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(2) the coordination of Department of Energy assistance
to the Department of Defense in carrying out that department’s
responsibilities under subsection (a).
(c) FUNDING.—Of the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated under section 301, $15,000,000 is available for providing
assistance described in subsection (a).
SEC. 1414. CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM.
(a) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RAPID RESPONSE TEAM.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall develop and maintain at least one domestic
terrorism rapid response team composed of members of the Armed
Forces and employees of the Department of Defense who are capable
of aiding Federal, State, and local officials in the detection, neutral-
ization, containment, dismantlement, and disposal of weapons of
mass destruction containing chemical, biological, or related mate-
rials.
(b) ADDITION
TO FEDERAL RESPONSE PLAN.—Not later than
December 31, 1997, the Director of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency shall develop and incorporate into existing Federal
emergency response plans and programs prepared under section
611(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196(b)) guidance on the use and deploy-
ment of the rapid response teams established under this section
to respond to emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction.
The Director shall carry out this subsection in consultation with
the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other Federal agencies
involved with the emergency response plans.
SEC. 1415. TESTING 
OF 
PREPAREDNESS 
FOR 
EMERGENCIES
INVOLVING NUCLEAR, RADIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL, AND
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.
(a) 
EMERGENCIES
INVOLVING
CHEMICAL
OR
BIOLOGICAL
WEAPONS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall develop and carry
out a program for testing and improving the responses of Federal,
State, and local agencies to emergencies involving biological weap-
ons and related materials and emergencies involving chemical
weapons and related materials.
(2) The program shall include exercises to be carried out during
each of five successive fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1997.
(3) In developing and carrying out the program, the Secretary
shall coordinate with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, the Secretary of Energy, and the heads of any other Fed-
eral, State, and local government agencies that have an expertise
or responsibilities relevant to emergencies described in paragraph
(1).
(b) EMERGENCIES
INVOLVING
NUCLEAR
AND
RADIOLOGICAL
WEAPONS.—(1) The Secretary of Energy shall develop and carry
out a program for testing and improving the responses of Federal,
State, and local agencies to emergencies involving nuclear and
radiological weapons and related materials.
(2) The program shall include exercises to be carried out during
each of five successive fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1997.
(3) In developing and carrying out the program, the Secretary
shall coordinate with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of any other
Federal, State, and local government agencies that have an exper-
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tise or responsibilities relevant to emergencies described in para-
graph (1).
(c) ANNUAL REVISIONS OF PROGRAMS.—The official responsible
for carrying out a program developed under subsection (a) or (b)
shall revise the program not later than June 1 in each fiscal
year covered by the program. The revisions shall include adjust-
ments that the official determines necessary or appropriate on
the basis of the lessons learned from the exercise or exercises
carried out under the program in the fiscal year, including lessons
learned regarding coordination problems and equipment defi-
ciencies.
(d) OPTION TO TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITY.—(1) The President
may designate the head of an agency outside the Department of
Defense to assume the responsibility for carrying out the program
developed under subsection (a) beginning on or after October 1,
1999, and relieve the Secretary of Defense of that responsibility
upon the assumption of the responsibility by the designated official.
(2) The President may designate the head of an agency outside
the Department of Energy to assume the responsibility for carrying
out the program developed under subsection (b) beginning on or
after October 1, 1999, and relieve the Secretary of Energy of that
responsibility upon the assumption of the responsibility by the
designated official.
(e) 
FUNDING.—Of 
the 
total 
amount 
authorized 
to 
be
appropriated under section 301, $15,000,000 is available for the
development and execution of the programs required by this section,
including the participation of State and local agencies in exercises
carried out under the programs.
SEC. 1416. MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS 
IN 
EMERGENCY 
SITUATIONS 
INVOLVING
BIOLOGICAL OR CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—(1) Chapter 18 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘§ 382. Emergency 
situations 
involving 
chemical 
or
biological weapons of mass destruction
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Defense, upon the request
of the Attorney General, may provide assistance in support of
Department of Justice activities relating to the enforcement of
section 175 or 2332c of title 18 during an emergency situation
involving a biological or chemical weapon of mass destruction.
Department of Defense resources, including personnel of the Depart-
ment of Defense, may be used to provide such assistance if—
‘‘(1) the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General
jointly determine that an emergency situation exists; and
‘‘(2) the Secretary of Defense determines that the provision
of such assistance will not adversely affect the military
preparedness of the United States.
