REPEAL AND MODIFICATION OF LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE FOR PREVENTION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATION AND TERRORISM.

SEC. 1811. REPEAL AND MODIFICATION OF LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE FOR PREVENTION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATION AND TERRORISM. Consistent with the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, Congress repeals or modifies the limitations on assistance for prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism as follows:(1) Soviet nuclear threat reduction act of 1991.—Subsections (b) and (c) of section 211 of the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 (title II of Public Law 102–228; 22 U.S.C. 2551 note) are repealed.(2) Cooperative threat reduction act of 1993.—Section 1203(d) of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 (title XII of Public Law 103–160; 22 U.S.C. 5952(d)) is repealed.(3) Russian chemical weapons destruction facilities.—Section 1305 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65; 22 U.S.C. 5952 note) is repealed.121 STAT. 493(4) Authority to use cooperative threat reduction funds outside the former soviet union—modification of certification requirement; congressional notice requirement.—Section 1308 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 22 U.S.C. 5963) is amended—(A) in subsection (a)—(i) by striking “the President may” and inserting “the Secretary of Defense may”; and(ii) by striking “if the President” and inserting “if the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State,”;(B) in subsection (d)(1)—(i) by striking “The President may not” and inserting “The Secretary of Defense may not”; and(ii) by striking “until the President” and inserting “until the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State,”;(C) in subsection (d)(2)—(i) by striking “Not later than 10 days after” and inserting “Not later than 15 days prior to”;(ii) by striking “the President shall” and inserting “the Secretary of Defense shall”; and(iii) by striking “Congress” and inserting “the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate”; and(D) in subsection (d) by adding at the end the following:“(3) In the case of a situation that threatens human life or safety or where a delay would severely undermine the national security of the United States, notification under paragraph (2) shall be made not later than 10 days after obligating funds under the authority in subsection (a) for a project or activity.”.