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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2063
To authorize the use of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for projects 
and activities to address proliferation threats outside the states of the 
former Soviet Union, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2003
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. FROST, Mr. LARSEN of Wash-
ington, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. FRANK 
of Massachusetts, Mr. CASE, Ms. WATSON, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, and Mr. 
WEXLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To authorize the use of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds 
for projects and activities to address proliferation threats 
outside the states of the former Soviet Union, and for 
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF COOPERATIVE 
THREAT REDUCTION FUNDS FOR PROJECTS 
AND ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE FORMER SO-
VIET UNION. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to au-
thorize the use of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for 
proliferation threat reduction projects and activities out-
side the former Soviet Union in order to resolve critical 
emerging proliferation threats and to take advantage of 
opportunities to achieve long-standing United States non-
proliferation goals. 
(b) COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAMS 
AND FUNDS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) Cooperative Threat Reduction programs 
are—
(A) the programs specified in section 
1501(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201; 
110 Stat. 2731; 50 U.S.C. 2362 note); and 
(B) any other similar programs, as des-
ignated by the Secretary, to address critical 
emerging proliferation threats in the states of 
the former Soviet Union that jeopardize United 
States national security. 
(2) Cooperative Threat Reduction funds, for a 
fiscal year, are the funds authorized to be appro-
priated for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs 
for that fiscal year. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF CTR FUNDS FOR 
THREAT REDUCTION ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE FORMER 
SOVIET UNION.—(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law and subject to the succeeding provisions of this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Defense may obligate and expend 
Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for a fiscal year be-
fore fiscal year 2003 that remain available for obligation 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act for proliferation 
threat reduction projects and activities outside the states 
of the former Soviet Union if the Secretary determines 
that such projects and activities will—
(A) assist the United States in the resolution of 
critical emerging proliferation threats; or 
(B) permit the United States to take advantage 
of opportunities to achieve long-standing United 
States nonproliferation goals. 
(2) The amount that may be obligated under para-
graph (1) for projects and activities described in that 
paragraph may not exceed $50,000,000. 
(d) AUTHORIZED USES OF FUNDS.—The authority 
under subsection (c) to obligate and expend Cooperative 
Threat Reduction funds for a project or activity includes 
authority to provide equipment, goods, and services for the
project or activity, but does not include authority to pro-
vide cash directly to the project or activity. 
(e) SOURCE AND REPLACEMENT OF FUNDS USED.—
(1) The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, ensure that funds for projects and activities under 
subsection (c) are derived from funds that would otherwise 
be obligated for a range of Cooperative Threat Reduction 
programs, so that no particular Cooperative Threat Re-
duction program is the exclusive or predominate source 
of funds for such projects and activities. 
(2) If the Secretary obligates Cooperative Threat Re-
duction funds under subsection (c) in a fiscal year, the 
first budget of the President that is submitted under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, after such 
fiscal year shall set forth, in addition to any other amounts 
requested for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs in 
the fiscal year covered by such budget, a request for Coop-
erative Threat Reduction funds in the fiscal year covered 
by such budget in an amount equal to the amount so obli-
gated. The request shall also set forth the Cooperative 
Threat Reduction program or programs for which such 
funds would otherwise have been obligated, but for obliga-
tion under subsection (c). 
(3) Amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant 
to a request under paragraph (2) shall be available only
for the Cooperative Threat Reduction program or pro-
grams set forth in the request under the second sentence 
of that paragraph. 
(f) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Except 
as provided in subsection (g), the Secretary may not obli-
gate and expend Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for 
a project or activity under subsection (c) until 30 days 
after the date on which the Secretary submits to Congress 
a report on the purpose for which the funds will be obli-
gated and expended, and the amount of the funds to be 
obligated and expended. 
(g) EXCEPTION.—(1) The Secretary may obligate 
and expend Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for a 
project or activity under subsection (c) without regard to 
subsection (f) if the Secretary determines that a critical 
emerging proliferation threat warrants immediate obliga-
tion and expenditure of such funds. 
(2) Not later than 72 hours after first obligating 
funds for a project or activity under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional of-
ficials a report containing a detailed justification for the 
obligation of funds. The report on a project or activity 
shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the critical emerging pro-
liferation threat to be addressed, or the long-stand-
ing United States nonproliferation goal to be 
achieved, by the project or activity. 
(B) A description of the agreement, if any, 
under which the funds will be used, including wheth-
er or not the agreement provides that the funds will 
not be used for purposes contrary to the national se-
curity interests of the United States. 
(C) A description of the contracting process, if 
any, that will be used in the implementation of the 
project or activity. 
(D) An analysis of the effect of the obligation 
of funds for the project or activity on ongoing Coop-
erative Threat Reduction programs. 
(E) An analysis of the need for additional or 
follow-up threat reduction assistance, including 
whether or not the need for such assistance justifies 
the establishment of a new cooperative threat reduc-
tion program or programs to account for such assist-
ance. 
(F) A description of the mechanisms to be used 
by the Secretary to assure that proper audits and 
examinations of the project or activity are carried 
out. 
(3) In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional officials’’ means—
(A) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives; 
(B) the President pro tempore of the Senate; 
(C) the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives; 
(D) the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
House of Representatives; 
(E) the Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
(F) the Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
Committee on International Relations of the House 
of Representatives; 
(G) the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(H) the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
(h) REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW COOPERA-
TIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAMS.—(1) If the Sec-
retary employs the authority in subsection (c) in two con-
secutive fiscal years, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the advisability of establishing one or 
more new cooperative threat reduction programs to ac-
count for projects and activities funded using such author-
ity. 
(2) The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted along with the budget justification materials in 
support of the Department of Defense budget (as sub-
mitted with the budget of the President under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) in the first budg-
et submitted after the end of the two consecutive fiscal 
years referred to in that paragraph.
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