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ant to title XIV of the Floyd D. Spence National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as 
enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 
1654A-345 et seq.) and reestablished pursuant to 
section 1052 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 
Stat. 3434). 
(2) COMMISSION CHARTER.—The term ‘‘Com-
mission charter’’ means title XIV of the Floyd D. 
Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 
106–398; 114 Stat. 1654A-345 et seq.), as amended 
by section 1052 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 
119 Stat. 3434). 
SEC. 1041. AUTHORIZATION TO EXPIRE CLEARANCES RE-
VOKED. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON EXPIRED CLEARANCES.—No 
security clearance granted by the Department of Defense 
that has been requested to be renewed, based on a require-
ment for periodic reinvestigation, shall be permitted to ex-
pire until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congres-
sional defense committees and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
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the Committee on Government Reform of the House of 
Representatives that— 
(1) the Defense Security Service has continued 
to accept industry requests for new personnel secu-
rity clearances and periodic reinvestigations; and 
(2) the Defense Security Service has fully fund-
ed its requirement for fiscal year 2007 security 
clearances and taken steps to eliminate its backlog 
of requests for security clearance and periodic inves-
tigations by September 20, 2008. 
(b) EXCEPTION TO PROHIBITION.—The prohibition 
in subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of De-
fense determines that sufficient cause exists to revoke a 
security clearance, that has been requested to be renewed, 
based on other requirements of law or Department of De-
fense policy or regulations. 
(c) DURATION OF PROHIBITION.—The prohibition on 
expired clearances authorized by this section expires on 
September 30, 2008. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion alters the process in effect as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act for security clearances and periodic inves-
tigations. 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘backlog’’ 
means the body of industry requests for new personnel se-
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curity clearances and periodic reinvestigations that have 
not yet been completed or that have not yet been opened 
for investigation. 
(f) REPORTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives a report detailing the actions required by 
subsection (a)(2) no later than September 30, 2007. A 
final report shall be submitted no later than September 
30, 2008. 
SEC. 1042. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RE-
SPONSE TO THREAT POSED BY IMPROVISED 
EXPLOSIVE DEVICES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to Congress a report regarding 
the status of the threat posed by improvised explosive de-
vices (in the section referred to as ‘‘IEDs’’) and describing 
efforts being undertaken to defeat this threat. Supple-
mental reports shall be submitted every 90 days thereafter 
to account for every incident involving the detonation or 
discovery of an IED since the previous report was sub-
mitted. Reports shall be transmitted in an unclassified 
manner with a classified annex, if necessary. 
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(b) JOINT IED DEFEAT ORGANIZATION AND RE-
LATED OFFICES.—The reports required by subsection (a) 
shall provide the following information regarding the Joint 
IED Defeat Organization and all other offices within the 
Department of Defense and the military departments that 
are focused on countering IEDs: 
(1) The number of people assigned to the Joint 
IED Defeat Organization and the related offices. 
(2) The major locations to which personnel are 
assigned and organizational structure. 
(3) The projected budget of the Joint IED De-
feat Organization and the related offices. 
(4) The level of funding required for adminis-
trative costs. 
(c) EXISTING THREAT AND COUNTER MEASURES.— 
The reports required by subsection (a) shall include the 
following information regarding the threat posed by IEDs 
and the countermeasures employed to defeat those threats: 
(1) The number of IEDs being encountered by 
United States and allied military personnel, includ-
ing general trends in tactics and technology used by 
the enemy. 
(2) Passive countermeasures employed and 
their success rates. 
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(3) Active countermeasures employed and their 
success rates. 
(4) Any evidence of assistance by foreign coun-
tries or other entities not directly involved in fight-
ing United States and allied forces in Iraq and Af-
ghanistan. 
(5) A list and summary of data collected and 
reports generated by the Department of Defense and 
the Armed Forces on counter-IED efforts in Iraq 
and Afghanistan and other fronts in the Global War 
on Terrorism. 
(d) RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, 
AND 
EVALUATION OF NEW COUNTERMEASURES.—The reports 
required by subsection (a) shall include the following infor-
mation regarding research, development, testing, and eval-
uation of new active and passive countermeasures and im-
pediments to those efforts: 
(1) The status of any and all efforts within the 
Department of Defense and the Armed Forces to re-
search, develop, test, and evaluate passive counter-
measures and active countermeasures and to speed 
their introduction into units currently deployed over-
seas. 
(2) Impediments to swift introduction of prom-
ising new active countermeasures. 
