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(C) provide other necessary resources to achieve more 
efficient and effective performance of United States PSI- 
related activities. 
(2) Increasing PSI cooperation with all countries. 
(3) Implementing the recommendations of the Government 
Accountability Office (GAO) in the September 2006 report titled 
‘‘Better Controls Needed to Plan and Manage Proliferation 
Security Initiative Activities’’ (GAO–06–937C) regarding the 
following: 
(A) The Department of Defense and the Department 
of State should establish clear PSI roles and responsibil-
ities, policies and procedures, interagency communication 
mechanisms, documentation requirements, and indicators 
to measure program results. 
(B) The Department of Defense and the Department 
of State should develop a strategy to work with PSI-partici-
pating countries to resolve issues that are impediments 
to conducting successful PSI interdictions. 
(4) Establishing a multilateral mechanism to increase 
coordination, cooperation, and compliance among PSI-partici-
pating countries. 
(b) BUDGET SUBMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each fiscal year in which activities are 
planned to be carried out under the PSI, the President shall 
include in the budget request for each participating United 
States Government agency or department for that fiscal year, 
a description of the funding and the activities for which the 
funding is requested for each such agency or department. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than the first Monday in February 
of each year in which the President submits a budget request 
described in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a comprehensive 
joint report setting forth the following: 
(A) A 3-year plan, beginning with the fiscal year for 
the budget request, that specifies the amount of funding 
and other resources to be provided by the United States 
for PSI-related activities over the term of the plan, 
including the purposes for which such funding and 
resources will be used. 
(B) For the report submitted in 2008, a description 
of the PSI-related activities carried out during the 3 fiscal 
years preceding the year of the report, and for the report 
submitted in 2009 and each year thereafter, a description 
of the PSI-related activities carried out during the fiscal 
year preceding the year of the report. The description shall 
include, for each fiscal year covered by the report— 
(i) the amounts obligated and expended for such 
activities and the purposes for which such amounts 
were obligated and expended; 
(ii) a description of the participation of each depart-
ment or agency of the United States Government in 
such activities; 
(iii) a description of the participation of each for-
eign country or entity in such activities; 
(iv) a description of any assistance provided to 
a foreign country or entity participating in such activi-
ties in order to secure such participation, in response
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to such participation, or in order to improve the quality 
of such participation; and 
(v) such other information as the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of State determine should 
be included to keep Congress fully informed of the 
operation and activities of the PSI. 
(3) CLASSIFICATION.—The report required by paragraph (2) 
shall be in an unclassified form but may include a classified 
annex as necessary. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit 
to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate a report on the implementation of this section. The report 
shall include— 
(1) the steps taken to implement the recommendations 
described in paragraph (3) of subsection (a); and 
(2) the progress made toward implementing the matters 
described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of subsection (a). 
(d) GAO REPORTS.—The Government Accountability Office shall 
submit to Congress, for each of fiscal years 2007, 2009, and 2011, 
a report with its assessment of the progress and effectiveness of 
the PSI, which shall include an assessment of the measures referred 
to in subsection (a). 
SEC. 1822. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO COOPERATIVE 
COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to provide assist-
ance under subsection (b) to any country that cooperates with 
the United States and with other countries allied with the United 
States to prevent the transport and transshipment of items of 
proliferation concern in its national territory or airspace or in 
vessels under its control or registry. 
(b) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—The assistance authorized under 
subsection (a) consists of the following: 
(1) Assistance under section 23 of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2763). 
(2) Assistance under chapters 4 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.) 
and 5 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.) of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961. 
(3) Drawdown of defense excess defense articles and serv-
ices under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2321j). 
(c) 
CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Assistance 
authorized 
under this section may not be provided until at least 30 days 
after the date on which the President has provided notice thereof 
to the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate, in accordance with the procedures applicable to 
reprogramming notifications under section 634A(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1(a)), and has certified 
to such committees that such assistance will be used in accordance 
with the requirement of subsection (e) of this section.
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(d) LIMITATION.—Assistance may be provided to a country under 
subsection (a) in no more than 3 fiscal years. 
