Sec. 1645. Limitation on availability of funds relating to updates on meetings held by Nuclear Weapons Council
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Section 179(g) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: Not later than February 1 and August 1 of each year, the Council shall provide to the congressional defense committees a semiannual update including, with respect to the six-month period preceding the update— the dates on which the Council met; and except as provided by paragraph (2), a summary of any decisions made by the Council pursuant to subsection
(d)at each such meeting and the rationale for and options that informed such decisions. The Council shall not be required to include in a semiannual update under paragraph
(1)the matters described in subparagraph
(B)of that paragraph with respect to decisions of the Council relating to the budget of the President for a fiscal year if the budget for that fiscal year has not been submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31 as of the date of the semiannual update. The Council may provide a semiannual update under paragraph
(1)either in the form of a briefing or a written report. If by February 1 of any year the Council has not provided the semiannual update under paragraph
(1)required by that date, not more than 50 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated for that year for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment may be obligated or expended until the date on which such semiannual update has been provided. If by August 1 of any year the Council has not provided the semiannual update under paragraph
(1)required by that date, not more than 90 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated for that year for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment may be obligated or expended until the date on which such semiannual update has been provided. .