‘‘(b) EMERGENCY SITUATIONS COVERED.—In this section, the
term ‘emergency situation involving a biological or chemical weapon
of mass destruction’ means a circumstance involving a biological
or chemical weapon of mass destruction—
‘‘(1) that poses a serious threat to the interests of the
United States; and
‘‘(2) in which—
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‘‘(A) civilian expertise and capabilities are not readily
available to provide the required assistance to counter the
threat immediately posed by the weapon involved;
‘‘(B) special capabilities and expertise of the Depart-
ment of Defense are necessary and critical to counter the
threat posed by the weapon involved; and
‘‘(C) enforcement of section 175 or 2332c of title 18
would be seriously impaired if the Department of Defense
assistance were not provided.
‘‘(c) FORMS OF ASSISTANCE.—The assistance referred to in sub-
section (a) includes the operation of equipment (including equipment
made available under section 372 of this title) to monitor, contain,
disable, or dispose of the weapon involved or elements of the
weapon.
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense and the Attor-
ney General shall jointly prescribe regulations concerning the types
of assistance that may be provided under this section. Such regula-
tions shall also describe the actions that Department of Defense
personnel may take in circumstances incident to the provision of
assistance under this section.
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the regulations
may not authorize the following actions:
‘‘(i) Arrest.
‘‘(ii) Any direct participation in conducting a search for
or seizure of evidence related to a violation of section
175 or 2332c of title 18.
‘‘(iii) Any direct participation in the collection of intelligence
for law enforcement purposes.
‘‘(B) The regulations may authorize an action described in
subparagraph (A) to be taken under the following conditions:
‘‘(i) The action is considered necessary for the immediate
protection of human life, and civilian law enforcement officials
are not capable of taking the action.
‘‘(ii) The action is otherwise authorized under subsection
(c) or under otherwise applicable law.
‘‘(e) REIMBURSEMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall require
reimbursement as a condition for providing assistance under this
section to the extent required under section 377 of this title.
‘‘(f) DELEGATIONS
OF AUTHORITY.—(1) Except to the extent
otherwise provided by the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Sec-
retary of Defense may exercise the authority of the Secretary of
Defense under this section. The Secretary of Defense may delegate
the Secretary’s authority under this section only to an Under Sec-
retary of Defense or an Assistant Secretary of Defense and only
if the Under Secretary or Assistant Secretary to whom delegated
has been designated by the Secretary to act for, and to exercise
the general powers of, the Secretary.
‘‘(2) Except to the extent otherwise provided by the Attorney
General, the Deputy Attorney General may exercise the authority
of the Attorney General under this section. The Attorney General
may delegate that authority only to the Associate Attorney General
or an Assistant Attorney General and only if the Associate Attorney
General or Assistant Attorney General to whom delegated has
been designated by the Attorney General to act for, and to exercise
the general powers of, the Attorney General.
‘‘(g) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to restrict any executive branch authority
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regarding use of members of the armed forces or equipment of
the Department of Defense that was in effect before the date of
the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1997.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘382. Emergency situations involving chemical or biological weapons of mass
destruction.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO CONDITION FOR PROVIDING
EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES.—Section 372(b)(1) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ‘‘The requirement for a determination that an item is
not reasonably available from another source does not apply to
assistance provided under section 382 of this title pursuant to
a request of the Attorney General for the assistance.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING
TO AUTHORITY TO
REQUEST ASSISTANCE.—(1)(A) Chapter 10 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 175 the following new
section:
‘‘§ 175a. Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibi-
tion in certain emergencies
‘‘The Attorney General may request the Secretary of Defense
to provide assistance under section 382 of title 10 in support of
Department of Justice activities relating to the enforcement of
section 175 of this title in an emergency situation involving a
biological weapon of mass destruction. The authority to make such
a request may be exercised by another official of the Department
of Justice in accordance with section 382(f)(2) of title 10.’’.
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 175
the following new item:
‘‘175a. Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emer-
gencies.’’.
(2)(A) The chapter 133B of title 18, United States Code, that
relates to terrorism is amended by inserting after section 2332c
the following new section:
‘‘§ 2332d. Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibi-
tion in certain emergencies
‘‘The Attorney General may request the Secretary of Defense
to provide assistance under section 382 of title 10 in support of
Department of Justice activities relating to the enforcement of
section 2332c of this title during an emergency situation involving
a chemical weapon of mass destruction. The authority to make
such a request may be exercised by another official of the Depart-
ment of Justice in accordance with section 382(f)(2) of title 10.’’.
