Sec. 1343. Reports on activities and assistance under the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
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In any year in which the budget of the President under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for the fiscal year beginning in such year requests funds for the Department of Defense for assistance or activities under the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, the Secretary of Defense shall, after consultation with the Secretary of State, submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on activities and assistance during the preceding fiscal year under the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program setting forth the matters in subsection (c).
The report under subsection
(a)shall be submitted not later than the first Monday in February of a year. The report under subsection
(a)in a year shall set forth the following: An estimate of the total amount that will be required to be expended by the United States in order to achieve the objectives of the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. A five-year plan setting forth the amount of funds and other resources proposed to be provided by the United States for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program over the term of the plan, including the purpose for which such funds and resources will be used, and to provide guidance for the preparation of annual budget submissions with respect to the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. A description of the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction activities carried out during the fiscal year ending in the year preceding the year of the report, including— the amounts notified, obligated, and expended for such activities and the purposes for which such amounts were notified, obligated, and expended for such fiscal year and cumulatively for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program; a description of the participation, if any, of each department and agency of the United States Government in such activities; a description of such activities, including the forms of assistance provided; a description of the United States private sector participation in the portion of such activities that were supported by the obligation and expenditure of funds for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program; and such other information as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate to inform Congress fully of the operation of Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and activities, including, with respect to proposed demilitarization or conversion projects, information on the progress toward demilitarization of facilities and the conversion of the demilitarized facilities to civilian activities. A description of the means (including program management, audits, examinations, and other means) used by the United States during the fiscal year ending in the year preceding the year of the report to ensure that assistance provided under the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program is fully accounted for, that such assistance is being used for its intended purpose, and that such assistance is being used efficiently and effectively, including— if such assistance consisted of equipment, a description of the current location of such equipment and the current condition of such equipment; if such assistance consisted of contracts or other services, a description of the status of such contracts or services and the methods used to ensure that such contracts and services are being used for their intended purpose; a determination whether the assistance described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)has been used for its intended purpose and an assessment of whether the assistance being provided is being used effectively and efficiently; and a description of the efforts planned to be carried out during the fiscal year beginning in the year of the report to ensure that Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction assistance provided during such fiscal year is fully accounted for and is used for its intended purpose. A description of the defense and military activities carried out under section 1321(a)(6) during the fiscal year ending in the year preceding the year of the report, including— the amounts obligated or expended for such activities; the strategy, goals, and objectives for which such amounts were obligated and expended; a description of the activities carried out, including the forms of assistance provided, and the justification for each form of assistance provided; the success of each activity, including the goals and objectives achieved for each; a description of participation by private sector entities in the United States in carrying out such activities, and the participation of any other Federal department or agency in such activities; and any other information that the Secretary considers relevant to provide a complete description of the operation and success of activities carried out under the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.