Sec. 1211. Support for NATO Special Operations Headquarters
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Subchapter II of chapter 138 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: Funds available for the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may be used for the purposes set forth in subsection
(b)for support of operations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)Special Operations Headquarters. The amount of such funds used for such purposes for fiscal year 2014 and for fiscal year 2015 may not exceed $50,000,000. The Secretary of Defense may provide funds for the NATO Special Operations Headquarters under subsection
(a)for the following purposes: To improve coordination and cooperation between the special operations forces of NATO member nations, Allied nations, and partner nations. To facilitate combined operations by special operations forces of NATO member nations, Allied nations, and partner nations. To support command, control, and communications capabilities peculiar to special operations forces. To promote special operations forces intelligence and informational requirements within the NATO structure. To promote interoperability through the development of common equipment standards, tactics, techniques, exercises, and procedures, and through execution of multinational education and training programs. Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report regarding support for the NATO Special Operations Headquarters. Each report shall include the following: The total amount of funding provided by the United States and other NATO nations to the NATO Special Operations Headquarters for operating costs of the NATO Special Operations Headquarters. A description of the activities carried out with such funding, including— the amount of funding allocated for each such activity; the extent to which other NATO nations participate in each such activity; the extent to which each such activity is designed to meet the purposes set forth in paragraphs
(1)through
(5)of subsection (b); and an assessment of the extent to which each such activity will promote the mission of the NATO Special Operations Headquarters. Other contributions, financial or in kind, provided by the United States and other NATO nations in support of the NATO Special Operations Headquarters. Any other matters that the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate. The Secretary of Defense shall publish guidance detailing the roles and responsibilities of components of the Department of Defense in support of the NATO Special Operations Headquarters. Such guidance shall include specification of the responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, consistent with the duties of the Assistant Secretary under section 138(b)(4) of this title (including oversight of policy and resources), for oversight of support provided by the United States Special Operations Command to the NATO Special Operations Headquarters. . The table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 2350n. NATO Special Operations Headquarters. . Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees that the Secretary has published the guidance required by subsection
(d)of section 2350n of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). Section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( Public Law 111–84 ; 123 Stat. 2541), as most recently amended by section 1272 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–239 ; 126 Stat. 2023), is repealed.
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- Pub. L. 111-84
- 123 Stat. 2541
- Pub. L. 112-239
- 126 Stat. 2023
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Sec. 1211
Support for NATO Special Operations Headquarters
Pub. L.Pub. L. 111-84
Stat.123 Stat. 2541
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-239
Stat.126 Stat. 2023
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