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(2) 
For 
chemical 
weapons 
destruction, 
$9,804,000. 
(3) For global nuclear security, $121,143,000. 
(4) For cooperative biological engagement, 
$259,470,000. 
(5) For proliferation prevention, $28,080,000. 
(6) 
For 
threat 
reduction 
engagement, 
$2,500,000. 
(7) For activities designated as Other Assess-
ments/Administrative Costs, $24,001,000. 
(b) REPORT ON OBLIGATION OR EXPENDITURE OF 
FUNDS FOR OTHER PURPOSES.—No fiscal year 2012 Co-
operative Threat Reduction funds may be obligated or ex-
pended for a purpose other than a purpose listed in para-
graphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) until 15 days 
after the date that the Secretary of Defense submits to 
Congress a report on the purpose for which the funds will 
be obligated or expended and the amount of funds to be 
obligated or expended. Nothing in the preceding sentence 
shall be construed as authorizing the obligation or expend-
iture of fiscal year 2012 Cooperative Threat Reduction 
funds for a purpose for which the obligation or expendi-
ture of such funds is specifically prohibited under this title 
or any other provision of law. 
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(c) LIMITED
AUTHORITY
TO
VARY
INDIVIDUAL 
AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), in 
any case in which the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines that it is necessary to do so in the national 
interest, the Secretary may obligate amounts appro-
priated for fiscal year 2012 for a purpose listed in 
paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) in ex-
cess of the specific amount authorized for that pur-
pose. 
(2) NOTICE-AND-WAIT REQUIRED.—An obliga-
tion of funds for a purpose stated in paragraphs (1) 
through (7) of subsection (a) in excess of the specific 
amount authorized for such purpose may be made 
using the authority provided in paragraph (1) only 
after— 
(A) the Secretary submits to Congress no-
tification of the intent to do so together with a 
complete discussion of the justification for 
doing so; and 
(B) 15 days have elapsed following the 
date of the notification. 
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SEC. 1303. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
COOPERATIVE 
BIOLOGICAL 
ENGAGEMENT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by section 1302(a)(4) or otherwise made avail-
able for fiscal year 2012 for cooperative biological engage-
ment, not more than 75 percent may be obligated or ex-
pended until the date on which the Secretary of Defense 
submits to the appropriate congressional committees the 
following: 
(1) A detailed analysis of the effect of the coop-
erative biological engagement program. 
(2) Either— 
(A) written certification that the efforts of 
the cooperative biological engagement pro-
gram— 
(i) result in changed practices or are 
otherwise effective; and 
(ii) lead to threat reduction; or 
(B) a detailed list of policy and program 
recommendations considered necessary by the 
Secretary to modify, expand, or curtail the co-
operative biological engagement program in 
order to achieve the objectives described by sub-
paragraph (A). 
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(b) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(2) The Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2012 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1402. NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal 
year 2012 for the National Defense Sealift Fund, as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4501. 
(b) AUTHORIZED
PROCUREMENT.—Funds appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
subsection (a) may be used to purchase an offshore petro-
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leum distribution system, and the associated tender for 
that system, that are under charter by the Military Sealift 
Command as of January 1, 2011. 
SEC. 1403. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC-
TION, DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2012 for expenses, not oth-
erwise provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions 
Destruction, Defense, as specified in the funding table in 
section 4501. 
(b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a) are authorized for— 
(1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents 
and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of 
the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 
(50 U.S.C. 1521); and 
(2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel 
of the United States that is not covered by section 
1412 of such Act. 
SEC. 1404. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2012 for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction 
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and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1405. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2012 for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the 
Inspector General of the Department of Defense, as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1406. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2012 for the Defense Health Program, as spec-
ified in the funding table in section 4501, for use of the 
Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the De-
partment of Defense in providing for the health of eligible 
beneficiaries. 
Subtitle B—National Defense 
Stockpile 
SEC. 1411. AUTHORIZED USES OF NATIONAL DEFENSE 
STOCKPILE FUNDS. 
