Sec. 3111. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE ON NUCLEAR SECURITY OUTSIDE OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

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## SEC. 3111 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE ON NUCLEAR SECURITY OUTSIDE OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION ###

(a)Limitation Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by section 3101 or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2012 for the National Nuclear Security Administration, not more than 25 percent may be obligated or expended to establish a center of excellence on nuclear security in a country that is not a state of the former Soviet Union until the date on which the Secretary of Energy submits to the appropriate congressional committees the report under subsection (b). ###

(b)Report Required Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes the following: ####

(1)An identification of the country in which a center of excellence established under subsection

(a)will be located. ####

(2)A description of the purpose for which the center will be established and the existing capacity of the country in which the center will be located to develop and implement best practices for training for nuclear security. ####

(3)The extent to which the training and relationship-building activities planned for the center could contribute to improving the historic pattern of the country in which the center will be located with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missiles. ####

(4)The agreement under which the center will operate. ####

(5)A funding plan for the center, including— #####

(A)the amount of funds to be provided by the government of the country in which the center will be located; and #####

(B)the percentage of the total cost of establishing and operating the center the funds described in subparagraph

(A)will cover. ###

(c)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####

(1)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and ####

(2)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.