Sec. 1231. JOINT DATA EXCHANGE CENTER WITH RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS AND NOTIFICATION OF BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCHES

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## SEC. 1231 JOINT DATA EXCHANGE CENTER WITH RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS AND NOTIFICATION OF BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCHES ###

(a)Authority The Secretary of Defense is authorized to establish, in conjunction with the Government of the Russian Federation, a United States-Russian Federation joint center for the exchange of data from systems to provide early warning of launches of ballistic missiles and for notification of launches of such missiles. ###

(b)Specific Actions The actions that the Secretary undertakes for the establishment of the center may include— ####

(1)subject to subsection (d), participating in the renovation of a mutually agreed upon facility to be made available by the Russian Federation; and ####

(2)the furnishing of such equipment and supplies as may be necessary to begin the operation of the center. ###

(c)Report Required ####

(1)Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on plans for the joint data exchange center. ####

(2)The report shall include the following: #####

(A)A detailed explanation as to why the particular facility intended to house the center was chosen. #####

(B)An estimate of the total cost of renovating that facility for use by the center. #####

(C)A description of the manner by which the United States proposes to meet its share of the costs of such renovation. ###

(d)Limitation ####

(1)The Secretary of Defense may participate under subsection

(b)in the renovation of the facility identified in the report under subsection

(c)only if the United States and the Russian Federation enter into a cost-sharing arrangement that provides for an equal sharing between the two nations of the cost of establishing the center, including the costs of renovating and operating the facility. ####

(2)Not more than $4,000,000 of funds appropriated for fiscal year 2001 may be obligated or expended after the date of the enactment of this Act by the Secretary of Defense for the renovation of such facility until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a copy of a written agreement between the United States and the Russian Federation that provides details of the cost-sharing arrangement specified in paragraph (1), in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the two nations signed in Moscow in June 2000. * * * * * * *