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prove Taiwan’s defenses against the People’s Liberation 
Army of the People’s Republic of China. 
(b) EXCHANGES DESCRIBED.—For the purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘exchange’’ means an activity, exer-
cise, event, or observation opportunity between Armed 
Forces personnel or Department of Defense officials of the 
United States and armed forces personnel and officials of 
Taiwan. 
(c) FOCUS OF EXCHANGES.—The senior military offi-
cer and senior official exchanges undertaken pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall include exchanges focused on the fol-
lowing, especially as they relate to defending Taiwan 
against potential submarine attack and potential missile 
attack: 
(1) Threat analysis. 
(2) Military doctrine. 
(3) Force planning. 
(4) Logistical support. 
(5) Intelligence collection and analysis. 
(6) Operational tactics, techniques, and proce-
dures. 
(d) CIVIL-MILITARY AFFAIRS.—The senior military 
officer and senior official exchanges undertaken pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall include activities and exercises fo-
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cused on civil-military relations, including parliamentary 
relations. 
(e) LOCATION OF EXCHANGES.—The senior military 
officer and senior official exchanges undertaken pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall be conducted in both the United 
States and Taiwan. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘senior military officer’’ means a 
general or flag officer of the Armed Forces on active 
duty. 
(2) The term ‘‘senior official’’ means a civilian 
official of the Department of Defense at the level of 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense or above. 
SEC. 1204. MODIFICATION OF GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTION 
UNDER 
BILATERAL 
AND 
REGIONAL 
CO-
OPERATION PROGRAMS FOR PAYMENT OF 
CERTAIN 
EXPENSES 
OF 
DEFENSE 
PER-
SONNEL OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. 
Section 1051(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘to and’’ after ‘‘in connection 
with travel’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘in which the developing country 
is located’’ and inserting ‘‘in which the meeting for 
which expenses are authorized is located’’.
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SEC. 1205. AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO 
ENTER INTO ACQUISITION AND CROSS-SERV-
ICING AGREEMENTS WITH REGIONAL ORGA-
NIZATIONS OF WHICH THE UNITED STATES IS 
NOT A MEMBER. 
Subchapter I of chapter 138 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘of which the United States 
is a member’’ in sections 2341(1), 2342(a)(1)(C), and 
2344(b)(4). 
SEC. 1206. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PAY-
MENT OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE SERV-
ICES AND SUPPORT FOR COALITION LIAISON 
OFFICERS. 
Section 1051a(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2007’’. 
Subtitle B—Nonproliferation 
Matters and Countries of Concern 
SEC. 1211. REPORT ON ACQUISITION BY IRAN OF NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–178) has been a critical tool in 
preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruc-
tion and their associated delivery systems to Iran;
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(2) the prevention of the development by Iran 
of weapons of mass destruction and their associated 
delivery systems remains the paramount policy goal 
of the United States with respect to matters associ-
ated with Iran; and 
(3) the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 
should not be weakened by creating exceptions to re-
quirements of such Act that are intended to serve 
lesser policy priorities. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than nine months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit 
to Congress a report that examines the strategic and mili-
tary implications of the acquisition by Iran of nuclear 
weapons during the five-year period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. The report shall include the 
following: 
(1) An assessment of the acquisition by Iran of 
nuclear weapons on the balance of power among 
states within the area of responsibility of the United 
States Central Command. 
(2) A description of the active and passive de-
fense systems of the United States that may be able 
to counter such nuclear weapons based on the fu-
ture-years defense program under section 221 of
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title 10, United States Code, extant at the time of 
the fiscal year 2005 defense budget request. 
(3) A description of the military capabilities 
that the United States possesses that would enable 
it to deal with the potential acquisition and use of 
nuclear weapons by Iran within the area of responsi-
bility of the United States Central Command. 
(4) An assessment of Iran’s ability to deliver 
and detonate nuclear weapons outside of the area of 
responsibility of the United States Central Com-
mand. 
(5) A summary of the entities that have pro-
vided technology, knowledge, or assistance useful in 
the efforts of Iran to develop weapons of mass de-
struction or their associated delivery systems during 
the ten-year period ending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(c) FORM.—The report described in subsection (b) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form as appropriate, 
with a classified annex as necessary.
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SEC. 1212. PROCUREMENT SANCTIONS AGAINST FOREIGN 
PERSONS 
THAT 
TRANSFER 
CERTAIN 
DE-
FENSE ARTICLES AND SERVICES TO THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Congress declares 
that it is the policy of the United States to deny the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China such defense goods and defense 
technology that could be used to threaten the United 
States or undermine the security of Taiwan or the stability 
of the Western Pacific region. 