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2332c
the following new item:
‘‘2332d. Requests for military assistance to enforce prohibition in certain emer-
gencies.’’.
(d) CIVILIAN EXPERTISE.—The President shall take reasonable
measures to reduce the reliance of civilian law enforcement officials
on Department of Defense resources to counter the threat posed
by the use or potential use of biological and chemical weapons
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of mass destruction within the United States. The measures shall
include—
(1) actions to increase civilian law enforcement expertise
to counter such a threat; and
(2) actions to improve coordination between civilian law
enforcement officials and other civilian sources of expertise,
within and outside the Federal Government, to counter such
a threat.
(e) REPORTS.—The President shall submit to Congress the fol-
lowing reports:
(1) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, a report describing the respective policy functions
and operational roles of Federal agencies in countering the
threat posed by the use or potential use of biological and
chemical weapons of mass destruction within the United States.
(2) Not later than one year after such date, a report
describing—
(A) the actions planned to be taken to carry out sub-
section (d); and
(B) the costs of such actions.
(3) Not later than three years after such date, a report
updating the information provided in the reports submitted
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), including the measures
taken pursuant to subsection (d).
SEC. 1417. RAPID RESPONSE INFORMATION SYSTEM.
(a) INVENTORY OF RAPID RESPONSE ASSETS.—(1) The head of
each Federal Response Plan agency shall develop and maintain
an inventory of physical equipment and assets under the jurisdiction
of that agency that could be made available to aid State and
local officials in search and rescue and other disaster management
and mitigation efforts associated with an emergency involving weap-
ons of mass destruction. The agency head shall submit a copy
of the inventory, and any updates of the inventory, to the Director
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for inclusion in
the master inventory required under subsection (b).
(2) Each inventory shall include a separate listing of any equip-
ment that is excess to the needs of that agency and could be
considered for disposal as excess or surplus property for use for
response and training with regard to emergencies involving weapons
of mass destruction.
(b) MASTER INVENTORY.—The Director of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency shall compile and maintain a
comprehensive listing of all inventories prepared under subsection
(a). The first such master list shall be completed not later than
December 31, 1997, and shall be updated annually thereafter.
(c) ADDITION
TO FEDERAL RESPONSE PLAN.—Not later than
December 31, 1997, the Director of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency shall develop and incorporate into existing Federal
emergency response plans and programs prepared under section
611(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196(b)) guidance on accessing and using
the physical equipment and assets included in the master list
developed under subsection to respond to emergencies involving
weapons of mass destruction.
(d) DATABASE ON CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS.—The
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in con-
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sultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall prepare a database
on chemical and biological agents and munitions characteristics
and safety precautions for civilian use. The initial design and com-
pilation of the database shall be completed not later than December
31, 1997.
(e) ACCESS
TO INVENTORY
AND DATABASE.—The Director of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall design and main-
tain a system to give Federal, State, and local officials access
to the inventory listing and database maintained under this section
in the event of an emergency involving weapons of mass destruction
or to prepare and train to respond to such an emergency. The
system shall include a secure but accessible emergency response
hotline to access information and request assistance.
Subtitle B—Interdiction of Weapons of
Mass Destruction and Related Materials
SEC. 1421. PROCUREMENT 
OF 
DETECTION 
EQUIPMENT 
UNITED
STATES BORDER SECURITY.
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301,
$15,000,000 is available for the procurement of—
(1) equipment capable of detecting the movement of weap-
ons of mass destruction and related materials into the United
States;
(2) equipment capable of interdicting the movement of
weapons of mass destruction and related materials into the
United States; and
(3) materials and technologies related to use of equipment
described in paragraph (1) or (2).
SEC. 1422. EXTENSION OF COVERAGE OF INTERNATIONAL EMER-
GENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT.
Section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, or attempts to violate,’’
after ‘‘violates’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, or willfully attempts
to violate,’’ after ‘‘violates’’.
SEC. 1423. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING INADEQUACY OF SENTENC-
ING GUIDELINES.—It is the sense of Congress that the sentencing
guidelines prescribed by the United States Sentencing Commission
for the offenses of importation, attempted importation, exportation,
and attempted exportation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weap-
ons materials constitute inadequate punishment for such offenses.
