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available for operations and maintenance pursuant to title XV
of this Act.
(h) PERIOD
OF AUTHORITY.—The authority under subsection
(a) is in effect during each of fiscal years 2005 through 2007.
Subtitle B—Counterproliferation Matters
SEC. 1211. DEFENSE INTERNATIONAL COUNTERPROLIFERATION PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM TO PREVENT UNAUTHOR-
IZED TRANSFER AND TRANSPORTATION OF WMDS.—Subsection (b)
of section 1424 of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction
Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2333) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) OTHER COUNTRIES.—The Secretary of Defense may carry
out programs under subsection (a) in a country other than a country
specified in that subsection if the Secretary determines that there
exists in that country a significant threat of the unauthorized
transfer and transportation of nuclear, biological, or chemical
weapons or related materials.’’.
(b) INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM TO DETER WMD PRO-
LIFERATION.—Section 
1504(e)(3)(A) 
of 
the 
National 
Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103–337; 108
Stat. 2918) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The training program referred to in para-
graph (1)(B) is a’’ and inserting ‘The Secretary of Defense
may participate in a’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘of’’ after ‘‘acquisition’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘countries,’’; and
(4) by inserting before the period at the end the following:
‘‘, and in other countries in which, as determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense, there exists a significant threat of such
proliferation and acquisition’’.
SEC. 1212. POLICY AND SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NONPROLIFERATION
OF BALLISTIC MISSILES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Certain countries are seeking to acquire ballistic mis-
siles and related technologies that could be used to attack
the United States or place at risk United States interests,
deployed members of the Armed Forces, and allies of the United
States and other friendly foreign countries.
(2) Certain countries continue to actively transfer or sell
ballistic missile technologies in contravention of standards of
behavior established by the United States and allies of the
United States and other friendly foreign countries.
(3) The spread of ballistic missiles and related technologies
worldwide has been slowed by a combination of national and
international export controls, forward-looking diplomacy, and
multilateral interdiction activities to restrict the development
and transfer of such missiles and technologies.
(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to develop,
support, and strengthen international accords and other cooperative
efforts to curtail the proliferation of ballistic missiles and related
technologies which could threaten the territory of the United States,
allies of the United States and other friendly foreign countries,
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and deployed members of the Armed Forces of the United States
with weapons of mass destruction.
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the United States should vigorously pursue foreign
policy initiatives aimed at eliminating, reducing, or retarding
the proliferation of ballistic missiles and related technologies;
and
(2) the United States and the international community
should continue to support and strengthen established inter-
national accords and other cooperative efforts, including United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (April 28, 2004) and
the Missile Technology Control Regime, that are designed to
eliminate, reduce, or retard the proliferation of ballistic missiles
and related technologies.
SEC. 1213. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
AGAINST THE SPREAD OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUC-
TION.
(a) COMMENDATION OF PRESIDENT.—Congress commends the
President for the steps taken at the G–8 summit at Sea Island,
Georgia, on June 8–10, 2004—
(1) to demonstrate continued support for the Global Part-
nership against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons and Materials
of Mass Destruction; and
(2) to expand the Partnership (A) by welcoming new mem-
bers, and (B) by using the Partnership to coordinate non-
proliferation projects in Libya, Iraq, and other countries.
(b) FUTURE ACTIONS.—It is the sense of Congress that the
President should seek to—
(1) expand the membership of donor nations to the Global
Partnership against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons and Mate-
rials of Mass Destruction;
(2) ensure that the Russian Federation remains the pri-
mary focus of the Partnership, but also seek to fund, through
the Partnership, efforts in other countries that need assistance
to secure or dismantle their own potentially vulnerable weapons
or materials;
(3) develop for the Partnership clear program goals;
(4) develop for the Partnership transparent project
prioritization and planning;
(5) develop for the Partnership project implementation
milestones under periodic review;
(6) develop under the Partnership agreements between
partners for project implementation; and
(7) give high priority and senior-level attention to resolving
disagreements on site access and worker liability under the
Partnership.
