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year under section 516(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2321j(g)).
(d) COSTS OF TRANSFERS.—Any expense incurred by the United
States in connection with a transfer authorized under subsection
(a) or (b) shall be charged to the recipient.
(e) REPAIR
AND REFURBISHMENT
IN UNITED STATES SHIP-
YARDS.—To the maximum extent practicable, the President shall
require, as a condition of the transfer of a vessel under this section,
that the country to which the vessel is transferred have such
repair or refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the
vessel joins the naval forces of that country, performed at a shipyard
located in the United States, including a United States Navy ship-
yard.
(f) EXPIRATION
OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to transfer a
vessel under this section shall expire at the end of the two-year
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1014. INDEPENDENT STUDY TO ASSESS COST EFFECTIVENESS
OF THE NAVY SHIP CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide for a study
of the cost effectiveness of the ship construction program of the
Navy. The study shall be conducted by a group of industrial experts
independent of the Department of Defense. The study shall examine
both—
(1) a variety of approaches by which the Navy ship
construction program could be made more efficient in the near
term; and
(2) a variety of approaches by which, with a nationally
integrated effort over the next decade, the United States ship-
building industry might enhance its health and viability.
(b) NEAR-TERM IMPROVEMENTS IN EFFICIENCY.—With respect
to the examination under subsection (a)(1) of approaches by which
the Navy ship construction program could be made more efficient
in the near term, the Secretary shall provide for the persons con-
ducting the study to—
(1) determine the potential cost savings on an annual basis,
with an estimate of return on investment, from implementation
of each approach examined; and
(2) establish priorities for potential implementation of the
approaches examined.
(c) UNITED STATES SHIPBUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE MODERNIZA-
TION PLAN.—With respect to the examination under subsection
(a)(2) of approaches by which the United States shipbuilding
industry might enhance its health and viability through a nationally
integrated effort over the next decade, the Secretary shall provide
for the persons conducting the study to—
(1) propose a plan incorporating a variety of approaches
that would modernize the United States shipbuilding infra-
structure within the next decade, resulting in a healthier and
more viable shipbuilding industrial base;
(2) establish priorities for potential implementation of the
approaches examined; and
(3) estimate the resources required to implement each of
the approaches examined.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 2005, the Secretary
of Defense shall submit a report to the congressional defense
committees providing the results of the study under subsection
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(a). The report shall include the matters specified in subsections
(b) and (c).
SEC. 1015. LIMITATION ON DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE NAVAL VESSEL.
The Secretary of the Navy may not dispose of the decommis-
sioned destroyer ex-Edson (DD–946) before October 1, 2007, to
an entity that is not a nonprofit organization unless the Secretary
first determines that there is no nonprofit organization that meets
the criteria for donation of that vessel under section 7306(a)(3)
of title 10, United States Code.
Subtitle C—Counterdrug Matters
SEC. 1021. USE OF FUNDS FOR UNIFIED COUNTERDRUG AND
COUNTERTERRORISM CAMPAIGN IN COLOMBIA.
(a) AUTHORITY.—(1) In fiscal years 2005 and 2006, funds avail-
able to the Department of Defense to provide assistance to the
Government of Colombia may be used by the Secretary of Defense
to support a unified campaign by the Government of Colombia
against narcotics trafficking and against activities by organizations
designated as terrorist organizations, such as the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army
(ELN), and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).
(2) The authority to provide assistance for a campaign under
this subsection includes authority to take actions to protect human
health and welfare in emergency circumstances, including the
undertaking of rescue operations.
(b) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS AND LIMITATIONS.—The
use of funds pursuant to the authority in subsection (a) shall
be subject to the following:
(1) Sections 556, 567, and 568 of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
2002 (Public Law 107–115; 115 Stat. 2160, 2165, and 2166).
(2) Section 8076 of the Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 118 Stat. 988).
(c) NUMERICAL LIMITATION ON ASSIGNMENT OF UNITED STATES
PERSONNEL.—Notwithstanding section 3204(b) of the Emergency
Supplemental Act, 2000 (Division B of Public Law 106–246; 114
Stat. 575), as amended by the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public
Law 107–115; 115 Stat. 2131), the number of United States per-
sonnel assigned to conduct activities in Colombia in connection
with support of Plan Colombia under subsection (a) in fiscal years
2005 and 2006 shall be subject to the following limitations:
(1) The number of United States military personnel
assigned for temporary or permanent duty in Colombia in
connection with support of Plan Colombia may not exceed 800.
(2) The number of United States individual citizens
retained as contractors in Colombia in connection with support
of Plan Colombia who are funded by Federal funds may not
exceed 600.