(a) OBLIGATION OF STOCKPILE FUNDS.—During fis-
cal year 2012, the National Defense Stockpile Manager 
may obligate up to $50,107,320 of the funds in the Na-
tional Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund established 
under subsection (a) of section 9 of the Strategic and Crit-
ical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h) for the 
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authorized uses of such funds under subsection (b)(2) of 
such section, including the disposal of hazardous materials 
that are environmentally sensitive. 
(b) ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—The National De-
fense Stockpile Manager may obligate amounts in excess 
of the amount specified in subsection (a) if the National 
Defense Stockpile Manager notifies Congress that extraor-
dinary or emergency conditions necessitate the additional 
obligations. The National Defense Stockpile Manager may 
make the additional obligations described in the notifica-
tion after the end of the 45-day period beginning on the 
date on which Congress receives the notification. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—The authorities provided by this 
section shall be subject to such limitations as may be pro-
vided in appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 1412. REVISION TO REQUIRED RECEIPT OBJECTIVES 
FOR PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED DISPOSALS 
FROM THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE. 
Section 3402(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65; 50 
U.S.C. 98d note), as most recently amended by section 
1412 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘$730,000,000 by 2013’’ in paragraph (5) 
and inserting ‘‘$830,000,000 by 2016’’. 
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Subtitle C—Chemical 
Demilitarization Matters 
SEC. 1421. CHANGES TO MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION TO 
THE ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS AL-
TERNATIVE PROGRAM. 
(a) 
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATION.—Section 
1412(g)(2) of the Department of Defense Authorization 
Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521) is amended by striking the 
last sentence. 
(b) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biologi-
cal Defense Programs, in coordination with the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for the Elimination of 
Chemical Weapons, shall provide to Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a 
briefing on opportunities to leverage lessons learned and 
experienced personnel of the Army Chemical Materials 
Agency to support the Assembled Chemical Weapons Al-
ternatives program. The briefing shall include each of the 
following: 
(1) A plan to attract Army Chemical Materials 
Agency personnel to assist the Assembled Chemical 
Weapons Alternatives program in completing the 
mission of the Agency set forth by the Chemical 
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Weapons Convention and the destruction of the 
United States’ stockpile of lethal chemical agents 
and munitions by the deadline under section 1412 of 
the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 
(50 U.S.C. 1521), and an analysis of that plan. 
(2) An analysis of how the Army Chemical Ma-
terials Agency and the Assembled Chemical Weap-
ons Alternative program can work in coordination to 
ensure that the leadership, expertise, experience, and 
best practices of the Agency are shared extensively 
with the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternative 
program. 
(3) An analysis of how the Assembled Chemical 
Weapons Alternative program could incorporate best 
practices from the Army Chemical Materials Agency. 
(c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘Chemical Weapons 
Convention’’ means the Convention on the Prohibition of 
the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of 
Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, ratified by 
the United States on April 25, 1997, and entered into 
force on April 29, 1997. 
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Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 1431. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2012 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
Trust Fund the sum of $67,700,000 for the operation of 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
SEC. 1432. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO JOINT 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE–DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM-
ONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN JAMES A. 
LOVELL HEALTH CARE CENTER, ILLINOIS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated by section 1406 and 
available for the Defense Health Program for operation 
and maintenance, $135,600,000 may be transferred by the 
Secretary of Defense to the Joint Department of Defense– 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem-
onstration Fund established by subsection (a)(1) of sec-
tion 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571). 
For purposes of subsection (a)(2) of such section 1704, 
any funds so transferred shall be treated as amounts au-
thorized and appropriated specifically for the purpose of 
such a transfer. 
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(b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For purposes 
of subsection (b) of such section 1704, facility operations 
for which funds transferred under subsection (a) may be 
used are operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Fed-
eral Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory 
Care Center, and supporting facilities designated as a 
combined Federal medical facility under an operational 
agreement covered by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
(Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 
SEC. 1433. MISSION FORCE ENHANCEMENT TRANSFER 
FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is hereby es-
tablished a fund to be known as the ‘‘Mission Force En-
hancement Transfer Fund’’. Amounts in the fund shall be 
available to the Secretary of Defense to be used for the 
Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the De-
partment of Defense. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Mission 
Force Enhancement Transfer Fund for fiscal year 2012 
for the purposes specified in subsection (c) as specified 
in the funding table in section 4501. 
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