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(b) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be
construed to impose any geographical limitation on the ap-
plicability of the prohibition against cruel, inhuman, or de-
grading treatment or punishment under this section.
(c) LIMITATION ON SUPERSEDURE.—The provisions of
this section shall not be superseded, except by a provision
of law enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act
which specifically repeals, modifies, or supersedes the provi-
sions of this section.
(d) CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR
PUNISHMENT DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘cruel,
inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment’’ means
the cruel, unusual, and inhumane treatment or punishment
prohibited by the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amend-
ments to the Constitution of the United States, as defined
in the United States Reservations, Declarations and Under-
standings to the United Nations Convention Against Tor-
ture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment done at New York, December 10,
1984.
SEC. 1076. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE INTER-
CONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE FORCE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Consistent with warhead levels agreed to in
the Moscow Treaty, the United States is modifying
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the capacity of the Minuteman III intercontinental
ballistic missile (ICBM) from its prior capability to
carry up to 3 independent reentry vehicles (RVs) to
carry as few as a single reentry vehicle, a process
known as downloading.
(2) A series of Department of Defense studies of
United States strategic forces, including the 2001 Nu-
clear Posture Review, has confirmed the continued
need for 500 intercontinental ballistic missiles.
(3) In a potential nuclear crisis it is important
that the nuclear weapons systems of the United States
be configured so as to discourage other nations from
making a first strike.
(4) The intercontinental ballistic missile force is
currently being considered as part of the deliberations
of the Department of Defense for the Quadrennial De-
fense Review.
(b) STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES POLICY.—It is the
policy of the United States to continue to deploy a force
of 500 intercontinental ballistic missiles, provided that un-
anticipated strategic developments may compel the United
States to make changes to this force structure in the future.
(c) MOSCOW TREATY DEFINED.—In this section, the
term ‘‘Moscow Treaty’’ means the Treaty Between the
United States of America and the Russian Federation on
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Strategic Offensive Reductions, done at Moscow on May 24,
2002.
SEC. 1077. GRANT OF FEDERAL CHARTER TO KOREAN WAR
VETERANS ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED.
(a) GRANT OF CHARTER.—Part B of subtitle II of title
36, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking the following:
‘‘CHAPTER 1201—[RESERVED]’’;
and
(2) by inserting after chapter 1103 the following
new chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 1201—KOREAN WAR VETERANS
ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED
‘‘Sec.
‘‘120101. Organization.
‘‘120102. Purposes.
‘‘120103. Membership.
‘‘120104. Governing body.
‘‘120105. Powers.
‘‘120106. Restrictions.
‘‘120107. Tax-exempt status required as condition of charter.
‘‘120108. Records and inspection.
‘‘120109. Service of process.
‘‘120110. Liability for acts of officers and agents.
‘‘120111. Annual report.
‘‘120112. Definition.
‘‘§ 120101. Organization
‘‘(a) FEDERAL CHARTER.—Korean War Veterans As-
sociation, Incorporated (in this chapter, the ‘corporation’),
a nonprofit organization that meets the requirements for
a veterans service organization under section 501(c)(19) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and that is organized