REVIEW OF CONVENTIONAL PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS AND CONCEPTS.

SEC. 257. REVIEW OF CONVENTIONAL PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS AND CONCEPTS.(a) Availability of Funds for Prompt Global Strike Capability Development.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds for conventional prompt global strike capability development are authorized by this Act only for those activities expressly delineated in the expenditure plan for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 that was required by section 243 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 51; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) and submitted to the congressional defense committees and dated March 24, 2008, those activities for which funds are authorized to be appropriated in this Act, or those activities otherwise expressly authorized by Congress.(b) Report on Technology Applications.—Not later than April 1, 2009, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that contains—(1) a description of the technology applications developed pursuant to conventional prompt global strike activities during fiscal year 2009; and(2) for each such technology application, the conventional prompt global strike concept towards which the application could be applied.122 STAT. 4406(c) Review of Conventional Prompt Global Strike Concepts.—The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State, conduct a review of each nonnuclear prompt global strike concept with respect to which the President requests funding in the budget of the President for fiscal year 2010 (as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code).(d) Elements of Review.—The review required by subsection (c) shall include, for each concept described in that subsection, the following:(1) The full cost of demonstrating such concept.(2) An assessment of any policy, legal, or treaty-related issues that could arise during the course of, or as a result of, deployment of each concept and recommendations to address such issues.(3) The extent to which the concept could be misconstrued as a nuclear weapon or delivery system and recommendations to mitigate the risk of such a misconstrual.(4) An assessment of the potential basing and deployment options for the concept.(5) A description of the types of targets against which the concept might be used.(6) An assessment of the adequacy of the intelligence that would be needed to support an attack involving the concept.(e) Report on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Concepts.—Not later than September 1, 2009, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the results of the review required by subsection (c).