ENHANCEMENT TO AUTHORITY TO PAY REWARDS FOR ASSISTANCE IN COMBATING TERRORISM.

SEC. 1401. ENHANCEMENT TO AUTHORITY TO PAY REWARDS FOR ASSISTANCE IN COMBATING TERRORISM.(a) Increase in Delegation Limitation.—Paragraph (2) of section 127b(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “$2,500” and inserting “$10,000”.(b) Expansion of Senior Officers to Whom Combatant Commander Authority May Be Delegated.—Such paragraph is further amended—(1) by inserting after “deputy commander” the following: “, or to the commander of a command directly subordinate to that commander,”; and(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Such a delegation may be made to the commander of a command directly subordinate to the commander of a combatant command only with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, or an Under Secretary of Defense to whom authority has been delegated under subparagraph (1)(A).”.