LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION FACILITY.

SEC. 1405. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION FACILITY. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds Until Submission of Notifications to Congress.—No fiscal year 1998 Cooperative Threat Reduction funds may be obligated or expended for planning and design of a chemical weapons destruction facility until 15 days after the date that is the later of the following: (1) The date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress notification of an agreement between the United States and Russia with respect to such chemical weapons destruction facility that includes—111 STAT. 1961 (A) an agreement providing for a limitation on the financial contribution by the United States for the facility; (B) an agreement that the United States will not pay the costs for infrastructure determined by Russia to be necessary to support the facility; and (C) an agreement on the location of the facility. (2) The date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress notification that the Government of Russia has formally approved a plan— (A) that allows for the destruction of chemical weapons in Russia; and (B) that commits Russia to pay a portion of the cost for the facility. (b) Prohibition on Use of Funds for Facility Construction.—No fiscal year 1998 Cooperative Threat Reduction funds authorized to be obligated in section 1402(a)(4) for planning and design of a chemical weapons destruction facility in Russia may be used for construction of such facility.