(e) USE OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance provided under this section 
shall be used to enhance the capability of the recipient country 
to prevent the transport and transshipment of items of proliferation 
concern in its national territory or airspace, or in vessels under 
its control or registry, including through the development of a 
legal framework in that country to enhance such capability by 
criminalizing proliferation, enacting strict export controls, and 
securing sensitive materials within its borders, and to enhance 
the ability of the recipient country to cooperate in PSI operations. 
(f) LIMITATION ON SHIP OR AIRCRAFT TRANSFERS.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
President may not transfer any excess defense article that 
is a vessel or an aircraft to a country that has not agreed, 
in connection with such transfer, that it will support and assist 
efforts by the United States, consistent with international law, 
to interdict items of proliferation concern until 30 days after 
the date on which the President has provided notice of the 
proposed transfer to the committees described in subsection 
(c) in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogram-
ming notifications under section 634A(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1(a)), in addition to any 
other requirement of law. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to any transfer, not involving significant military equip-
ment, in which the primary use of the aircraft or vessel will 
be 
for 
counternarcotics, 
counterterrorism, 
or 
counter- 
proliferation purposes. 
Subtitle C—Assistance to Accelerate Pro-
grams to Prevent Weapons of Mass De-
struction Proliferation and Terrorism 
SEC. 1831. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States, consistent with 
the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations, to eliminate any obstacles 
to timely obligating and executing the full amount of any appro-
priated funds for threat reduction and nonproliferation programs 
in order to accelerate and strengthen progress on preventing 
weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation and terrorism. 
Such policy shall be implemented with concrete measures, such 
as those described in this title, including the removal and modifica-
tion of statutory limits to executing funds, the expansion and 
strengthening of the Proliferation Security Initiative, the establish-
ment of the Office of the United States Coordinator for the Preven-
tion of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism 
under subtitle D, and the establishment of the Commission on 
the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and 
Terrorism under subtitle E. As a result, Congress intends that 
any funds authorized to be appropriated to programs for preventing 
WMD proliferation and terrorism under this subtitle will be 
executed in a timely manner.
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SEC. 1832. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2008.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), there are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense 
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2008 for the following purposes: 
(A) Chemical weapons destruction at Shchuch’ye, 
Russia. 
(B) Biological weapons proliferation prevention. 
(C) Acceleration, expansion, and strengthening of 
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program activities. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The sums appropriated pursuant to para-
graph (1) may not exceed the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by any national defense authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2008 (whether enacted before or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act) to the Department of Defense Coopera-
tive Threat Reduction Program for such purposes. 
(b) FUTURE YEARS.—It is the sense of Congress that in fiscal 
year 2008 and future fiscal years, the President should accelerate 
and expand funding for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs 
administered by the Department of Defense and such efforts should 
include, beginning upon enactment of this Act, encouraging addi-
tional commitments by the Russian Federation and other partner 
nations, as recommended by the 9/11 Commission. 
SEC. 1833. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPART-
MENT OF ENERGY PROGRAMS TO PREVENT WEAPONS OF 
MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATION AND TERRORISM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), there are authorized 
to be appropriated to Department of Energy National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation such sums 
as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 to accelerate, expand, 
and strengthen the following programs to prevent weapons of mass 
destruction (WMD) proliferation and terrorism: 
(1) The Global Threat Reduction Initiative. 
(2) The Nonproliferation and International Security pro-
gram. 
(3) The International Materials Protection, Control and 
Accounting program. 
(4) The Nonproliferation and Verification Research and 
Development program. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The sums appropriated pursuant to subsection 
(a) may not exceed the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
by any national defense authorization Act for fiscal year 2008 
(whether enacted before or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act) to Department of Energy National Nuclear Security 
Administration Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation for such purposes.
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Subtitle D—Office of the United States Co-
ordinator for the Prevention of Weapons 
of Mass Destruction Proliferation and 
Terrorism 
SEC. 1841. OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COORDINATOR FOR THE 
PREVENTION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PRO-
LIFERATION AND TERRORISM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within the Executive 
Office of the President an office to be known as the ‘‘Office of 
the United States Coordinator for the Prevention of Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism’’ (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Office’’). 
(b) OFFICERS.— 
(1) UNITED STATES COORDINATOR.—The head of the Office 
shall be the United States Coordinator for the Prevention of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Coordinator’’). 
