Sec. 1244. LIMITATION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES COORDINATION CENTERS
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## SEC. 1244 LIMITATION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES COORDINATION CENTERS ###
(a)Limitation None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to establish Regional Special Operations Forces Coordination Centers (RSCCs). ###
(b)Report Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the congressional committees specified in subsection
(c)a report on the following: ####
(1)A detailed description of the intent and purpose of the RSCCs concept. ####
(2)Defined and validated requirements justifying the establishment of RSCCs or similar entities within each geographic combatant command, to include how such RSCCs or similar entities have been coordinated and de-conflicted with existing regional and multilateral frameworks or approaches. ####
(3)The relevance to and coordination with other multilateral engagement activities and academic institutions supported by the geographic combatant commanders and the Department of State. ####
(4)Cost estimates across the Future Years Defense Program for RSCCs or similar entities, to include estimates of contributions of participating nations. ####
(5)Any legislative authorities that may be needed to establish RSCCs or similar entities. ####
(6)Any other matters that the Secretary of Defense or Secretary of State determines appropriate. ###
(c)Specified Congressional Committees The congressional committees referred to in subsection
(b)are— ####
(1)the congressional defense committees; and ####
(2)the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.