To provide for counterproliferation measures.

Summary: 9-11 Commission Combating Proliferation Implementation Act - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Office for Combating the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). Requires the Director of the Office to: (1) develop and advise the President on WMD anti-proliferation policies; and (2) implement a Strategy for Combating the Proliferation of WMDs.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should request the President of the Russian Federation to appoint a corresponding official to the Director; (2) the President should expand and strengthen the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI); and (3) the United States should engage the United Nations to develop a U.N. Security Council resolution authorizing the PSI under international law.

Authorizes funding for: (1) acceleration of removal or security of fissile materials, radiological materials, and related equipment at vulnerable sites worldwide; (2) joint training exercises regarding interdiction of weapons of mass destruction under the PSI; and (3) Cooperative Threat Reduction programs (CTR).

Gives the President permanent waiver authority over provisions prohibiting the use of certain CTR funds for chemical weapons destruction facilities in Russia.

Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 to repeal specified CTR fund limits for activities outside the former Soviet Union.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``The 9-11 Commission Combating 
Proliferation Implementation Act''.

  TITLE I--OFFICE FOR COMBATING THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS 
                              DESTRUCTION

SEC. 101. OFFICE FOR COMBATING THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS 
              DESTRUCTION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established within the Executive 
Office of the President an office to be known as the ``Office for 
Combating the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction'' (in this 
title referred to as the ``Office'').
    (b) Officers.--(1) The head of the Office shall be the Director of 
the Office.
    (2) There shall be a Deputy Director of the Office, who shall--
            (A) assist the Director in carrying out the 
        responsibilities of the Director under this title; and
            (B) serve as Acting Director in the absence of the Director 
        and during any vacancy in the office of Director.
    (3) The Director and Deputy Director--
            (A) shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 
        advice and consent of the Senate; and
            (B) shall serve at the pleasure of the President.
    (4) No person shall serve as Director or Deputy Director while 
serving in any other position in the Federal Government.
    (c) Responsibilities.--Subject to the direction and control of the 
President, the responsibilities of the Director shall include the 
following:
            (1) To develop policies, goals, objectives, and priorities 
        for the United States for preventing the proliferation of 
        weapons of mass destruction.
            (2) To serve as the principal advisor to the President with 
        respect to those policies, goals, objectives, and priorities.
            (3) To develop a comprehensive strategy for the United 
        States for the prevention of the proliferation of weapons of 
        mass destruction, to be known as the ``Strategy for Combating 
        the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction'' (in this 
        title referred to as the ``Strategy'').
            (4) To coordinate, oversee, and evaluate the implementation 
        and execution of the Strategy by the agencies of the Federal 
        Government with responsibilities for preventing the 
        proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
            (5) To direct the development of comprehensive annual 
        budgets submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
        States Code, for the programs and activities under the 
        Strategy.
            (6) To certify to the President, prior to the submission to 
        Congress of each annual budget under that section, whether the 
        budget for each element of preventing the proliferation of 
        weapons of mass destruction is consistent with and adequate for 
        carrying out the Strategy.
            (7) To carry out any other responsibilities relating to 
        development, coordination, funding, and implementation of 
        United States policy on the prevention of the proliferation of 
        weapons of mass destruction that the President considers 
        appropriate.
    (d) Authorities of the Director.--In carrying out subsection (c), 
the Director shall have authority to--
            (1) develop and present to the President annual unified 
        budgets for the prevention of the proliferation of weapons of 
        mass destruction, including the authorities to--
                    (A) provide guidance on the development of annual 
                budgets for each element of the prevention of the 
                proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;
                    (B) direct, coordinate, and modify the annual 
                budgets of the elements of the prevention of the 
                proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, in 
                consultation with the heads of those elements; and
                    (C) approve the budget of each element of the 
                prevention of the proliferation of weapons of mass 
                destruction before that budget may be provided to the 
                President for transmission to the Congress;
            (2) transfer between accounts and agencies funds 
        appropriated and associated resources available for the 
        prevention of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 
        and detail personnel when the Director makes a determination 