SEC. 1214. REPORT ON COLLABORATIVE MEASURES TO REDUCE THE
RISKS OF A LAUNCH OF RUSSIAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
Not later than November 1, 2005, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress a report on collaborative measures between
the United States and the Russian Federation to reduce the risks
of a launch of a nuclear-armed ballistic missile as a result of
accident, misinformation, miscalculation, or unauthorized use. The
report shall provide—
(1) a description and assessment of the collaborative meas-
ures that are currently in effect;
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(2) a description and assessment of other collaborative
measures that could be pursued in the future;
(3) an assessment of the potential contributions of such
collaborative measures to the national security of the United
States;
(4) an assessment of the effect of such collaborative meas-
ures on relations between the United States and the Russian
Federation;
(5) a description of the obstacles and opportunities associ-
ated with pursuing such collaborative measures; and
(6) an assessment of the future of the Joint Data Exchange
Center.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
SEC. 1221. AUTHORITY FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR THE
DETECTION AND CLEARANCE OF LANDMINES EXTENDED
TO INCLUDE OTHER EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR.
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (e)(5) of section 401
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and
other explosive remnants of war’’ after ‘‘landmines’’ both places
it appears.
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(4)(A), by inserting ‘‘or other explosive
remnants of war’’ after ‘‘landmines’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘landmine clearing
equipment or supplies’’ and inserting ‘‘equipment or supplies
for clearing landmines or other explosive remnants of war’’.
SEC. 1222. EXPANSION OF ENTITIES OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA SUBJECT TO CERTAIN PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORI-
TIES WHEN OPERATING IN THE UNITED STATES.
Section 1237(b)(4)(B)(i) of the Strom Thurmond National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘, or affiliated with,’’ after ‘‘or controlled
by’’; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘the People’s Liberation Army’’ the
following: ‘‘or a ministry of the government of the People’s
Republic of China or that is owned or controlled by an entity
affiliated with the defense industrial base of the People’s
Republic of China’’.
SEC. 1223. ASSIGNMENT OF NATO NAVAL PERSONNEL TO SUBMARINE
SAFETY PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 631 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 7234. Submarine safety programs: participation of NATO
naval personnel
‘‘(a) ACCEPTANCE
OF ASSIGNMENT
OF FOREIGN NAVAL PER-
SONNEL.—In order to facilitate the development, standardization,
and interoperability of submarine vessel safety and rescue systems
and procedures, the Secretary of the Navy may conduct a program
under which members of the naval service of any of the member
nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization may be assigned
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to United States commands to work on such systems and proce-
dures.
‘‘(b) RECIPROCITY NOT REQUIRED.—The authority under sub-
section (a) is not an exchange program. Reciprocal assignments
of members of the Navy to the naval service of a foreign country
is not a condition for the exercise of such authority.
‘‘(c) COSTS FOR FOREIGN PERSONNEL.—(1) The United States
may not pay the following costs for a member of a foreign naval
service sent to the United States under the program authorized
by this section:
‘‘(A) Salary.
‘‘(B) Per diem.
‘‘(C) Cost of living.
‘‘(D) Travel costs.
‘‘(E) Cost of language or other training.
‘‘(F) Other costs.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the following costs, which
may be paid by the United States:
‘‘(A) The cost of temporary duty directed by the Secretary
of the Navy or an officer of the Navy authorized to do so.
‘‘(B) The cost of training programs conducted to familiarize,
orient, or certify members of foreign naval services regarding
unique aspects of their assignments.
‘‘(C) Costs incident to the use of the facilities of the Navy
in the performance of assigned duties.
‘‘(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORITY.—The provisions of
this section shall apply in the exercise of any authority of the
Secretary of the Navy to enter into an agreement with the govern-
ment of a foreign country, subject to the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of State, to provide for the assignment of members of the
naval service of the foreign country to a Navy submarine safety
program. The Secretary of the Navy may prescribe regulations
for the application of this section in the exercise of such authority.
‘‘(e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Navy
may not accept the assignment of a member of the naval service
of a foreign country under this section after September 30, 2008.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘7234. Submarine safety programs: participation of NATO naval personnel.’’.
SEC. 1224. AVAILABILITY OF WARSAW INITIATIVE FUNDS FOR NEW
NATO MEMBERS.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amount authorized to be
appropriated by section 301(5) for operation and maintenance,
defense-wide activities, and available for the Defense Security
Cooperation Agency for the Warsaw Initiative Funds (WIF),
$4,000,000 may be available only in fiscal year 2005 for the partici-
pation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members
set forth in subsection (b) in the exercises and programs of the
Partnership for Peace program of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
(b) NATO MEMBERS.—The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
members set forth in this subsection are as follows:
(1) Bulgaria.
(2) Estonia.
(3) Latvia.