(b) URGING OF REVISON TO GUIDELINES.—Congress urges the
United States Sentencing Commission to revise the relevant
sentencing guidelines to provide for increased penalties for offenses
relating to importation, attempted importation, exportation, and
attempted exportation of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons
or related materials or technologies under the following provisions
of law:
(1) Section 11 of the Export Administration Act of 1979
(50 U.S.C. App. 2410).
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(2) Sections 38 and 40 of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2778 and 2780).
(3) The International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
(4) Section 309(c) of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of
1978 (22 U.S.C. 2156a(c)).
SEC. 1424. INTERNATIONAL BORDER SECURITY.
(a) SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE RESPONSIBILITY.—The Secretary
of Defense, in consultation and cooperation with the Commissioner
of Customs, shall carry out programs for assisting customs officials
and border guard officials in the independent states of the former
Soviet Union, the Baltic states, and other countries of Eastern
Europe in preventing unauthorized transfer and transportation of
nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and related materials.
Training, expert advice, maintenance of equipment, loan of equip-
ment, and audits may be provided under or in connection with
the programs.
(b) FUNDING.—Of the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated by section 301, $15,000,000 is available for carrying out
the programs referred to in subsection (a).
(c) ASSISTANCE TO STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.—
Assistance under programs referred to in subsection (a) may
(notwithstanding any provision of law prohibiting the extension
of foreign assistance to any of the newly independent states of
the former Soviet Union) be extended to include an independent
state of the former Soviet Union if the President certifies to Con-
gress that it is in the national interest of the United States to
extend assistance under this section to that state.
Subtitle C—Control and Disposition of
Weapons 
of 
Mass 
Destruction 
and
Related 
Materials 
Threatening 
the
United States
SEC. 1431. COVERAGE OF WEAPONS-USABLE FISSILE MATERIALS IN
COOPERATIVE 
THREAT 
REDUCTION 
PROGRAMS 
ON
ELIMINATION 
OR 
TRANSPORTATION 
OF 
NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
Section 1201(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106; 110 Stat. 469; 22 U.S.C.
5955 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘, fissile material suitable
for use in nuclear weapons,’’ after ‘‘other weapons’’.
SEC. 1432. ELIMINATION OF PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION.
(a) REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Energy, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall develop a cooperative
program with the Government of Russia to eliminate the production
of weapons grade plutonium by modifying or replacing the reactor
cores at Tomsk–7 and Krasnoyarsk–26 with reactor cores that
are less suitable for the production of weapons-grade plutonium.
(b) PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS.—(1) The program shall be
designed to achieve completion of the modifications or replacements
of the reactor cores within three years after the modification or
replacement activities under the program are begun.
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(2) The plan for the program shall—
(A) specify—
(i) successive steps for the modification or replacement
of the reactor cores; and
(ii) clearly defined milestones to be achieved; and
(B) include estimates of the costs of the program.
(c) SUBMISSION OF PROGRAM PLAN TO CONGRESS.—Not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress—
(1) a plan for the program under subsection (a);
(2) an estimate of the United States funding that is nec-
essary for carrying out the activities under the program for
each fiscal year covered by the program; and
(3) a comparison of the benefits of the program with the
benefits of other nonproliferation programs.
Subtitle D—Coordination of Policy and
Countermeasures Against Proliferation
of Weapons of Mass Destruction
SEC. 1441. NATIONAL COORDINATOR ON NONPROLIFERATION.
(a) DESIGNATION OF POSITION.—The President shall designate
an individual to serve in the Executive Office of the President
as the National Coordinator for Nonproliferation Matters.
(b) DUTIES.—The Coordinator, under the direction of the
National 
Security 
Council, 
shall 
advise 
and 
assist 
the
President by—
(1) advising the President on nonproliferation of weapons
of mass destruction, including issues related to terrorism, arms
control, and international organized crime;
(2) chairing the Committee on Nonproliferation established
under section 1342; and
(3) taking such actions as are necessary to ensure that
there is appropriate emphasis in, cooperation on, and coordina-
tion of, nonproliferation research efforts of the United States,
including activities of Federal agencies as well as activities
of contractors funded by the Federal Government.
(c) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the total amount authorized
to be appropriated under section 301, $2,000,000 is available to
the Department of Defense for carrying out research referred to
in subsection (b)(3).
SEC. 1442. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON NON-
PROLIFERATION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Committee on Nonproliferation (in
this section referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’) is established as a
committee of the National Security Council.