(2) DEPUTY UNITED STATES COORDINATOR.—There shall be 
a Deputy United States Coordinator for the Prevention of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Deputy Coordinator’’), who 
shall— 
(A) assist the Coordinator in carrying out the respon-
sibilities of the Coordinator under this subtitle; and 
(B) serve as Acting Coordinator in the absence of the 
Coordinator and during any vacancy in the office of Coordi-
nator. 
(3) APPOINTMENT.—The Coordinator and Deputy Coordi-
nator shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be responsible 
on a full-time basis for the duties and responsibilities described 
in this section. 
(4) LIMITATION.—No person shall serve as Coordinator or 
Deputy Coordinator while serving in any other position in 
the Federal Government. 
(5) ACCESS BY CONGRESS.—The establishment of the Office 
of the Coordinator within the Executive Office of the President 
shall not be construed as affecting access by the Congress 
or committees of either House to— 
(A) information, documents, and studies in the posses-
sion of, or conducted by or at the direction of, the Coordi-
nator; or 
(B) personnel of the Office of the Coordinator. 
(c) DUTIES.—The responsibilities of the Coordinator shall 
include the following: 
(1) Serving as the principal advisor to the President on 
all matters relating to the prevention of weapons of mass 
destruction (WMD) proliferation and terrorism. 
(2) Formulating a comprehensive and well-coordinated 
United States strategy and policies for preventing WMD pro-
liferation and terrorism, including— 
(A) measurable milestones and targets to which depart-
ments and agencies can be held accountable;
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(B) identification of gaps, duplication, and other ineffi-
ciencies in existing activities, initiatives, and programs and 
the steps necessary to overcome these obstacles; 
(C) plans for preserving the nuclear security invest-
ment the United States has made in Russia, the former 
Soviet Union, and other countries; 
(D) prioritized plans to accelerate, strengthen, and 
expand the scope of existing initiatives and programs, 
which include identification of vulnerable sites and mate-
rial and the corresponding actions necessary to eliminate 
such vulnerabilities; 
(E) new and innovative initiatives and programs to 
address emerging challenges and strengthen United States 
capabilities, including programs to attract and retain top 
scientists and engineers and strengthen the capabilities 
of United States national laboratories; 
(F) plans to coordinate United States activities, initia-
tives, and programs relating to the prevention of WMD 
proliferation and terrorism, including those of the Depart-
ment of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Depart-
ment of State, and the Department of Homeland Security, 
and including the Proliferation Security Initiative, the G– 
8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and 
Materials of Mass Destruction, United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1540, and the Global Initiative to Com-
bat Nuclear Terrorism; 
(G) plans to strengthen United States commitments 
to international regimes and significantly improve coopera-
tion with other countries relating to the prevention of WMD 
proliferation and terrorism, with particular emphasis on 
work with the international community to develop laws 
and an international legal regime with universal jurisdic-
tion to enable any state in the world to interdict and 
prosecute smugglers of WMD material, as recommended 
by the 9/11 Commission; and 
(H) identification of actions necessary to implement 
the recommendations of the Commission on the Prevention 
of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Ter-
rorism established under subtitle E of this title. 
(3) Leading inter-agency coordination of United States 
efforts to implement the strategy and policies described in 
this section. 
(4) Conducting oversight and evaluation of accelerated and 
strengthened implementation of initiatives and programs to 
prevent WMD proliferation and terrorism by relevant govern-
ment departments and agencies. 
(5) Overseeing the development of a comprehensive and 
coordinated budget for programs and initiatives to prevent 
WMD proliferation and terrorism, ensuring that such budget 
adequately reflects the priority of the challenges and is effec-
tively executed, and carrying out other appropriate budgetary 
authorities. 
(d) STAFF.—The Coordinator may— 
(1) appoint, employ, fix compensation, and terminate such 
personnel as may be necessary to enable the Coordinator to 
perform his or her duties under this title;
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(2) direct, with the concurrence of the Secretary of a depart-
ment or head of an agency, the temporary reassignment within 
the Federal Government of personnel employed by such depart-
ment or agency, in order to implement United States policy 
with regard to the prevention of WMD proliferation and ter-
rorism; 
(3) use for administrative purposes, on a reimbursable 
basis, the available services, equipment, personnel, and facili-
ties of Federal, State, and local agencies; 
(4) 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 for a position at level IV of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code; and 
(5) use the mails in the same manner as any other depart-
ment or agency of the executive branch. 