(b) PROCUREMENT SANCTION.—(1) The Secretary of 
Defense may not procure, by contract or otherwise, any 
goods or services from— 
(A) any foreign person the Secretary of Defense 
determines has, with actual knowledge, on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, exported, 
transferred, or otherwise provided to governmental 
or nongovernmental entities of the People’s Republic 
of China any item or class of items on the United 
States Munitions List (or any item or class of items 
that are identical, substantially identical, or directly 
competitive to an item or class of items on the 
United States Munitions List); or 
(B) any foreign person the Secretary of Defense 
determines—
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(i) is a successor entity to a person re-
ferred to in paragraph (1); 
(ii) is a parent or subsidiary of a person 
referred to in paragraph (1); or 
(iii) is an affiliate of a person referred to 
in paragraph (1) if that affiliate is controlled in 
fact by such person. 
(2) The prohibition under paragraph (1) with respect 
to a foreign person shall last for a period of five years 
after a determination is made by the Secretary of Defense 
with respect to that person under paragraph (1)(A). 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF LIST OF SANCTIONED 
PERSONS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall annually 
publish in the Federal Register a current list of any for-
eign persons sanctioned under subsection (b). The removal 
of foreign persons from, and the addition of foreign per-
sons to, the list shall also be so published. 
(2) The Secretary shall maintain the list published 
under paragraph (1) on the Internet website of the De-
partment of Defense. 
(d) REMOVAL FROM LIST
OF SANCTIONED PER-
SONS.—The Secretary of Defense may remove a person 
from the list of sanctioned persons referred to in sub-
section (c) only after the five-year prohibition period im-
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posed under subsection (b) with respect to the person has 
expired. 
(e) EXCEPTIONS.—(1) Subsection (b) shall not 
apply— 
(A) to contracts, or subcontracts under such 
contracts, in existence on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, including options under such contracts; 
(B) if the Secretary of Defense determines in 
writing that the person to which the sanctions would 
otherwise be applied is a sole source supplier of the 
goods or services being procured, that the goods or 
services are essential, and that alternative sources 
are not readily or reasonably available; 
(C) in the case of a contract for routine serv-
icing and maintenance, if the Secretary of Defense 
determines in writing alternative sources for per-
forming the contract are not readily or reasonably 
available; or 
(D) if the Secretary of Defense determines in 
writing that goods or services proposed to be pro-
cured under the contract are essential to the na-
tional security of the United States. 
(2) Determinations under paragraph (1) shall be pub-
lished in the Federal Register. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘foreign person’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 14 of the Iran and Libya 
Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(2) The term ‘‘United States Munitions List’’ 
means the list referred to in section 38(a)(1) of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)). 
SEC. 1213. PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENTS FROM COM-
MUNIST CHINESE MILITARY COMPANIES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Defense may 
not procure goods or services, through a contract or any 
subcontract (at any tier) under a contract, from any Com-
munist Chinese military company. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Com-
munist Chinese military company’’ has the meaning pro-
vided that term by section 1237(b)(4) of the Strom Thur-
mond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1999 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 1221. PURCHASE OF WEAPONS OVERSEAS FOR FORCE 
PROTECTION PURPOSES. 
(a) PURCHASES IN COUNTRIES IN WHICH COMBAT 
OPERATIONS ARE ONGOING.— 
(1) FORCE PROTECTION PURCHASES.—Chapter 
3 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after section 127b the following new section:
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‘‘§ 127c. Purchase of weapons overseas: force protec-
tion 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—When elements of the armed 
forces are engaged in ongoing military operations in a 
country, the Secretary of Defense may, for the purpose 
of protecting United States forces in that country, pur-
chase weapons from any foreign person, foreign govern-
ment, international organization, or other entity located 
in that country. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The total amount expended dur-
ing any fiscal year for purchases under this section may 
not exceed $15,000,000. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL REPORT.—Not later 
than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year during which 
the authority under subsection (a) is used, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the use of that authority during that 
fiscal year. Each such report shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) The number and type of weapons pur-
chased during that fiscal year under subsection (a), 
together with the amount spent for those weapons 
and the Secretary’s estimate of the fair market value 
of those weapons. 
‘‘(2) A description of the dispositions (if any) 
during that fiscal year of weapons purchased under 
subsection (a).’’.
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 127b 
the following new item: 
‘‘127c. Purchase of weapons overseas: force protection.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 127c of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take 
effect on October 1, 2005. 
SEC. 1222. REQUIREMENT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CER-
TAIN CRITERIA APPLICABLE TO ON-GOING 
GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW. 
(a) CRITERIA.—As part of the on-going review of 
overseas basing plans being conducted within the Depart-
ment of Defense that is referred to as the ‘‘Global Posture 
Review’’, the Secretary of Defense shall develop criteria 
for assessing, with respect to each type of facility specified 
in subsection (c), the following factors in deciding whether 
to seek agreement with a foreign country to establish or 
maintain such a facility in that country: 
(1) The effect on strategic mobility of units de-
ployed to overseas locations in areas in which United 
States Armed Forces have not traditionally been de-
ployed. 