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(e) INTERDICTION EFFORTS.—To the extent not pre-
viously covered in another section of the reports required 
by subsection (a), the reports shall identify any and all 
other offices within the Department of Defense or the 
Armed Forces that are focused on interdicting IEDs, to-
gether with the personnel and funding requirements speci-
fied in subsection (b) and the success of such efforts. For 
purposes of this subsection, interdiction includes the devel-
opment of intelligence regarding persons and locations in-
volved in the manufacture or deployment of IEDs and sub-
sequent action against those persons or locations, includ-
ing efforts to prevent IED emplacement. 
SEC. 1043. DETERMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
INTRATHEATER AND INTERTHEATER AIRLIFT 
AND SEALIFT MOBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) DETERMINATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, as part of the 2006 Mobility Capabili-
ties Study, shall determine Department of Defense mobil-
ity requirements as follows: 
(1) The Secretary shall determine intratheater 
and intertheater airlift mobility requirements and 
intratheater and intertheater sealift mobility require-
ments (all stated in terms of million ton miles per 
day) for executing each scenario that was modeled in 
the 2005 Mobility Capabilities Study and each sce-
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nario that is modeled in the 2006 Mobility Capabili-
ties Study. 
(2) The Secretary shall determine intratheater 
and intertheater airlift mobility requirements and 
intratheater and intertheater sealift mobility require-
ments (all stated in terms of million ton miles per 
day) for executing the National Military Strategy 
with a low acceptable level of risk, with a medium 
acceptable level of risk, and with a high acceptable 
level of risk, for each of the following: 
(A) Major combat operations. 
(B) The Global War on Terrorism. 
(C) Baseline security posture operations. 
(D) Homeland defense and civil support 
operations. 
(E) Special operations missions. 
(F) Global strike missions. 
(G) Strategic nuclear missions. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2007, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report providing the mobility require-
ments determined pursuant to subsection (a). The report 
shall set forth each mobility requirement specified in para-
graph (1) or (2) of that subsection. 
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(c) MOBILITY CAPABILITIES STUDIES.—For pur-
poses of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘2006 Mobility Capabilities 
Study’’ means the studies conducted by the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Joint Staff during 2006 
as a follow-on to the 2005 Mobility Capabilities 
Study. 
(2) The term ‘‘2005 Mobility Capabilities 
Study’’ means the comprehensive Mobility Capabili-
ties Study completed in December 2005 and con-
ducted through the Office of Program Analysis and 
Evaluation of the Department of Defense to assess 
mobility needs for all aspects of the National De-
fense Strategy. 
SEC. 
1044. 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
OPERATIONAL 
PLANS FOR ARMED FORCES SUPPORT FOR 
CIVIL AUTHORITIES. 
The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security and State governments, 
shall develop detailed operational plans regarding the use 
of the Armed Forces to support activities of civil authori-
ties, known as Defense Support to Civil Authorities mis-
sions. These plans shall specifically address response op-
tions to hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, pandemic, and 
other natural disasters. 
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SEC. 1045. REQUIREMENT THAT ALL MILITARY WHEELED 
VEHICLES USED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN 
OUTSIDE 
OF 
MILITARY 
COMPOUNDS 
BE 
EQUIPPED WITH EFFECTIVE IMPROVISED EX-
PLOSIVE DEVICE (IED) JAMMERS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
take such steps as necessary to ensure that by the end 
of fiscal year 2007 all United States military wheeled vehi-
cles used in Iraq and Afghanistan outside of military com-
pounds are equipped with effective Improvised Explosive 
Device (IED) jammers. 
(b) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out sub-
section (a) using funds provided pursuant to authoriza-
tions of appropriations in title XV. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 15, 2006, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the cost and timeline to com-
plete compliance with the requirement in subsection (a) 
that by the end of fiscal year 2007 each vehicle described 
in that subsection be equipped with an effective Impro-
vised Explosive Device jammer. 
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 
MATTERS 
Sec. 1101. Increase in authorized number of defense intelligence senior execu-
tive service employees. 
Sec. 1102. Authority for Department of Defense to pay full replacement value 
for personal property claims of civilians. 
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Sec. 1103. Accrual of annual leave for members of the uniformed services per-
forming dual employment. 
Sec. 1104. Death gratuity authorized for Federal employees. 
SEC. 1101. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF DE-
FENSE INTELLIGENCE SENIOR EXECUTIVE 
SERVICE EMPLOYEES. 
Section 1606(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘594’’ and inserting ‘‘644’’. 
SEC. 1102. AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO 
PAY FULL REPLACEMENT VALUE FOR PER-
SONAL PROPERTY CLAIMS OF CIVILIANS. 