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—(1) The Committee shall be composed of
representatives of the following:
(A) The Secretary of State.
(B) The Secretary of Defense.
(C) The Director of Central Intelligence.
(D) The Attorney General.
(E) The Secretary of Energy.
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(F) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency.
(G) The Secretary of the Treasury.
(H) The Secretary of Commerce.
(I) Such other members as the President may designate.
(2) The National Coordinator for Nonproliferation Matters shall
chair the Committee on Nonproliferation.
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Committee has the following
responsibilities:
(1) To review and coordinate Federal programs, policies,
and directives relating to the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction and related materials and technologies, including
matters relating to terrorism and international organized crime.
(2) To make recommendations through the National Secu-
rity Council to the President regarding the following:
(A) Integrated national policies for countering the
threats posed by weapons of mass destruction.
(B) Options for integrating Federal agency budgets
for countering such threats.
(C) Means to ensure that Federal, State, and local
governments have adequate capabilities to manage crises
involving nuclear, radiological, biological, or chemical weap-
ons or related materials or technologies, and to manage
the consequences of a use of such weapon or related mate-
rials or technologies, and that use of those capabilities
is coordinated.
(D) Means to ensure appropriate cooperation on, and
coordination of, the following:
(i) Preventing the smuggling of weapons of mass
destruction and related materials and technologies.
(ii) Promoting domestic and international law
enforcement 
efforts 
against 
proliferation-related
efforts.
(iii) Countering the involvement of organized crime
groups in proliferation-related activities.
(iv) Safeguarding weapons of mass destruction
materials and related technologies.
(v) Improving coordination and cooperation among
intelligence activities, law enforcement, and the
Departments of Defense, State, Commerce, and Energy
in support of nonproliferation and counterproliferation
efforts.
(vi) Improving export controls over materials and
technologies that can contribute to the acquisition of
weapons of mass destruction.
(vii) Reducing proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction and related materials and technologies.
SEC. 1443. COMPREHENSIVE PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM.
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The President, acting through the
Committee on Nonproliferation established under section 1442,
shall develop a comprehensive program for carrying out this title.
(b) CONTENT OF PROGRAM.—The program set forth in the report
shall include specific plans as follows:
(1) Plans for countering proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction and related materials and technologies.
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(2) Plans for training and equipping Federal, State, and
local officials for managing a crisis involving a use or threatened
use of a weapon of mass destruction, including the consequences
of the use of such a weapon.
(3) Plans for providing for regular sharing of information
among intelligence, law enforcement, and customs agencies.
(4) Plans for training and equipping law enforcement units,
customs services, and border security personnel to counter the
smuggling of weapons of mass destruction and related materials
and technologies.
(5) Plans for establishing appropriate centers for analyzing
seized nuclear, radiological, biological, and chemical weapons,
and related materials and technologies.
(6) Plans for establishing in the United States appropriate
legal controls and authorities relating to the exporting of
nuclear, radiological, biological, and chemical weapons, and
related materials and technologies.
(7) Plans for encouraging and assisting governments of
foreign countries to implement and enforce laws that set forth
appropriate penalties for offenses regarding the smuggling of
weapons of mass destruction and related materials and tech-
nologies.
(8) Plans for building the confidence of the United States
and Russia in each other’s controls over United States and
Russian nuclear weapons and fissile materials, including plans
for verifying the dismantlement of nuclear weapons.
(9) Plans for reducing United States and Russian stockpiles
of excess plutonium, reflecting—
(A) consideration of the desirability and feasibility of
a United States-Russian agreement governing fissile mate-
rial 
disposition 
and 
the 
specific 
technologies 
and
approaches to be used for disposition of excess plutonium;
and
(B) an assessment of the options for United States
cooperation with Russia in the disposition of Russian pluto-
nium.
(10) Plans for studying the merits and costs of establishing
a global network of means for detecting and responding to
terroristic or other criminal use of biological agents against
people or other forms of life in the United States or any foreign
country.
(c) REPORT.—(1) At the same time that the President submits
the budget for fiscal year 1998 to Congress pursuant to section
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the President shall submit
to Congress a report that sets forth the comprehensive program
developed under subsection (a).
(2) The report shall include the following:
(A) The specific plans for the program that are required
under subsection (b).
(B) Estimates of the funds necessary, by agency or depart-
ment, for carrying out such plans in fiscal year 1998 and
the following five fiscal years.