(e) CONSULTATION WITH COMMISSION.—The Office and the 
Coordinator shall regularly consult with and strive to implement 
the recommendations of the Commission on the Prevention of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, estab-
lished under subtitle E of this title. 
(f) ANNUAL REPORT ON STRATEGIC PLAN.—For fiscal year 2009 
and each fiscal year thereafter, the Coordinator shall submit to 
Congress, at the same time as the submission of the budget for 
that fiscal year under title 31, United States Code, a report on 
the strategy and policies developed pursuant to subsection (c)(2), 
together with any recommendations of the Coordinator for legisla-
tive changes that the Coordinator considers appropriate with respect 
to such strategy and policies and their implementation or the Office 
of the Coordinator. 
(g) PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOME-
LAND SECURITY COUNCIL.—Section 101 of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the last subsection (added as ‘‘(i)’’ 
by section 301 of Public Law 105–292) as subsection (k); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) PARTICIPATION OF COORDINATOR FOR THE PREVENTION OF 
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATION AND TERRORISM.— 
The United States Coordinator for the Prevention of Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (or, in the Coordina-
tor’s absence, the Deputy United States Coordinator) may, in the 
performance of the Coordinator’s duty as principal advisor to the 
President on all matters relating to the prevention of weapons 
of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism, and, subject to 
the direction of the President, attend and participate in meetings 
of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security 
Council.’’. 
SEC. 1842. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED STATES-RUSSIA COOPERA-
TION AND COORDINATION ON THE PREVENTION OF 
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATION AND 
TERRORISM. 
It is the sense of the Congress that, as soon as practical, 
the President should engage the President of the Russian Federa-
tion in a discussion of the purposes and goals for the establishment
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of the Office of the United States Coordinator for the Prevention 
of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Office’’), the authorities and respon-
sibilities of the United States Coordinator for the Prevention of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘United States Coordinator’’), and the 
importance of strong cooperation between the United States Coordi-
nator and a senior official of the Russian Federation having authori-
ties and responsibilities for preventing weapons of mass destruction 
proliferation and terrorism commensurate with those of the United 
States Coordinator, and with whom the United States Coordinator 
should coordinate planning and implementation of activities within 
and outside of the Russian Federation having the purpose of pre-
venting weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism. 
Subtitle E—Commission on the Prevention 
of Weapons of Mass Destruction Pro-
liferation and Terrorism 
SEC. 1851. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION ON THE PREVENTION 
OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATION 
AND TERRORISM. 
There is established the Commission on the Prevention of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (in this 
subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
SEC. 1852. PURPOSES OF COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The purposes of the Commission are to— 
(1) assess current activities, initiatives, and programs to 
prevent weapons of mass destruction proliferation and ter-
rorism; and 
(2) provide a clear and comprehensive strategy and concrete 
recommendations for such activities, initiatives, and programs. 
(b) IN PARTICULAR.—The Commission shall give particular 
attention to activities, initiatives, and programs to secure all nuclear 
weapons-usable material around the world and to significantly 
accelerate, expand, and strengthen, on an urgent basis, United 
States and international efforts to prevent, stop, and counter the 
spread of nuclear weapons capabilities and related equipment, mate-
rial, and technology to terrorists and states of concern. 
SEC. 1853. COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION. 
(a) MEMBERS.—The Commission shall be composed of 9 mem-
bers, of whom— 
(1) 1 member shall be appointed by the leader of the 
Senate of the Democratic Party (majority or minority leader, 
as the case may be), with the concurrence of the leader of 
the House of Representatives of the Democratic party (majority 
or minority leader as the case may be), who shall serve as 
chairman of the Commission; 
(2) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior member 
of the Senate leadership of the Democratic party; 
(3) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior member 
of the Senate leadership of the Republican party;
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(4) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior member 
of the leadership of the House of Representatives of the Demo-
cratic party; and 
(5) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior member 
of the leadership of the House of Representatives of the Repub-
lican party. 
(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—It is the sense of Congress that individ-
uals appointed to the Commission should be prominent United 
States citizens, with significant depth of experience in the non-
proliferation or arms control fields. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—All members of the Commis-
sion shall be appointed within 90 days of the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(d) INITIAL MEETING.—The Commission shall meet and begin 
the operations of the Commission as soon as practicable. 