Section 2636a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘of baggage and household effects 
for members of the armed forces at Government expense’’ 
and inserting ‘‘at Government expense of baggage and 
household effects for members of the armed forces or civil-
ian employees of the Department of Defense (or both)’’. 
SEC. 1103. ACCRUAL OF ANNUAL LEAVE FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE UNIFORMED SERVICES PERFORMING 
DUAL EMPLOYMENT. 
Section 5534a of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘Such a member also is entitled to accrue annual leave 
with pay in the manner specified in section 6303(a) of this 
title for a retired member of a uniformed service.’’. 
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SEC. 1104. DEATH GRATUITY AUTHORIZED FOR FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEES. 
(a) DEATH GRATUITY AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 81 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 8102 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 8102a. Death gratuity 
‘‘(a) DEATH GRATUITY AUTHORIZED.—The United 
States shall pay a death gratuity of $100,000 to or for 
the survivor prescribed by subsection (d) immediately 
upon receiving official notification of the death of an em-
ployee who dies of injuries incurred in connection with the 
employee’s service with an Armed Force in a contingency 
operation, or who dies of injuries incurred in connection 
with a terrorist incident occurring during the employee’s 
service with an Armed Force. 
‘‘(b) RETROACTIVE PAYMENT IN CERTAIN CASES.— 
With respect to an employee who dies on or after October 
7, 2001, as a result of wounds, injuries, or illnesses in-
curred in the performance of duty in the theater of oper-
ations of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi 
Freedom, subsection (a) also shall apply. 
‘‘(c) OTHER BENEFITS.—The death gratuity payable 
under this section is in addition to any death benefits oth-
erwise provided for in law. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE SURVIVORS.— 
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‘‘(1) A death gratuity payable upon the death 
of a person covered by subsection (a) shall be paid 
to or for the living survivor highest on the following 
list: 
‘‘(A) The employee’s surviving spouse. 
‘‘(B) The employee’s children, as pre-
scribed by paragraph (2), in equal shares. 
‘‘(C) If designated by the employee, any 
one or more of the following persons: 
‘‘(i) The employee’s parents or per-
sons in loco parentis, as prescribed by 
paragraph (3). 
‘‘(ii) The employee’s brothers. 
‘‘(iii) The employee’s sisters. 
‘‘(D) The employee’s parents or persons in 
loco parentis, as prescribed by paragraph (3), 
in equal shares. 
‘‘(E) The employee’s brothers and sisters 
in equal shares. 
Subparagraphs (C) and (E) of this paragraph in-
clude brothers and sisters of the half blood and 
those through adoption. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1)(B) applies, without regard 
to age or marital status, to— 
‘‘(A) legitimate children; 
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‘‘(B) adopted children; 
‘‘(C) stepchildren who were a part of the 
decedent’s household at the time of death; 
‘‘(D) illegitimate children of a female dece-
dent; and 
‘‘(E) illegitimate children of a male dece-
dent— 
‘‘(i) who have been acknowledged in 
writing signed by the decedent; 
‘‘(ii) who have been judicially deter-
mined, before the decedent’s death, to be 
his children; 
‘‘(iii) who have been otherwise proved, 
by evidence satisfactory to the employing 
agency, to be children of the decedent; or 
‘‘(iv) to whose support the decedent 
had been judicially ordered to contribute. 
‘‘(3) Subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph 
(1), so far as they apply to parents and persons in 
loco parentis, include fathers and mothers through 
adoption, and persons who stood in loco parentis to 
the decedent for a period of not less than one year 
at any time before the decedent became an em-
ployee. However, only one father and one mother, or 
their counterparts in loco parentis, may be recog-
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nized in any case, and preference shall be given to 
those who exercised a parental relationship on the 
date, or most nearly before the date, on which the 
decedent became an employee. 
‘‘(4) If an eligible survivor dies before he re-
ceives the death gratuity, it shall be paid to the liv-
ing survivor next in the order prescribed by para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—The term ‘contingency oper-
ation’ has the meaning given to that term in section 
1482a(c) of title 10, United States Code.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 81 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 8102 the 
following new item: 
‘‘8102a. Death gratuity.’’. 
TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING 
TO FOREIGN NATIONS 
Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 
Sec. 1201. Logistic support for allied forces participating in combined oper-
ations. 
Sec. 1202. Temporary authority to use acquisition and cross-servicing agree-
ments to lend certain military equipment to foreign forces in 
Iraq and Afghanistan for personnel protection and surviv-
ability. 
