PAYMENT OF PERSONNEL EXPENSES FOR MULTILATERAL COOPERATION PROGRAMS.

SEC. 1231. PAYMENT OF PERSONNEL EXPENSES FOR MULTILATERAL COOPERATION PROGRAMS.(a) Expansion of Authority for Bilateral and Regional Programs to Cover Multilateral Programs.—Section 1051 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subsection (a), by striking “a bilateral” and inserting “a multilateral, bilateral,”; and(2) in subsection (b)—(A) in paragraph (1)—(i) by striking “to and” and inserting “to, from, and”; and(ii) by striking “bilateral” and inserting “multilateral, bilateral,”; and(B) in paragraph (2), by striking “bilateral” and inserting “multilateral, bilateral,”.(b) Availability of Funds for Programs and Activities Across Fiscal Years.—122 STAT. 4637(1) In general.—Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(e) Funds available to carry out this section shall be available, to the extent provided in appropriations Acts, for programs and activities under this section that begin in a fiscal year and end in the following fiscal year.”.(2) Effective date.—The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1, 2008, and shall apply with respect to programs and activities under section 1051 of title 10, United States Code, as so amended, that begin on or after that date.(c) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.—(1) Heading amendment.—The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:“§ 1051. Multilateral, bilateral, or regional cooperation programs: payment of personnel expenses” .(2) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 53 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 1051 and inserting the following new item: “1051. Multilateral, bilateral, or regional cooperation programs: payment of personnel expenses.”.