Sec. 503. Military intelligence collection and analysis partnerships
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The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency may use not more than $10,000,000 of appropriated funds available to the Defense Intelligence Agency for each fiscal year to pay for the expenses of partnerships with foreign countries, regional organizations with defense, intelligence, or security components, and security alliances of which the United States is a member for military intelligence collection and analysis activities. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director may use funds other than appropriated funds to pay for the expenses of partnerships with foreign countries, regional organizations with defense or security components, and security alliances of which the United States is a member for military intelligence collection and analysis activities, except that— no such funds may be expended, in whole or in part, by or for the benefit of the Defense Intelligence Agency for a purpose for which Congress had previously denied funds; proceeds from the sale of military intelligence collection and analysis items may be used only to purchase replacement items similar to the items that are sold; and the authority provided by this subsection may not be used to acquire items or services for the principal benefit of the United States.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director may exercise the authority under this section to pay for, or otherwise facilitate, the logistic support, supplies, and services associated with partnerships with foreign countries, regional organizations with defense or security components, and security alliances of which the United States is a member. The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency shall coordinate the military intelligence collection and analysis activities funded pursuant to this section with the Secretary of State.
The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency shall coordinate the military intelligence collection and analysis activities funded pursuant to this section with the Director of National Intelligence. Subject to paragraph (2), the authority to carry out this section shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. A military intelligence collection and analysis activity for which funds have been obligated under this section before the date on which the authority to carry out this section terminates under paragraph
(1)may continue until the completion of the activity. In this section, the term military intelligence collection and analysis activity means— the conduct of a combined human intelligence and counterintelligence activity; the collection, processing, exploitation, analysis, and dissemination of all-source intelligence; the conduct of a foreign defense intelligence liaison relationship or defense intelligence exchange program; or the research, development, acquisition, and sustainment of an information technology system or telecommunication capability in support of an activity described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).