Sec. 1325. Use of contributions to the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
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Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense may enter into one or more agreements with any person (including a foreign government, international organization, multinational entity, or any other entity) that the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate under which the person contributes funds for activities conducted under the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. The Secretary of Defense may enter into an agreement under this subsection only with the concurrence of the Secretary of State. Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, and subject to subsections
(c)and (d), the Secretary of Defense may retain and obligate or expend amounts contributed pursuant to subsection
(a)for purposes of the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Amounts so contributed shall be retained in a separate fund established in the Treasury for such purposes and shall be available to be obligated or expended without further appropriation. If the Secretary of Defense does not obligate or expend an amount contributed pursuant to subsection
(a)by the date that is three years after the date on which the contribution was made, the Secretary shall return the amount to the person who made the contribution. Not later than 30 days after receiving an amount contributed pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a notice— specifying the value of the contribution and the purpose for which the contribution was made; and identifying the person who made the contribution. The Secretary of Defense may not obligate an amount contributed pursuant to subsection
(a)until the date that is 15 days after the date on which the Secretary submits the notice required by paragraph (1). Not later than the first Monday in February of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on amounts contributed pursuant to subsection
(a)during the preceding fiscal year. Each such report shall include, for the fiscal year covered by the report, the following: A statement of any amounts contributed pursuant to subsection (a), including, for each such amount, the value of the contribution and the identity of the person who made the contribution. A statement of any amounts so contributed that were obligated or expended by the Secretary of Defense, including, for each such amount, the purposes for which the amount was obligated or expended. A statement of any amounts so contributed that were retained but not obligated or expended, including, for each such amount, the purposes (if known) for which the Secretary of Defense intends to obligate or expend the amount. The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees an implementation plan for the authority provided under this section prior to obligating or expending any amounts contributed pursuant to subsection (a). The Secretary of Defense shall submit updates to such plan as needed.