(d) LIMITATION
ON PARTICIPATION
OF UNITED STATES PER-
SONNEL.—No United States Armed Forces personnel, United States
civilian employees, or United States civilian contractor personnel
employed by the United States may participate in any combat
operation in connection with assistance using funds pursuant to
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the authority in subsection (a), except for the purpose of acting
in self defense or of rescuing any United States citizen, including
any United States Armed Forces personnel, United States civilian
employee, or civilian contractor employed by the United States.
(e) RELATION TO OTHER AUTHORITY.—The authority provided
by subsection (a) is in addition to any other authority in law
to provide assistance to the Government of Colombia.
(f) REPORT ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TERRORIST ORGANIZA-
TIONS IN COLOMBIA AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—(1) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary
of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence, shall submit
to the congressional defense committees and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International
Relations of the House of Representatives a report that describes—
(A) any relationships between foreign governments or
organizations and organizations based in Colombia that have
been designated as foreign terrorist organizations under United
States law, including the provision of any direct or indirect
assistance to such organizations; and
(B) United States policies that are designed to address
such relationships.
(2) The report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
SEC. 1022. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORT REGARDING COUNTER-
DRUG EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the President should make the substantial reduction
of illegal drug trafficking in Afghanistan a priority in the Global
War on Terrorism;
(2) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of State and the heads of other appropriate Federal
agencies, should expand cooperation with the Government of
Afghanistan and international organizations involved in
counter-drug activities to assist in providing a secure environ-
ment for counter-drug personnel in Afghanistan; and
(3) the United States, in conjunction with the Government
of Afghanistan and coalition partners, should undertake addi-
tional efforts to reduce illegal drug trafficking and related
activities that provide financial support for terrorist organiza-
tions in Afghanistan and neighboring countries.
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of State shall jointly prepare a report that describes—
(A) the progress made towards substantially reducing
poppy cultivation and heroin production capabilities in Afghani-
stan; and
(B) the extent to which profits from illegal drug activity
in Afghanistan are used to financially support terrorist
organizations and groups seeking to undermine the Government
of Afghanistan.
(2) The report required by this subsection shall be submitted
to Congress not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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Subtitle D—Matters Relating to Museums
and Commemorations
SEC. 1031. RECOGNITION OF THE LIBERTY MEMORIAL MUSEUM,
KANSAS 
CITY, 
MISSOURI, 
AS 
AMERICA’S 
NATIONAL
WORLD WAR I MUSEUM.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Liberty Memorial Museum in Kansas City, Mis-
souri, was built in honor of those individuals who served in
World War I in defense of liberty and the United States.
(2) The Liberty Memorial Association, the nonprofit
organization that originally built the Liberty Memorial
Museum, is responsible for the finances, operations, and collec-
tions management of the Liberty Memorial Museum.
(3) The Liberty Memorial Museum is the only public
museum in the United States that exists for the exclusive
purpose of interpreting the experiences of the United States
and its allies in the World War I years (1914–1918), both
on the battlefield and on the home front.
(4) The Liberty Memorial Museum project began after the
1918 Armistice through the efforts of a large-scale, grass-roots
civic and fundraising effort by the citizens of the Kansas City
metropolitan area, including veterans of World War I. After
the conclusion of a national architectural design competition,
ground was broken in 1921, construction began in 1923, and
the Liberty Memorial Museum was opened to the public in
1926.
(5) In 1994, the Liberty Memorial Museum closed for a
massive restoration and expansion project. The restored
museum reopened to the public on Memorial Day in 2002
during a gala rededication ceremony.
(6) Exhibits prepared for the original museum buildings
presaged the dramatic, underground expansion of core exhi-
bition gallery space, with over 30,000 square feet of new
interpretive and educational exhibits currently in development.
The new exhibits, along with an expanded research library
and archives, will more fully utilize the many thousands of
historical objects, books, maps, posters, photographs, diaries,
letters, and reminiscences of World War I participants that
are preserved for posterity in the collections of the Liberty
Memorial Museum. The new core exhibition is scheduled to
open on Veterans Day in 2006.
(7) The City of Kansas City, the State of Missouri, and
thousands of private donors and philanthropic foundations have
contributed millions of dollars to first build and later restore
the Liberty Memorial Museum. The Liberty Memorial Museum
continues to receive the strong support of residents from the
States of Missouri and Kansas and across the United States.
(8) Since its restoration and rededication in 2002, the Lib-
erty Memorial Museum has attracted thousands of visitors
from across the United States and many foreign countries.
(9) There remains a need to preserve in a museum setting
evidence of the honor, courage, patriotism, and sacrifice of
those Americans who offered their services and who gave their
lives in defense of liberty during World War I, evidence of