(2) The cost of deploying units to areas re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) on a rotational basis 
(rather than on a permanent basing basis).
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(3) The strategic benefit of rotational deploy-
ments through countries with which the United 
States is developing a close or new security relation-
ship. 
(4) The relative speed and complexity of con-
ducting negotiations with a particular country. 
(5) The appropriate and available funding 
mechanisms for changes to specific Main Operating 
Bases, Forward Operating Bases, or Cooperative Se-
curity Locations. 
(6) The effect on military quality of life of es-
tablishing or maintaining any of such types of facili-
ties. 
(7) Other criteria as Secretary of Defense de-
termines appropriate. 
(b) ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES TO BASING OR OP-
ERATING LOCATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall de-
velop a mechanism for analyzing alternatives to any par-
ticular overseas basing or operating location. Such a mech-
anism shall incorporate the factors specified in paragraphs 
(1) through (4) of subsection (a). 
(c) MINIMAL INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
OVERSEAS INSTALLATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall develop a template of minimal infrastructure require-
ments for each of the following types of facilities:
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(1) Facilities categorized as Main Operating 
Bases. 
(2) Facilities categorized as Forward Operating 
Bases. 
(3) Facilities categorized as Cooperative Secu-
rity Locations. 
(d) CONSULTATION WITH SENIOR MILITARY OFFI-
CERS.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out sub-
sections (a), (b), and (c) in consultation with the Chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commanders of 
the regional combatant commands. 
(e) ANNUAL BUDGET ELEMENT.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall provide to Congress, as an element of the 
annual budget request of the Secretary, information re-
garding the funding sources for changes to individual 
Main Operating Bases, Forward Operating Bases, or Co-
operative Security Locations. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than March 30, 2006, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
on the matters specified in subsections (a) through (c). 
SEC. 1223. WAR-RELATED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED
FOR OPERATION IRAQI 
FREEDOM, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AND OPER-
ATION NOBLE EAGLE.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees, in accord-
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ance with this section, war-related reports on costs, recon-
stitution, and military construction for each of Operation 
Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Oper-
ation Noble Eagle. 
(b) SUBMISSION TO GAO OF CERTAIN REPORTS ON 
COSTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Comptroller General, no later than 45 days after the end 
of each reporting month, the Department of Defense Sup-
plemental and Cost of War Execution reports. Based on 
these reports, the Comptroller General shall provide Con-
gress quarterly updates on war costs. 
(c) RECONSTITUTION.— 
(1) 
PROCUREMENT.—The 
report 
prepared 
under subsection (a) shall identify, for each war-re-
lated procurement funding request since fiscal year 
2003, end-item quantities requested and the purpose 
of the request (such as replacement for battle losses, 
improved capability, increase in force size, restruc-
turing of forces), shown by service. 
(2) EQUIPMENT
MAINTENANCE.—The report 
prepared under subsection (a) shall provide an as-
sessment that compares peacetime versus wartime 
equipment maintenance requirements. The assess-
ment should include the effect of war operations on 
the backlog of maintenance requirements over the
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period of fiscal years 2003 to the present. It should 
also examine the extent that war operations have 
precluded maintenance from being performed be-
cause equipment was unavailable. 
(3) SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS.—The report 
under this subsection shall be submitted to the Con-
gress not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Defense 
shall submit updated procurement and equipment 
maintenance reports concurrently with future war- 
related funding requests. 
(d) MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.—The report pre-
pared under subsection (a) shall identify the number 
of United States military personnel that can be sup-
ported by the facility infrastructure in Iraq and Af-
ghanistan and in the neighboring countries from 
where Operation Iraq Freedom and Operation En-
during Freedom are supported. 
(2) SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS.—The report 
shall be submitted to Congress not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
The Secretary of Defense shall submit an updated 
military construction report concurrently with future 
war-related funding requests.
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SEC. 1224. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING COOPERA-
TION WITH RUSSIA ON ISSUES PERTAINING 
TO MISSILE DEFENSE. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) cooperation between the United States and 
Russia with regard to missile defense is in the inter-
est of the United States; 
(2) there does not exist strong enough engage-
ment between the United States and Russia with re-
spect to missile defense cooperation; 
(3) the United States should explore innovative 
and nontraditional means of cooperation with Russia 
on issues pertaining to missile defense; and 
(4) as part of such an effort, the Secretary of 
Defense should consider the possibilities for United 
States-Russian cooperation with respect to missile 
defense through— 
(A) the testing of specific elements of the 
detection and tracking equipment of the Missile 
Defense Agency of the United States Depart-
ment of Defense through the use of Russian 
target missiles; and 
(B) the provision of early warning radar to 
the Missile Defense Agency by the use of Rus-
sian radar data.
