LIMITATION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FUNDS TRANSFERRED TO THE COAST GUARD.

SEC. 1007. LIMITATION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FUNDS TRANSFERRED TO THE COAST GUARD. (a) Limitation to National Security Functions.— Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1997 that are transferred pursuant to law to the Coast Guard may be used only for the performance of national security functions of the Coast Guard in support of the Department of Defense. 110 STAT. 2633 (b) Certification Required.— Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1997 may not be transferred to the Coast Guard until the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation jointly certify to Congress that the funds so transferred will be used only in accordance with the limitation in subsection (a). (c) Periodic GAO Audits.— The Comptroller General of the United States shall— (1) audit, from time to time, the use of funds transferred to the Coast Guard from appropriations for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1997 in order to verify that those funds are being used in accordance with the limitation in subsection (a); and (2) notify the congressional defense committees of any use of those funds that, in the judgment of the Comptroller General, is a violation of that limitation.