Sec. 1203. Recodification and revision to law relating to Department of Defense 
humanitarian demining assistance. 
Sec. 1204. Enhancements to Regional Defense Combating Terrorism Fellow-
ship Program. 
Sec. 1205. Capstone overseas field studies trips to People’s Republic of China 
and Republic of China on Taiwan. 
Sec. 1206. Military educational exchanges between senior officers and officials 
of the United States and Taiwan. 
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Subtitle B—Nonproliferation Matters and Countries of Concern 
Sec. 1211. Procurement restrictions against foreign persons that transfer cer-
tain defense articles and services to the People’s Republic of 
China. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 1221. Execution of the President’s policy to make available to Taiwan die-
sel electric submarines. 
Sec. 1222. Humanitarian support for Iraqi children in urgent need of medical 
care. 
Sec. 1223. Sense of Congress concerning cooperation with Russia on issues per-
taining to missile defense. 
Subtitle A—Assistance and 
Training 
SEC. 1201. LOGISTIC SUPPORT FOR ALLIED FORCES PAR-
TICIPATING IN COMBINED OPERATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 3 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 127b 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 127c. Allied forces participating in combined oper-
ations: authority to provide logistic sup-
port, supplies, and services 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Subject to subsections (b) and 
(c), the Secretary of Defense may provide logistic support, 
supplies, and services to allied forces participating in a 
combined operation with the armed forces. Provision of 
such support, supplies, and services to the forces of an 
allied nation may be made only with the concurrence of 
the Secretary of State. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be used only— 
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‘‘(1) in accordance with the Arms Export Con-
trol Act and other export control laws of the United 
States; and 
‘‘(2) for a combined operation— 
‘‘(A) that is carried out during active hos-
tilities or as part of a contingency operation or 
a noncombat operation (including an operation 
in support of the provision of humanitarian or 
foreign disaster assistance, a country stabiliza-
tion operation, or a peacekeeping operation 
under chapter VI or VII of the Charter of the 
United Nations); and 
‘‘(B) in a case in which the Secretary of 
Defense determines that the allied forces to be 
provided logistic support, supplies, and services 
(i) are essential to the success of the combined 
operation, and (ii) would not be able to partici-
pate in the combined operation but for the pro-
vision of such logistic support, supplies, and 
services by the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON VALUE.—The value of logistic 
support, supplies, and services provided under this section 
in any fiscal year may not exceed $100,000,000. 
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‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘logistic 
support, supplies, and services’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 2350(1) of this title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 127b the following new 
item: 
‘‘127c. Allied forces participating in combined operations: authority to provide 
logistic support, supplies, and services.’’. 
SEC. 1202. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO USE ACQUISITION 
AND 
CROSS-SERVICING 
AGREEMENTS 
TO 
LEND CERTAIN MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO 
FOREIGN FORCES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANI-
STAN FOR PERSONNEL PROTECTION AND 
SURVIVABILITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2), 
(3), and (4), the Secretary of Defense may treat cov-
ered military equipment as logistic support, supplies, 
and services under subchapter I of chapter 138 of 
title 10, United States Code, for the purpose of pro-
viding for the use of such equipment by military 
forces of a nation participating in combined oper-
ations with the United States in Iraq or Afghani-
stan. 
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(2) REQUIRED DETERMINATIONS.—Equipment 
may be provided to the military forces of a nation 
under the authority of this section only upon— 
(A) a determination by the Secretary of 
Defense that the United States forces in the 
combined operation have no unfilled require-
ments for that equipment; and 
(B) a determination by the Secretary of 
Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary 
of State, that it is in the national security inter-
est of the United States to provide for the use 
of such equipment by the military forces of that 
nation under this section. 
(3) LIMITATION
ON
USE
OF
EQUIPMENT.— 
Equipment provided to the military forces of a na-
tion under the authority of this section may be used 
by those forces only in Iraq or Afghanistan and only 
for personnel protection or to aid in the personnel 
survivability of those forces. 
(4) LIMITATION ON DURATION OF PROVISION 
OF EQUIPMENT.—Equipment provided to the mili-
tary forces of a nation under the authority of this 
section may be used by the military forces of that 
nation for not longer than one year. 
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(b) SEMIANNUAL
REPORTS
TO
CONGRESSIONAL 
COMMITTEES.— 
(1) USE
OF
AUTHORITY
DURING
FIRST
SIX 
MONTHS
OF
FISCAL
YEAR.—If the authority pro-
vided in subsection (a) is exercised during the first 
six months of a fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the specified congressional commit-
tees a report on that exercise of such authority not 
later than the following April 30. 
