ARCTIC MILITARY ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 327. ARCTIC MILITARY ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION PROGRAM. (a) Activities Under Program.— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), activities under the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation Program of the Department of Defense shall include cooperative activities on environmental matters in the Arctic region with the military 112 STAT. 1966departments and agencies of other countries, including the Russian Federation. (2) Activities under the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation Program may not include any activities for purposes for which funds for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs have been denied or are prohibited, including the purposes for which funds are prohibited by section 1503 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2732). (b) Prior Notice to Congress of Obligation of Funds.— The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report at least 15 days before the obligation of any funds for the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation Program. Each such report shall specify— (1) the amount of the proposed obligation; (2) the activities for which the Secretary plans to obligate such funds; and (3) the terms of the implementing agreement between the United States and the foreign government concerning the activity to be undertaken, including the financial and other responsibilities of each government. (c) Availability of Fiscal Year 1999 Funds.— (1) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(5), $4,000,000 shall be available for carrying out the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation Program. (2) Amounts available for the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation Program under paragraph (1) may not be obligated or expended for that Program until 45 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a plan for the Program under paragraph (3). (3) The plan for the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation Program under this paragraph shall include the following: (A) A statement of the overall goals and objectives of the Program. (B) A statement of the proposed activities under the Program and the relationship of such activities to the national security interests of the United States. (C) An assessment of the compatibility of the activities set forth under subparagraph (B) with the purposes of the Cooperative Threat Reduction programs of the Department of Defense (including with any prohibitions and limitations applicable to such programs). (D) An estimate of the funding to be required and requested in future fiscal years for the activities set forth under subparagraph (B). (E) A proposed termination date for the Program.