(e) QUORUM; VACANCIES.—After its initial meeting, the Commis-
sion shall meet upon the call of the chairman or a majority of 
its members. Six members of the Commission shall constitute a 
quorum. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, 
but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appoint-
ment was made. 
SEC. 1854. RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall address— 
(1) the roles, missions, and structure of all relevant govern-
ment departments, agencies, and other actors, including the 
Office of the United States Coordinator for the Prevention 
of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism 
established under subtitle D of this title; 
(2) inter-agency coordination; 
(3) United States commitments to international regimes 
and cooperation with other countries; and 
(4) the threat of weapons of mass destruction proliferation 
and terrorism to the United States and its interests and allies, 
including the threat posed by black-market networks, and the 
effectiveness of the responses by the United States and the 
international community to such threats. 
(b) FOLLOW-ON BAKER-CUTLER REPORT.—The Commission shall 
also reassess, and where necessary update and expand on, the 
conclusions and recommendations of the report titled ‘‘A Report 
Card on the Department of Energy’s Nonproliferation Programs 
with Russia’’ of January 2001 (also known as the ‘‘Baker-Cutler 
Report’’) and implementation of such recommendations. 
SEC. 1855. POWERS OF COMMISSION. 
(a) HEARINGS
AND EVIDENCE.—The Commission or, on the 
authority of the Commission, any subcommittee or member thereof, 
may, for the purpose of carrying out this subtitle, hold such hearings 
and sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, 
receive such evidence, and administer such oaths as the Commission 
or such designated subcommittee or designated member may deter-
mine advisable. 
(b) CONTRACTING.—The Commission may, to such extent and 
in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts, enter 
into contracts to enable the Commission to discharge its duties 
under this subtitle. 
(c) STAFF OF COMMISSION.—
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(1) APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION.—The chairman of 
the Commission, in accordance with rules agreed upon by the 
Commission, may appoint and fix the compensation of a staff 
director and such other personnel as may be necessary to 
enable the Commission to carry out its functions, without 
regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing 
appointments in the competitive service, and without regard 
to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 
53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule 
pay rates, except that no rate of pay fixed under this subsection 
may exceed the equivalent of that payable for a position at 
level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 
5, United States Code. 
(2) PERSONNEL AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The executive director and any 
employees of the Commission shall be employees under 
section 2105 of title 5, United States Code, for purposes 
of chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, and 90 of that 
title. 
(B) MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.—Subparagraph (A) shall 
not be construed to apply to members of the Commission. 
(3) DETAILEES.—Any Federal Government employee may 
be detailed to the Commission without reimbursement from 
the Commission, and such detailee shall retain the rights, 
status, and privileges of his or her regular employment without 
interruption. 
(4) CONSULTANT SERVICES.—The Commission may procure 
the services of experts and consultants in accordance with 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not 
to exceed the daily rate paid a person occupying a position 
at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(5) EMPHASIS ON SECURITY CLEARANCES.—Emphasis shall 
be made to hire employees and retain contractors and detailees 
with active security clearances. 
(d) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission is authorized to secure 
directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, 
commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumen-
tality of the Government, information, suggestions, estimates, 
and statistics for the purposes of this subtitle. Each department, 
bureau, 
agency, 
board, 
commission, 
office, 
independent 
establishment, or instrumentality shall, to the extent author-
ized by law, furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, 
and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made 
by the chairman, the chairman of any subcommittee created 
by a majority of the Commission, or any member designated 
by a majority of the Commission. 
(2) RECEIPT, HANDLING, STORAGE, AND DISSEMINATION.— 
Information shall only be received, handled, stored, and 
disseminated by members of the Commission and its staff con-
sistent with all applicable statutes, regulations, and Executive 
orders. 
(e) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
(1) GENERAL
SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION.—The Adminis-
trator of General Services shall provide to the Commission
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on a reimbursable basis administrative support and other serv-
ices for the performance of the Commission’s functions. 
(2) OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.—In addition to 
the assistance prescribed in paragraph (1), departments and 
agencies of the United States may provide to the Commission 
such services, funds, facilities, staff, and other support services 
as they may determine advisable and as may be authorized 
by law. 
