COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF ARCTIC MILITARY ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 324. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF ARCTIC MILITARY ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION PROGRAM.(a) Requirement for Review.—The Comptroller General shall conduct a review of the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation program, including—(1) the current and proposed technology development and demonstration role of the program in United States nonproliferation efforts; and(2) the relationship of the program to the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program specified in section 1501(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2731; 50 U.S.C. 2362 note).(b) Elements of Review.—The review shall include an assessment of the following:(1) Whether the conditions in the Western Pacific region require an expansion of the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation program to include that region.(2) The extent to which foreign countries, including Russia, make financial contributions to the program.(3) The extent to which the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and the G–8 Global Partnership Against the Spread 117 STAT. 1442 of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction Initiative use the program.(4) Whether the program is important to the disarmament and nonproliferation functions of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.(5) Future-year funding and program plans of the Department of Defense for the program.(c) Report on Review.—Not later than May 1, 2004, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the review.