SPECIAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY.

SEC. 1517. SPECIAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY.(a) Authority To Transfer Authorizations.—(1) Authority.—Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may transfer amounts of authorizations made available to the Department of Defense in this title for fiscal 122 STAT. 430 year 2008 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authorizations so transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes as the authorization to which transferred.(2) Limitation.—The total amount of authorizations that the Secretary may transfer under the authority of this section may not exceed $3,500,000,000.(b) Terms and Conditions.—Transfers under this section shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as transfers under section 1001.(c) Additional Authority.—The transfer authority provided by this section is in addition to the transfer authority provided under section 1001.