COOPERATIVE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM.

SEC. 233. [10 U.S.C. 221 note] COOPERATIVE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM. (a) Requirement for New Program Element.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish a program element for the Missile Defense Agency, to be referred to as the “Cooperative Ballistic Missile Defense Program”, to support technical and analytical cooperative efforts between the United States and other nations that contribute to United States ballistic missile defense capabilities. Except as provided in subsection (b), all international cooperative ballistic missile defense programs of the Department of Defense shall be budgeted and administered through that program element. (b) Authority for Exceptions.—The Secretary of Defense may exclude from the program element established pursuant to subsection (a) any international cooperative ballistic missile defense program of the Department of Defense that after the date of the enactment of this Act is designated by the Secretary of Defense (pursuant to applicable Department of Defense acquisition regulations and policy) to be managed as a separate acquisition program. (c) Relationship to Other Program Elements.—The program element established pursuant to subsection (a) is in addition to the program elements for activities of the Missile Defense Agency required under section 251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106; 110 Stat. 233; 10 U.S.C. 221 note).