(3) The report shall be in an unclassified form. If there is
a classified version of the report, the President shall submit the
classified version at the same time.
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SEC. 1444. TERMINATION.
After September 30, 1999, the President—
(1) is not required to maintain a National Coordinator
for Nonproliferation Matters under section 1341; and
(2) may terminate the Committee on Nonproliferation
established under section 1342.
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous
SEC. 1451. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING CONTRACTING POLICY.
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense,
the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the
Secretary of State, to the extent authorized by law, should—
(1) contract directly with suppliers in independent states
of the former Soviet Union when such action would—
(A) result in significant savings of the programs
referred to in subtitle C; and
(B) substantially expedite completion of the programs
referred to in subtitle C; and
(2) seek means to use innovative contracting approaches
to avoid delay and increase the effectiveness of such programs
and of the exercise of such authorities.
SEC. 1452. TRANSFERS 
OF 
ALLOCATIONS 
AMONG 
COOPERATIVE
THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAMS.
Congress finds that—
(1) the various Cooperative Threat Reduction programs
are being carried out at different rates in the various countries
covered by such programs; and
(2) it is necessary to authorize transfers of funding alloca-
tions among the various programs in order to maximize the
effectiveness of United States efforts under such programs.
SEC. 1453. SENSE 
OF 
CONGRESS 
CONCERNING 
ASSISTANCE 
TO
STATES OF FORMER SOVIET UNION.
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and other
United States programs authorized in the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1993 and 1994 should be
expanded by offering assistance under those programs to other
independent states of the former Soviet Union in addition to
Russia, Ukraine, Kazakstan, and Belarus; and
(2) the President should offer assistance to additional
independent states of the former Soviet Union in each case
in which the participation of such states would benefit national
security interests of the United States by improving border
controls and safeguards over materials and technology associ-
ated with weapons of mass destruction.
SEC. 1454. PURCHASE OF LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM DERIVED FROM
RUSSIAN HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM.
(a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that
the allies of the United States and other nations should participate
in efforts to ensure that stockpiles of weapons-grade nuclear mate-
rial are reduced.
(b) ACTIONS
BY
THE SECRETARY
OF STATE.—Congress urges
the Secretary of State to encourage, in consultation with the Sec-
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retary of Energy, other countries to purchase low-enriched uranium
that is derived from highly enriched uranium extracted from Rus-
sian nuclear weapons.
SEC. 1455. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING PURCHASE, PACKAG-
ING, AND TRANSPORTATION OF FISSILE MATERIALS AT
RISK OF THEFT.
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the
Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of State should
purchase, package, and transport to secure locations weapons-
grade nuclear materials from a stockpile of such materials
if such officials determine that—
(A) there is a significant risk of theft of such
materials; and
(B) there is no reasonable and economically feasible
alternative for securing such materials; and
(2) if it is necessary to do so in order to secure the materials,
the materials should be imported into the United States, subject
to the laws and regulations that are applicable to the importa-
tion of such materials into the United States.
TITLE XV—COOPERATIVE THREAT RE-
DUCTION WITH STATES OF FORMER
SOVIET UNION
Sec. 1501. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs.
Sec. 1502. Fiscal year 1997 funding allocations.
Sec. 1503. Prohibition on use of funds for specified purposes.
Sec. 1504. Limitation on use of funds until specified reports are submitted.
Sec. 1505. Availability of funds.
SEC. 1501. SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION
PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 301 and other provi-
sions of this Act, Cooperative Threat Reduction programs are the
programs specified in subsection (b).
(b) SPECIFIED PROGRAMS.—The programs referred to in sub-
section (a) are the following programs with respect to states of
the former Soviet Union:
(1) Programs to facilitate the elimination, and the safe
and secure transportation and storage, of nuclear, chemical,
and other weapons and their delivery vehicles.
(2) Programs to facilitate the safe and secure storage of
fissile materials derived from the elimination of nuclear
weapons.
(3) Programs to prevent the proliferation of weapons, weap-
ons components, and weapons-related technology and expertise.
(4) Programs to expand military-to-military and defense
contacts.
SEC. 1502. FISCAL YEAR 1997 FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount appropriated pursuant to the
authorization of appropriations in section 301 for Cooperative
Threat Reduction programs, not more than the following amounts
may be obligated for the purposes specified:
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(1) For planning and design of a chemical weapons destruc-
tion facility in Russia, $78,500,000.
