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180 days after the date on which the Secretary makes 
funds appropriated pursuant to section 301(5) available 
to the organization. 
(d) NATIONAL SECURITY INTERAGENCY SYSTEM DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘national security inter-
agency system’’ means the structures, mechanisms, and 
processes by which the departments, agencies, and ele-
ments of the Federal Government that have national secu-
rity missions integrate their policies, capabilities, exper-
tise, and activities to accomplish such missions. 
(e) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated by section 301(5), not more than $4,000,000 
shall be available to carry out this section. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fis-
cal year 2008. 
Subtitle B—Policy Relating to Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1011. Limitation on leasing of foreign-built vessels. 
Sec. 1012. Policy relating to major combatant vessels of the strike forces of the 
United States Navy. 
Subtitle C—Counter-Drug Activities 
Sec. 1021. Extension of authority for joint task forces to provide support to law 
enforcement agencies conducting counter-terrorism activities. 
Sec. 1022. Expansion of authority to provide additional support for counter- 
drug activities in certain foreign countries. 
Subtitle D—Reports 
Sec. 1031. Extension and modification of report relating to hardened and deep-
ly buried targets. 
Sec. 1032. Comptroller General review of the Joint Improvised Explosive De-
vice Defeat Organization.
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Sec. 1033. Report on a national joint modeling and simulation development 
strategy. 
Sec. 1034. Report on impact on families of military personnel serving multiple 
overseas deployments. 
Sec. 1035
Commercial aviation technologies. 
Sec. 1036. Review of Department of Defense procedures to classify excess de-
fense articles and defense services with military technology 
components. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 1041. Enhancement of corrosion control and prevention functions within 
Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1042. Support by National Guard for national special security events and 
other critical national security activities. 
Sec. 1043. Improved authority to provide rewards for assistance in combating 
terrorism. 
Sec. 1044. Revision of proficiency flying definition. 
Sec. 1045. Support for non-Federal development and testing of material for 
chemical agent defense. 
Sec. 1046. Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United 
States. 
Sec. 1047. Technical and clerical amendments. 
Sec. 1048. Repeal of certification requirement. 
Sec. 1049. Prohibition on sale by Department of Defense of parts for F–14 
fighter aircraft. 
Sec. 1050. Maintenance of capability for space-based nuclear detection. 
Sec. 1051. Additional weapons of mass destruction civil support teams. 
Sec. 1052. Sense of Congress regarding need to replace Army M109 155mm 
self-propelled howitzer. 
Sec. 1053. Sense of Congress regarding detainees at Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1054. Repeal of provisions in section 1076 of Public Law 109–364 relating 
to use of Armed Forces in major public emergencies. 
Sec. 1055. Sense of Congress regarding a memorial for members of the Armed 
Forces who died in air crash in Bakers Creek, Australia. 
Sec. 1056. Background investigations required for civilians entering military fa-
cilities and installations. 
Sec. 1057. A report on transferring individuals detained at Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1058. Study and report on use of power management software. 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1001. GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 
the national interest, the Secretary may transfer
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amounts of authorizations made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this division for fiscal year 
2008 between any such authorizations for that fiscal 
year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of au-
thorizations so transferred shall be merged with and 
be available for the same purposes as the authoriza-
tion to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The total amount of author-
izations that the Secretary may transfer under the 
authority 
of 
this 
section 
may 
not 
exceed 
$4,500,000,000. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by this 
section to transfer authorizations— 
(1) may only be used to provide authority for 
items that have a higher priority than the items 
from which authority is transferred; and 
(2) may not be used to provide authority for an 
item that has been denied authorization by Con-
gress. 
(c) EFFECT
ON
AUTHORIZATION
AMOUNTS.—A 
transfer made from one account to another under the au-
thority of this section shall be deemed to increase the 
amount authorized for the account to which the amount 
is transferred by an amount equal to the amount trans-
ferred.
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(d) NOTICE
TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under 
subsection (a). 
(e) PROHIBITION ON TRANSFERS FROM GUARD AND 
RESERVE ACCOUNTS.—Funds authorized in this division 
for an account of the National Guard or other reserve 
components of the Armed Forces may not be a source of 
funds for transfer to a different account other than an-
other account of the National Guard or other reserve com-
ponent. 
SEC. 1002. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION TO NATO COM-
MON-FUNDED BUDGETS IN FISCAL YEAR 2008. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2008 LIMITATION.—The total 
amount contributed by the Secretary of Defense in fiscal 
year 2008 for the common-funded budgets of NATO may 
be any amount up to, but not in excess of, the amount 
specified in subsection (b) (rather than the maximum 
amount that would otherwise be applicable to those con-
tributions under the fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation). 
(b) TOTAL AMOUNT.—The amount of the limitation 
applicable under subsection (a) is the sum of the following: 
(1) The amounts of unexpended balances, as of 
the end of fiscal year 2007, of funds appropriated 
for fiscal years before fiscal year 2008 for payments 
for those budgets.
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(2) The amount specified in subsection (c)(1). 
(3) The amount specified in subsection (c)(2). 
(4) The total amount of the contributions au-
thorized to be made under section 2501. 
(c) AUTHORIZED AMOUNTS.—Amounts authorized to 
be appropriated by titles II and III of this Act are avail-
able for contributions for the common-funded budgets of 
NATO as follows: 
(1) Of the amount provided in section 201(1), 
$1,031,000 for the Civil Budget. 
(2) Of the amount provided in section 301(1), 
$362,159,000 for the Military Budget. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) COMMON-FUNDED
BUDGETS
OF
NATO.— 
The term ‘‘common-funded budgets of NATO’’ 
means the Military Budget, the Security Investment 
Program, and the Civil Budget of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (and any successor or addi-
tional account or program of NATO). 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 1998 BASELINE LIMITATION.— 
The term ‘‘fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation’’ 
means the maximum annual amount of Department 
of Defense contributions for common-funded budgets 
of NATO that is set forth as the annual limitation 
in section 3(2)(C)(ii) of the resolution of the Senate