LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR COOPERATIVE BIOLOGICAL ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM.

SEC. 1303. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR COOPERATIVE BIOLOGICAL ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM. (a) Limitation.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by section 1302(a)(4) or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2012 for cooperative biological engagement, not more than 80 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the appropriate congressional committees the following: (1) A detailed analysis of the effect of the cooperative biological engagement program. (2) Either— (A) written certification that the efforts of the cooperative biological engagement program— (i) result in changed practices or are otherwise effective; and (ii) lead to threat reduction; or (B) a detailed list of policy and program recommendations considered necessary by the Secretary to modify, expand, or curtail the cooperative biological engagement program in order to achieve the objectives described by subparagraph (A). (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means the following: (1) The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (2) The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.