(2) For elimination of strategic offensive arms in Russia,
$52,000,000.
(3) For strategic nuclear arms elimination in Ukraine,
$47,000,000.
(4) For planning and design of a storage facility for Russian
fissile material, $66,000,000.
(5) For fissile material containers in Russia, $38,500,000.
(6) For weapons storage security in Russia, $15,000,000.
(7) For activities designated as Defense and Military-to-
Military Contacts in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan,
$10,000,000.
(8) For activities designated as Other Assessments/
Administrative Support, $20,900,000.
(9) For materials protection, control, and accounting assist-
ance or for destruction of nuclear, radiological, biological, or
chemical weapons or related materials at any site within the
former Soviet Union, $10,000,000.
(10) For transfer to the Secretary of Energy to develop
a cooperative program with the Government of Russia to elimi-
nate the production of weapons grade plutonium at Russian
reactors, $10,000,000.
(11) For dismantlement of biological and chemical weapons
facilities in the former Soviet Union, $15,000,000.
(12) For expanding military-to-military programs of the
United States that focus on countering the threat of prolifera-
tion of weapons of mass destruction to include the security
forces of the independent states of the former Soviet Union,
particularly states in the Caucasus region and Central Asia,
$2,000,000.
(b) LIMITED AUTHORITY TO VARY INDIVIDUAL AMOUNTS.—(1)
If the Secretary of Defense determines that it is necessary to
do so in the national interest, the Secretary may, subject to para-
graph (2), obligate amounts for the purposes stated in any of the
paragraphs of subsection (a) in excess of the amount specified
for those purposes in that paragraph, but not in excess of 115
percent of that amount. However, the total amount obligated for
the purposes stated in the paragraphs in subsection (a) may not
by reason of the use of the authority provided in the preceding
sentence exceed the sum of the amounts specified in those para-
graphs.
(2) An obligation for the purposes stated in any of the para-
graphs in subsection (a) in excess of the amount specified in that
paragraph may be made using the authority provided in paragraph
(1) only after—
(A) the Secretary submits to Congress a notification 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.
SEC. 1503. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SPECIFIED PURPOSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated pursuant
to the authorization in section 301 for Cooperative Threat Reduction
programs, or appropriated for such programs for any prior fiscal
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year and remaining available for obligation, may be obligated or
expended for any of the following purposes:
(1) Conducting with Russia any peacekeeping exercise or
other peacekeeping-related activity.
(2) Provision of housing.
(3) Provision of assistance to promote environmental
restoration.
(4) Provision of assistance to promote job retraining.
(b) LIMITATION WITH RESPECT TO DEFENSE CONVERSION ASSIST-
ANCE.—None of the funds appropriated to the Department of
Defense for fiscal year 1997 may be obligated or expended for
defense conversion.
SEC. 1504. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS UNTIL SPECIFIED REPORTS
ARE SUBMITTED.
None of the funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization
in section 301 for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs may
be obligated or expended until 15 days after the date which is
the latest of the following:
(1) The date on which the President submits to Congress
the determinations required under subsection (c) of section
211 of Public Law 102–228 (22 U.S.C. 2551 note) with respect
to any certification transmitted to Congress under subsection
(b) of that section before the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(2) The date on which the Secretary of Defense submits
to Congress the first report under section 1206(a) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public
Law 104–106; 110 Stat. 471).
(3) The date on which the Secretary of Defense submits
to Congress the report for fiscal year 1996 required under
section 1205(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103–337; 108 Stat. 2883).
SEC. 1505. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 301 for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs
shall be available for obligation for three fiscal years.
TITLE XVI—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
Subtitle A—Miscellaneous Matters Relating to Personnel Management, Pay,
and Allowances
Sec. 1601. Modification of requirement for conversion of military positions to
civilian positions.
Sec. 1602. Retention of civilian employee positions at military training bases trans-
ferred to National Guard.
Sec. 1603. Clarification of applicability of certain management constraints on major
range and test facility base structure.
Sec. 1604. Travel expenses and health care for civilian employees of the Depart-
ment of Defense abroad.
Sec. 1605. Travel, transportation, and relocation allowances for certain former non-
appropriated fund employees.
Sec. 1606. Employment and salary practices applicable to Department of Defense
overseas teachers.
Sec. 1607. Employment and compensation of civilian faculty members at certain
Department of Defense schools.
Sec. 1608. Reimbursement of Department of Defense domestic dependent school
board members for certain expenses.