        that doing so is necessary in order to--
                    (A) respond to an emergent risk of proliferation;
                    (B) eliminate duplication of effort; or
                    (C) significantly increase programmatic efficiency;
            (3) select, appoint, employ, and fix compensation of such 
        officers and employees of the Office as may be necessary to 
        carry out the functions of the Office;
            (4) subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (e), 
        request the head of a department or agency, or program of the 
        Federal Government to place department, agency, or program 
        personnel who are engaged in activities involving the 
        prevention of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 
        on temporary detail to another department, agency, or program 
        in order to implement the Strategy, and the head of the 
        department or agency shall comply with such a request;
            (5) use for administrative purposes, on a reimbursable 
        basis, the available services, equipment, personnel, and 
        facilities of Federal agencies;
            (6) procure the services of experts and consultants in 
        accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
        relating to appointments in the Federal Service, at rates of 
        compensation for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent 
        of the rate of pay payable under level IV of the Executive 
        Schedule under section 5311 of that title;
            (7) use the mails in the same manner as any other 
        department or agency of the executive branch; and
            (8) monitor implementation of the Strategy, including--
                    (A) conducting program and performance audits and 
                evaluations; and
                    (B) requesting assistance from the Inspector 
                General of the relevant agency in such audits and 
                evaluations.
    (e) Personnel Detailed to Office.--(1) Notwithstanding any 
provision of chapter 43 of title 5, United States Code, the Director 
shall perform the evaluation of the performance of any employee 
detailed to the Office for purposes of the applicable performance 
appraisal system established under that chapter for any rating period, 
or part thereof, that the employee is detailed to the Office.
    (2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director may 
provide periodic bonus payments to any employee detailed to the Office.
    (B) An amount paid under this paragraph to an employee for any 
period--
            (i) shall not be greater than 20 percent of the basic pay 
        paid or payable to such employee for such period; and
            (ii) shall be in addition to the basic pay of such 
        employee.
    (C) The aggregate amount paid during any fiscal year to an employee 
detailed to the Office as basic pay, awards, bonuses, and other 
compensation shall not exceed the annual rate payable at the end of 
such fiscal year for positions at level III of the Executive Schedule.
    (3) The maximum number of personnel who may be detailed to another 
department or agency (including the Office) under subsection (d)(4) 
during any fiscal year is--
            (A) for the Department of Defense, 5;
            (B) for the Department of Energy, 5;
            (C) for the Department of State, 5; and
            (D) for any other department or agency, 2.
    (4) A detail under subsection (d)(4) shall expire on the last day 
of the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which it is ordered by the 
Director unless extended by law or by an official having authority to 
extend it further.
    (f) Report on Strategic Plan.--(1) Not later than June 1, 2008, the 
Director shall submit to Congress the Strategy developed under 
subsection (c)(3), together with any recommendations of the Director 
for legislative changes that the Director considers appropriate with 
respect to either the Strategy and its implementation or the Office.
    (2) Not later than December 31 of each year after 2007, the 
Director shall submit to the Congress an updated Strategy and any such 
recommendations.
    (g) Global Coalition.--(1) The Director shall develop the Strategy 
and, in consultation with the Secretary of State, carry out the 
programs for which the Director is responsible in coordination with 
appropriate officials of the foreign governments concerned.
    (2) In consultation with the Secretary of State, the Director shall 
seek to develop and provide leadership for a coalition of United States 
and foreign governments committed to achieving the prevention of the 
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction through programs similar 
to those specified in section 103.
    (h) Oversight by Congress.--The location of the Office in the 
Executive Office of the President shall not be construed as affecting 
access by Congress, or any committee of Congress, to--
            (1) any information, document, record, or paper in the 
        possession of the Office or any study conducted by or at the 
        direction of the Director; or
            (2) any personnel of the Office, including the Director.
    (i) Pay of Director and of Deputy Director.--Chapter 53 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 5312, by inserting after the item relating 
        to the Director of National Intelligence the following new 
        item:
            ``Director of the Office for Combating the Proliferation of 
        Weapons of Mass Destruction.''; and
            (2) in section 5313, by inserting after the item relating 
        to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
        the following new item:
            ``Deputy Director of the Office for Combating the 
        Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.''.
    (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There all authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 102. REQUEST FOR CORRESPONDING RUSSIAN DIRECTOR.