(f) GIFTS.—The Commission may accept, use, and dispose of 
gifts or donations of services or property. 
(g) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use the United 
States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions 
as departments and agencies of the United States. 
SEC. 1856. NONAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission. 
(b) PUBLIC MEETINGS AND RELEASE OF PUBLIC VERSIONS OF 
REPORTS.—The Commission shall— 
(1) hold public hearings and meetings to the extent appro-
priate; and 
(2) release public versions of the report required under 
section 1857. 
(c) PUBLIC HEARINGS.—Any public hearings of the Commission 
shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the protection 
of information provided to or developed for or by the Commission 
as required by any applicable statute, regulation, or Executive 
order. 
SEC. 1857. REPORT. 
Not later than 180 days after the appointment of the Commis-
sion, the Commission shall submit to the President and Congress 
a final report containing such findings, conclusions, and rec-
ommendations for corrective measures as have been agreed to by 
a majority of Commission members. 
SEC. 1858. TERMINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission, and all the authorities of 
this subtitle, shall terminate 60 days after the date on which 
the final report is submitted under section 1857. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES BEFORE TERMINATION.—The 
Commission may use the 60-day period referred to in subsection 
(a) for the purpose of concluding its activities, including providing 
testimony to committees of Congress concerning its report and 
disseminating the final report. 
SEC. 1859. FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for the purposes of the activities of 
the Commission under this title. 
(b) DURATION OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available to 
the Commission under subsection (a) shall remain available until 
the termination of the Commission.
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TITLE XIX—INTERNATIONAL COOPERA-
TION 
ON 
ANTITERRORISM 
TECH-
NOLOGIES 
SEC. 1901. PROMOTING ANTITERRORISM CAPABILITIES THROUGH 
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The development and implementation of technology is 
critical to combating terrorism and other high consequence 
events and implementing a comprehensive homeland security 
strategy. 
(2) The United States and its allies in the global war 
on terrorism share a common interest in facilitating research, 
development, testing, and evaluation of equipment, capabilities, 
technologies, and services that will aid in detecting, preventing, 
responding to, recovering from, and mitigating against acts 
of terrorism. 
(3) Certain United States allies in the global war on ter-
rorism, including Israel, the United Kingdom, Canada, Aus-
tralia, and Singapore have extensive experience with, and 
technological expertise in, homeland security. 
(4) The United States and certain of its allies in the global 
war on terrorism have a history of successful collaboration 
in developing mutually beneficial equipment, capabilities, tech-
nologies, and services in the areas of defense, agriculture, and 
telecommunications. 
(5) The United States and its allies in the global war 
on terrorism will mutually benefit from the sharing of techno-
logical expertise to combat domestic and international ter-
rorism. 
(6) The establishment of an office to facilitate and support 
cooperative endeavors between and among government agen-
cies, for-profit business entities, academic institutions, and non-
profit entities of the United States and its allies will safeguard 
lives and property worldwide against acts of terrorism and 
other high consequence events. 
(b) PROMOTING
ANTITERRORISM
THROUGH
INTERNATIONAL 
COOPERATION ACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by adding after 
section 316, as added by section 1101 of this Act, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 317. PROMOTING ANTITERRORISM THROUGH INTERNATIONAL 
COOPERATION PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means the Director 
selected under subsection (b)(2). 
‘‘(2) INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATIVE
ACTIVITY.—The term 
‘international cooperative activity’ includes— 
‘‘(A) coordinated research projects, joint research 
projects, or joint ventures; 
‘‘(B) joint studies or technical demonstrations; 
‘‘(C) coordinated field exercises, scientific seminars, 
conferences, symposia, and workshops; 
‘‘(D) training of scientists and engineers;
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‘‘(E) visits and exchanges of scientists, engineers, or 
other appropriate personnel; 
‘‘(F) exchanges or sharing of scientific and technological 
information; and 
‘‘(G) joint use of laboratory facilities and equipment. 
‘‘(b) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HOMELAND SECURITY INTER-
NATIONAL COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS OFFICE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Under Secretary shall establish 
the Science and Technology Homeland Security International 
Cooperative Programs Office. 
‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be headed by a Director, 
who— 
‘‘(A) shall be selected, in consultation with the Assist-
ant Secretary for International Affairs, by and shall report 
to the Under Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) may be an officer of the Department serving in 
another position. 
‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
‘‘(A) DEVELOPMENT
OF
MECHANISMS.—The Director 
shall be responsible for developing, in coordination with 
the Department of State and, as appropriate, the Depart-
ment of Defense, the Department of Energy, and other 
Federal agencies, understandings and agreements to allow 
and to support international cooperative activity in support 
of homeland security. 
‘‘(B) PRIORITIES.—The Director shall be responsible for 
developing, in coordination with the Office of International 
Affairs and other Federal agencies, strategic priorities for 
international cooperative activity for the Department in 
support of homeland security. 
‘‘(C) ACTIVITIES.—The Director shall facilitate the plan-
ning, development, and implementation of international 
cooperative activity to address the strategic priorities devel-
oped under subparagraph (B) through mechanisms the 
Under Secretary considers appropriate, including grants, 
cooperative agreements, or contracts to or with foreign 
public or private entities, governmental organizations, 
businesses (including small businesses and socially and 
economically disadvantaged small businesses (as those 
terms are defined in sections 3 and 8 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632 and 637), respectively)), federally funded 
research and development centers, and universities. 
‘‘(D) IDENTIFICATION OF PARTNERS.—The Director shall 
facilitate the matching of United States entities engaged 
in homeland security research with non-United States enti-
ties engaged in homeland security research so that they 
may partner in homeland security research activities. 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—The Director shall ensure that the 
activities under this subsection are coordinated with the Office 
of International Affairs and the Department of State and, as 
appropriate, the Department of Defense, the Department of 
Energy, and other relevant Federal agencies or interagency 
bodies. The Director may enter into joint activities with other 
Federal agencies. 
‘‘(c) MATCHING FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—
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‘‘(A) EQUITABILITY.—The Director shall ensure that 
funding and resources expended in international coopera-
tive activity will be equitably matched by the foreign 
partner government or other entity through direct funding, 
funding of complementary activities, or the provision of 
staff, facilities, material, or equipment. 
‘‘(B) GRANT MATCHING AND REPAYMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may require a 
recipient of a grant under this section— 
‘‘(I) to make a matching contribution of not 
more than 50 percent of the total cost of the pro-
posed project for which the grant is awarded; and 
‘‘(II) to repay to the Secretary the amount 
of the grant (or a portion thereof), interest on 
such amount at an appropriate rate, and such 
charges for administration of the grant as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary may not 
require that repayment under clause (i)(II) be more 
than 150 percent of the amount of the grant, adjusted 
for inflation on the basis of the Consumer Price Index. 
‘‘(2) FOREIGN PARTNERS.—Partners may include Israel, the 
United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Singapore, and other allies 
in the global war on terrorism as determined to be appropriate 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of 
State. 
‘‘(3) LOANS
OF
EQUIPMENT.—The Director may make or 
accept loans of equipment for research and development and 
comparative testing purposes. 
‘‘(d) FOREIGN REIMBURSEMENTS.—If the Science and Technology 
Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office 
participates in an international cooperative activity with a foreign 
partner on a cost-sharing basis, any reimbursements or contribu-
tions received from that foreign partner to meet its share of the 
project may be credited to appropriate current appropriations 
accounts of the Directorate of Science and Technology. 
‘‘(e) REPORT
TO CONGRESS
ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE 
ACTIVITIES.—Not later than one year after the date of enactment 
of this section, and every 5 years thereafter, the Under Secretary, 
acting through the Director, shall submit to Congress a report 
containing— 
‘‘(1) a brief description of each grant, cooperative agree-
ment, or contract made or entered into under subsection 
(b)(3)(C), including the participants, goals, and amount and 
sources of funding; and 
‘‘(2) a list of international cooperative activities underway, 
including the participants, goals, expected duration, and 
amount and sources of funding, including resources provided 
to support the activities in lieu of direct funding. 
‘‘(f) ANIMAL AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES.—As part of the inter-
national cooperative activities authorized in this section, the Under 
Secretary, in coordination with the Chief Medical Officer, the 
Department of State, and appropriate officials of the Department 
of Agriculture, the Department of Defense, and the Department 
of Health and Human Services, may enter into cooperative activities 
with foreign countries, including African nations, to strengthen