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giving the advice and consent of the Senate to the 
ratification of the Protocols to the North Atlantic 
Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Poland, Hun-
gary, and the Czech Republic (as defined in section 
4(7) of that resolution), approved by the Senate on 
April 30, 1998. 
Subtitle B—Policy Relating to 
Vessels and Shipyards 
SEC. 1011. LIMITATION ON LEASING OF FOREIGN-BUILT 
VESSELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) CONTRACTS FOR LEASES FOR MORE THAN 
24 MONTHS.—Chapter 141 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after section 2401a 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2401b. Limitation on lease of foreign-built vessels 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of a military de-
partment may not make a contract for a lease or charter 
of a vessel for a term of more than 24 months (including 
all options to renew or extend the contract) if the hull, 
or a component of the hull and superstructure of the ves-
sel, is constructed in a foreign shipyard. 
‘‘(b) PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECU-
RITY INTEREST.—(1) The President may authorize excep-
tions to the limitation in subsection (a) when the President
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determines that it is in the national security interest of 
the United States to do so. 
‘‘(2) The President shall transmit notice to Congress 
of any such determination, and no contract may be made 
pursuant to the exception authorized until the end of the 
30-day period beginning on the date on which the notice 
of the determination is received by Congress.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 2401a 
the following new item: 
‘‘2401b. Limitation on lease of foreign-built vessels.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 2401b of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall 
apply with respect to contracts entered into after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1012. POLICY RELATING TO MAJOR COMBATANT VES-
SELS 
OF 
THE 
STRIKE 
FORCES 
OF 
THE 
UNITED STATES NAVY. 
(a) INTEGRATED NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS.—It is 
the policy of the United States to construct the major 
combatant vessels of the strike forces of the United States 
Navy, including all new classes of such vessels, with inte-
grated nuclear power systems. 
(b) REQUIREMENT
TO REQUEST NUCLEAR VES-
SELS.—If a request is submitted to Congress in the budget
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for a fiscal year for construction of a new class of major 
combatant vessel for the strike forces of the United States, 
the request shall be for such a vessel with an integrated 
nuclear power system, unless the Secretary of Defense 
submits with the request a notification to Congress that 
the inclusion of an integrated nuclear power system in 
such vessel is not in the national interest. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MAJOR
COMBATANT
VESSELS
OF
THE 
STRIKE FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.— 
The term ‘‘major combatant vessels of the strike 
forces of the United States Navy’’ means the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Submarines. 
(B) Aircraft carriers. 
(C) Cruisers, battleships, or other large 
surface combatants whose primary mission in-
cludes protection of carrier strike groups, expe-
ditionary strike groups, and vessels comprising 
a sea base. 
(2) INTEGRATED NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEM.— 
The term ‘‘integrated nuclear power system’’ means 
a ship engineering system that uses a naval nuclear 
reactor as its energy source and generates sufficient 
electric energy to provide power to the ship’s elec-
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trical loads, including its combat systems and pro-
pulsion motors. 
(3) BUDGET.—The term ‘‘budget’’ means the 
budget that is submitted to Congress by the Presi-
dent under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code. 
Subtitle C—Counter-Drug 
Activities 
SEC. 1021. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT TASK 
FORCES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO LAW EN-
FORCEMENT 
AGENCIES 
CONDUCTING 
COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTIVITIES. 
Section 1022(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 10 
U.S.C. 371 note) is amended by striking ‘‘and 2007’’ and 
inserting ‘‘through 2008’’. 
SEC. 1022. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ADDI-
TIONAL SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES IN CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Subsection (b) of section 1033 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 
105–85; 111 Stat. 1881), as amended by section 1021 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2004 (Public Law 108–136, 117 Stat. 1593) and section 
1022 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization
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Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 
2382), is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(17) The Government of Mexico. 
‘‘(18) The Government of the Dominican Re-
public.’’. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
SEC. 1031. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF REPORT RE-
LATING TO HARDENED AND DEEPLY BURIED 
TARGETS. 
Section 1032 of the Bob Stump National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107– 
314; 116 Stat. 2643; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ANNUAL RE-
PORT ON WEAPONS’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORT ON 
CAPABILITIES’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘April 1 of each year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘March 1, 2009, and every two years 
thereafter,’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Director of Central Intel-
ligence’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of National In-
telligence’’;
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(D) by striking ‘‘the preceding fiscal year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the preceding two fiscal years 
and planned for the current fiscal year and the 
next fiscal year’’; and 
(E) by striking ‘‘to develop weapons’’ and 
inserting ‘‘to develop capabilities’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘The report for a fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘A report submitted’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘were 
undertaken during that fiscal year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘were or will be undertaken during the 
four-fiscal-year period covered by the report’’; 
and 
(C) in paragraph (2) in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘were un-
dertaken during such fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘were or will be undertaken during the four-fis-
cal-year period covered by the report’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘April 1, 
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2013’’.
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SEC. 1032. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF THE JOINT 
IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT OR-
GANIZATION. 
(a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall conduct a review of the 
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization 
and its activities. 
(b) ANALYSES REQUIRED.—The review required by 
subsection (a) shall include an analysis of each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The appropriateness and efficacy of the ef-
forts of the Organization to achieve its mission, in-
cluding strategy, plans, technologies developed, and 
programs funded. 
(2) The process used by the Organization to se-
lect appropriate and effective technologies and other 
solutions to achieve its mission. 
(3) The ability of the Organization to respond 
to rapidly changing threats and to anticipate future 
threats. 
(4) The performance of the Organization in 
leading, advocating, and coordinating all of the ac-
tivities of the Department of Defense to defeat im-
provised explosive devices and an assessment of the 
Organization’s authority to do so.
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(5) The appropriateness of the staff of the Or-
ganization, including the number, qualifications, and 
functions of the personnel of the Organization and 
the use of contractors in the Organization. 
(6) The efforts of the Organization to target 
enemy networks and how the Organization is 
leveraging and coordinating such efforts with the ef-
forts of other elements of the Department, and other 
elements of the United States Government, that are 
also targeting enemy networks. 
(7) The feedback from the warfighter with re-
spect to the efforts of the Organization. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the results of the review required by subsection (a). 
The report shall contain a summary of the findings of the 
review. 
SEC. 1033. REPORT ON A NATIONAL JOINT MODELING AND 
SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port that would provide for the development and imple-
mentation of a joint modeling and simulation concept to 
support the full spectrum of Department of Defense mod-