LICENSE OFFICER STAFFING.

SEC. 1401. LICENSE OFFICER STAFFING. (a) Funding.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 111(a)(1)(A), $10,000,000 is authorized to be available for salaries and expenses of the Office of Defense Trade Controls of the Department. (b) Assignment of License Review Officers.—Effective January 1, 2003, the Secretary shall assign to the Office of Defense Trade Controls of the Department a sufficient number of license review officers to ensure that the average weekly caseload for each officer does not routinely exceed 40. (c) Detailees.—Given the priority placed on expedited license reviews in recent years by the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense should ensure that 10 military officers are continuously detailed to the Office of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State on a nonreimbursable basis.