Sec. 1323. Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program authority for urgent threat reduction activities
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Subject to the requirements under subsection
(b)or (c), as applicable, not more than 15 percent of the total amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program may be expended, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for activities described under subsections (b)(1)(B) and (c)(1)(B). Subject to paragraph (2), amounts may be expended by the Secretary of Defense as described in subsection
(a)if the Secretary makes a written determination that— a threat arising from the proliferation of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons or weapons-related materials, technologies, or expertise must be addressed urgently; certain provisions of law would unnecessarily impede the Secretary's ability to carry out activities of the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program to address that threat; and it is necessary to expend amounts as described in subsection
(a)to carry out such activities. A determination by the Secretary of Defense under paragraph
(1)may only be made with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy. Not later than 15 days after obligating or expending funds under the authority provided in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall, after consultation with the Secretary of State, notify the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the determination made under paragraph (1). The notice shall include the following: The determination. The activities to be undertaken by the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. The expected time frame for such activities. The expected costs of such activities. Amounts may be made available under subsection
(a)if the President makes a written determination that— a threat arising from the proliferation of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons or weapons-related materials, technologies, or expertise must be addressed urgently in an ungoverned area or an area that is not controlled by an effective governmental authority, as determined by the Secretary of State; and it is necessary to make available amounts as described in subsection
(a)to carry out activities of the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program to address that threat. Not less than 15 days before obligating or expending funds under the authority provided in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall, after consultation with the Secretary of State, notify the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the determination made under paragraph (1). The notice shall include the following: The determination. The activities to be undertaken through the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. The expected time frame for such activities. The expected costs of such activities.