    It is the sense of the Congress that, as soon as practical, the 
President should personally request the President of the Russian 
Federation to designate an official of the Russian Federation having 
authorities and responsibilities for the prevention of the 
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction commensurate with those of 
the Director and with whom the Director should coordinate with respect 
to the planning and implementation in the Russian Federation of 
activities having the purpose of securing weapons of mass destruction.

SEC. 103. SCOPE.

    In this title:
            (1) The term ``prevention of the proliferation of weapons 
        of mass destruction'' includes activities under--
                    (A) the programs specified in section 1501(b) of 
                the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
                1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2731; 50 U.S.C. 
                2362 note);
                    (B) the programs carried out by the National 
                Nuclear Security Administration using amounts made 
                available pursuant to an authorization of 
                appropriations for defense nuclear nonproliferation 
                activities;
                    (C) programs authorized by section 504 of the 
                Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies 
                and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (the FREEDOM 
                Support Act) (22 U.S.C. 5854) and programs authorized 
                by section 1412 of the Former Soviet Union 
                Demilitarization Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5902); and
                    (D) a program of any agency of the Federal 
                Government having a purpose similar to that of any of 
                the programs identified in subparagraphs (A) through 
                (C), as designated by the Director and the head of the 
                agency.
            (2) The term ``weapons of mass destruction'' means 
        chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, and chemical, 
        biological, and nuclear materials that can be used in the 
        manufacture of such weapons.

                       TITLE II--GLOBAL CLEANOUT

SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    In addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, there 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy to carry 
out the program under section 3132 of the Ronald W. Reagan National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (50 U.S.C. 2569) 
$100,000,000 for each fiscal year.

       TITLE III--EXPANSION OF PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE

SEC. 301. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the President should strive to expand and strengthen 
        the Proliferation Security Initiative announced by the 
        President on May 31, 2003, placing particular emphasis on 
        including countries outside of NATO; and
            (2) the United States should engage the United Nations to 
        develop a Security Council Resolution to authorize the 
        Proliferation Security Initiative under international law, 
        including by providing legal authority to stop shipments of 
        weapons of mass destruction, their delivery systems, and 
        related materials.

SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008, 
$50,000,000 to conduct joint training exercises regarding interdiction 
of weapons of mass destruction under the Proliferation Security 
Initiative. Particular emphasis should be given to allocating money 
from this total--
            (1) to invite other countries that do not participate in 
        the Proliferation Security Initiative to observe the joint 
        training exercises; and
            (2) to conduct training exercises with countries that 
        openly join the Proliferation Security Initiative after the 
        date of enactment of this Act.

            TITLE IV--COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAMS

SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated for Cooperative Threat 
Reduction programs not less than--
            (1) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
            (2) $550,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
            (3) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
            (4) $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and
            (5) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.

SEC. 402. PERMANENT WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION 
              FACILITY IN RUSSIA.

    Section 1305 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2000 (22 U.S.C. 5952 note) shall not apply to the obligation and 
expenditure of funds during a fiscal year for the planning, design, or 
construction of a chemical weapons destruction facility in the Russian 
Federation if the President submits to Congress a written certification 
with respect to that fiscal year that includes--
            (1) a statement as to why the waiver of the conditions 
        during the fiscal year covered by such certification is 
        consistent with the national security interests of the United 
        States; and
            (2) a plan to promote a full and accurate disclosure by the 
        Russian Federation regarding the size, content, status, and 
        location of its chemical weapons stockpile.

SEC. 403. REMOVAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION ON ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE 
              FORMER SOVIET UNION.

    Section 1308(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-135; 117 Stat. 1662; 22 U.S.C. 
5963(c)) is repealed.

SEC. 404. LIABILITY REPORT.

    Not later than April 1, 2008, and every 6 months thereafter, the 
President shall submit to Congress a report identifying liability 
concerns regarding, and impediments to, the renegotiation of the 
Cooperative Threat Reduction umbrella agreement and ongoing 
negotiations for the implementation of the Plutonium Disposition, 
Nuclear Cities, and other cooperative nonproliferation programs. The 
report shall also outline a plan to address and resolve such concerns 
and impediments.

SEC. 405. DEFINITION.

    In this title, the term ``Cooperative Threat Reduction programs'' 
means the programs specified in section 1501(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 
2731; 50 U.S.C. 2362 note).