items that have a higher priority than the items from which authority is transferred; and (B) may not be used to provide authority for an item that has been denied authorization by Congress. (4) A transfer made from one account to another under the authority of this subsection shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for the account to which the amount is transferred by an amount equal to the amount transferred. (5) The Secretary of Defense shall promptly notify Congress of transfers made under the authority of this subsection. (e) Use of Funds for Technology Development.— (1) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for counterproliferation technology projects— (A) up to $5,000,000 shall be available for a program to detect, locate, and disarm weapons of mass destruction that are hidden by a hostile state or terrorist or terrorist group in a confined area outside the United States; and (B) up to $10,000,000 shall be available for the training program referred to in paragraph (3). (2) The Secretary of Defense shall make funds available for the program referred to in paragraph (1)(A) in a manner that, to the maximum extent practicable, ensures the effective use of existing resources of the national weapons laboratories. (3) (A) The training program referred to in paragraph (1)(B) is a training program carried out jointly by the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in order to expand and improve United States efforts to deter the possible proliferation and acquisition weapons of mass destruction by organized crime organizations in Eastern Europe, the Baltic countries, and states of the former Soviet Union. (B) Of the funds available under paragraph (1)(B) for the program referred to in subparagraph (A), $9,000,000 may not be obligated or expended for that program until the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation jointly submit to the congressional committees specified in subparagraph (C) a report that— (i) identifies the nature and extent of the threat posed to the United States by the possible proliferation and acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by organized crime organizations in Eastern Europe, the Baltic countries, and states of the former Soviet Union; (ii) assesses the actions that the United States should undertake in order to assist law enforcement agencies of Eastern Europe, the Baltic countries, and states of the former Soviet Union in the efforts of such agencies to prevent and deter the theft of nuclear weapons material; and (iii) contains an estimate of— (I) the cost of undertaking such actions, including the costs of personnel, support equipment, and training; 108 STAT. 2919 (II) the time required to commence the carrying out of the program referred to in paragraph (1)(B); and (III) the amount of funds, if any, that will be required in fiscal years after fiscal year 1995 in order to carry out the program. (C) The congressional committees referred to in this subparagraph are the following: (i) The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (ii) The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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