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TITLE 
XIII—COOPERATIVE 
THREAT 
REDUCTION 
WITH 
STATES OF THE FORMER SO-
VIET UNION 
Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and funds. 
Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. 
Sec. 1303. Authority to obligate weapons of mass destruction proliferation pre-
vention funds for nuclear weapons storage security. 
Sec. 1304. Extension of limited waiver of restrictions on use of funds for threat 
reduction in states of the former Soviet Union. 
Sec. 1305.
Report on elimination of impediments to nuclear threat-reduction 
and nonproliferation programs in the Russian Federation. 
SEC. 1301. SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT RE-
DUCTION PROGRAMS AND FUNDS. 
(a) SPECIFICATION OF CTR PROGRAMS.—For pur-
poses of section 301 and other provisions of this Act, Co-
operative Threat Reduction programs are the programs 
specified in section 1501(b) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104– 
201; 110 Stat. 2731; 50 U.S.C. 2362 note). 
(b) FISCAL YEAR 2006 COOPERATIVE THREAT RE-
DUCTION FUNDS DEFINED.—As used in this title, the 
term ‘‘fiscal year 2006 Cooperative Threat Reduction 
funds’’ means the funds appropriated pursuant to the au-
thorization of appropriations in section 301 for Coopera-
tive Threat Reduction programs. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section
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301 for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs shall be 
available for obligation for three fiscal years. 
SEC. 1302. FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. 
(a) FUNDING
FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.—Of the 
$415,549,000 authorized to be appropriated to the De-
partment of Defense for fiscal year 2006 in section 
301(19) for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs, the 
following amounts may be obligated for the purposes spec-
ified: 
(1) For strategic offensive arms elimination in 
Russia, $78,900,000. 
(2) For nuclear weapons storage security in 
Russia, $74,100,000. 
(3) For nuclear weapons transportation security 
in Russia, $30,000,000. 
(4) For weapons of mass destruction prolifera-
tion prevention in the states of the former Soviet 
Union, $40,600,000. 
(5) For chemical weapons destruction in Rus-
sia, $108,500,000. 
(6) For biological weapons proliferation preven-
tion in the former Soviet Union, $60,849,000. 
(7) 
For 
defense 
and 
military 
contacts, 
$8,000,000.
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(8) For activities designated as Other Assess-
ments/Administrative Support, $14,600,000. 
(b) REPORT ON OBLIGATION OR EXPENDITURE OF 
FUNDS FOR OTHER PURPOSES.—No fiscal year 2006 Co-
operative Threat Reduction funds may be obligated or ex-
pended for a purpose other than a purpose listed in para-
graphs (1) through (8) of subsection (a) until 30 days 
after the date that the Secretary of Defense submits to 
Congress a report on the purpose for which the funds will 
be obligated or expended and the amount of funds to be 
obligated or expended. Nothing in the preceding sentence 
shall be construed as authorizing the obligation or expend-
iture of fiscal year 2006 Cooperative Threat Reduction 
funds for a purpose for which the obligation or expendi-
ture of such funds is specifically prohibited under this title 
or any other provision of law. 
(c) LIMITED
AUTHORITY
TO
VARY
INDIVIDUAL 
AMOUNTS.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), in any 
case in which the Secretary of Defense determines that 
it is necessary to do so in the national interest, the Sec-
retary may obligate amounts appropriated for fiscal year 
2006 for a purpose listed in any of the paragraphs in sub-
section (a) in excess of the specific amount authorized for 
that purpose.
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(2) An obligation of funds for a purpose stated in 
any of the paragraphs in subsection (a) in excess of the 
specific amount authorized for such purpose may be made 
using the authority provided in paragraph (1) only after— 
(A) the Secretary submits to Congress notifica-
tion of the intent to do so together with a complete 
discussion of the justification for doing so; and 
(B) 15 days have elapsed following the date of 
the notification. 
(3) The Secretary may not, under the authority pro-
vided in paragraph (1), obligate amounts for a purpose 
stated in any of paragraphs (5) through (8) of subsection 
(a) in excess of 125 percent of the specific amount author-
ized for such purpose. 
SEC. 1303. AUTHORITY TO OBLIGATE WEAPONS OF MASS 
DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATION PREVENTION 
FUNDS FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS STORAGE 
SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), in any 
case in which the Secretary of Defense determines that 
it is necessary to do so in the national interest, the Sec-
retary may obligate amounts appropriated for fiscal year 
2006 for the purpose listed in subsection (c)(4) of section 
1302 for the purpose listed in subsection (c)(2) of that 
section.