(2) USE OF AUTHORITY DURING SECOND SIX 
MONTHS
OF
FISCAL
YEAR.—If the authority pro-
vided in subsection (a) is exercised during the sec-
ond six months of a fiscal year, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the specified congressional 
committees a report on that exercise of such author-
ity not later than the following October 30. 
(3) CONTENT.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) or (2) shall include, with respect to each exercise 
of the authority provided in subsection (a) during 
the period covered by the report, the following: 
(A) A description of the basis for the de-
termination of the Secretary of Defense that it 
is in the national security interests of the 
United States to provide for the use of covered 
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military equipment in the manner authorized in 
subsection (a). 
(B) Identification of each foreign force 
that receives such equipment. 
(C) A description of the type, quantity, 
and value of the equipment provided to each 
foreign force that receives such equipment. 
(D) A description of the terms and dura-
tion of the provision of the equipment to each 
foreign force that receives such equipment. 
(4) COORDINATION.—Each report under para-
graph (1) or (2) shall be prepared in coordination 
with the Secretary of State. 
(c) LIMITATIONS
ON
PROVISION
OF
MILITARY 
EQUIPMENT.—The provision of military equipment under 
this section is subject to the provisions of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) and of any other 
export control process under laws relating to the transfer 
of military equipment and technology to foreign nations. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered military equipment’’ 
means items designated as significant military 
equipment in categories I, II, III, and VII of the 
United States Munitions List under section 38(a)(1) 
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of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2778(a)(1)). 
(2) The term ‘‘specified congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on International Relations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(e) EXPIRATION.—The authority to provide military 
equipment to the military forces of a foreign nation under 
this section expires on September 30, 2008. 
SEC. 1203. RECODIFICATION AND REVISION TO LAW RELAT-
ING TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HUMANI-
TARIAN DEMINING ASSISTANCE. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 401 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4); 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking paragraphs (2) 
and (3); and 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (5). 
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(b) RECODIFICATION AND REVISION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 20 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘§ 407. Humanitarian demining assistance: authority; 
limitations 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—(1) Under regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military 
department may carry out humanitarian demining assist-
ance in conjunction with authorized military operations of 
the armed forces in a country if the Secretary concerned 
determines that the assistance will promote either— 
‘‘(A) the security interests of both the United 
States and the country in which the activities are to 
be carried out; or 
‘‘(B) the specific operational readiness skills of 
the members of the armed forces who participate in 
the activities. 
‘‘(2) Humanitarian demining assistance under this 
section shall complement, and may not duplicate, any 
other form of social or economic assistance which may be 
provided to the country concerned by any other depart-
ment or agency of the United States. 
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‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that no 
member of the armed forces, while providing humanitarian 
demining assistance under this section— 
‘‘(A) engages in the physical detection, lifting, 
or destroying of landmines or other explosive rem-
nants of war (unless the member does so for the 
concurrent purpose of supporting a United States 
military operation); or 
‘‘(B) provides such assistance as part of a mili-
tary operation that does not involve the armed 
forces. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—(1) Humanitarian demining as-
sistance may not be provided under this section unless the 
Secretary of State specifically approves the provision of 
such assistance. 
‘‘(2) Any authority provided under any other provi-
sion of law to provide humanitarian demining assistance 
to a foreign country shall be carried out in accordance 
with, and subject to, the limitations prescribed in this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(c) EXPENSES.—(1) Expenses incurred as a direct 
result of providing humanitarian demining assistance 
under this section to a foreign country shall be paid for 
out of funds specifically appropriated for the purpose of 
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the provision by the Department of Defense of overseas 
humanitarian assistance. 
‘‘(2) Expenses covered by paragraph (1) include the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Travel, transportation, and subsistence ex-
penses of Department of Defense personnel pro-
viding such assistance. 
‘‘(B) The cost of any equipment, services, or 
supplies acquired for the purpose of carrying out or 
supporting humanitarian demining activities, includ-
ing any nonlethal, individual, or small-team equip-
ment or supplies for clearing landmines or other ex-
plosive remnants of war that are to be transferred 
or otherwise furnished to a foreign country in fur-
therance of the provision of assistance under this 
section. 
‘‘(3) The cost of equipment, services, and supplies 
provided in any fiscal year under this section may not ex-
ceed $10,000,000. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall include in the annual report under section 401 of 
this title a separate discussion of activities carried out 
under this section during the preceding fiscal year, includ-
ing— 
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