KEY VERIFICATION ASSETS FUND.

SEC. 1111. KEY VERIFICATION ASSETS FUND. (a) In General.—The Secretary of State is authorized to transfer funds available to the Department of State under this section to the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, or any agency, entity, or component of the intelligence community, as needed, for retaining, researching, developing, or acquiring technologies or programs relating to the verification of arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements or commitments. (b) Prohibition on Reprogramming.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available to carry out this section may not be used for any purpose other than the purposes specified in subsection (a). (c) Funding.—Of the total amount of funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State by this Act for the fiscal years 2000 and 2001, $5,000,000 is authorized to be available for each such fiscal year to carry out subsection (a). (d) Designation of Fund.—Amounts made available under subsection (c) may be referred to as the “Key Verification Assets Fund”.