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SEC. 902. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR DIRECTOR OF DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE TEST RESOURCE 
MANAGEMENT CENTER. 
Section 196(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—At the head of the Center shall be 
a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary from 
among individuals who have substantial experience in the 
field of test and evaluation.’’. 
SEC. 903. CONSOLIDATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF AU-
THORITIES RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE REGIONAL CENTERS FOR SECU-
RITY STUDIES. 
(a) BASIC AUTHORITIES FOR REGIONAL CENTERS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 184 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 184. Regional Centers for Security Studies 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
administer the Department of Defense Regional Centers 
for Security Studies in accordance with this section as 
international venues for bilateral and multilateral re-
search, communication, and exchange of ideas involving 
military and civilian participants. 
‘‘(b) REGIONAL CENTERS SPECIFIED.—(1) A De-
partment of Defense Regional Center for Security Studies 
is a Department of Defense institution that—
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‘‘(A) is operated, and designated as such, by 
the Secretary of Defense for the study of security 
issues relating to a specified geographic region of 
the world; and 
‘‘(B) serves as a forum for bilateral and multi-
lateral research, communication, and exchange of 
ideas involving military and civilian participants. 
‘‘(2) The Department of Defense Regional Centers 
for Security Studies are the following: 
‘‘(A) The George C. Marshall European Center 
for Security Studies, established in 1993 and located 
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. 
‘‘(B) The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Stud-
ies, established in 1995 and located in Honolulu, 
Hawaii. 
‘‘(C) The Center for Hemispheric Defense 
Studies, established in 1997 and located in Wash-
ington, D.C. 
‘‘(D) The Africa Center for Strategic Studies, 
established in 1999 and located in Washington, D.C. 
‘‘(E) The Near East South Asia Center for 
Strategic Studies, established in 2000 and located in 
Washington, D.C. 
‘‘(3) No institution or element of the Department of 
Defense may be designated as a Department of Defense
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Regional Center for Security Studies for purposes of this 
section, other than the institutions specified in paragraph 
(2), except as specifically provided by law after the date 
of the enactment of this section. 
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The administration of the Re-
gional Centers under this section shall be carried out 
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) PARTICIPATION.—Participants in activities of 
the Regional Centers may include United States military 
and civilian personnel, governmental and nongovernmental 
personnel, and foreign military and civilian, governmental 
and nongovernmental personnel. 
‘‘(e) EMPLOYMENT
AND COMPENSATION
OF FAC-
ULTY.—At each Regional Center, the Secretary may, sub-
ject to appropriations—
‘‘(1) employ a Director, a Deputy Director, and 
as many civilians as professors, instructors, and lec-
turers as the Secretary considers necessary; and 
‘‘(2) prescribe the compensation of such per-
sons, in accordance with Federal guidelines. 
‘‘(f) PAYMENT OF COSTS.—(1) Participation in ac-
tivities of a Regional Center shall be on a reimbursable 
basis (or by payment in advance), except in a case in 
which reimbursement is waived in accordance with para-
graph (3).
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‘‘(2) For a foreign national participant, payment of 
costs may be made by the participant’s own government, 
by a Department or agency of the United States other 
than the Department of Defense, or by a gift or donation 
on behalf of one or more Regional Centers accepted under 
section 2611 of this title on behalf of the participant’s gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense may waive reimburse-
ment of the costs of activities of the Regional Centers for 
foreign military officers and foreign defense civilian offi-
cials from a developing country if the Secretary deter-
mines that attendance of such personnel without reim-
bursement is in the national security interest of the United 
States. Costs for which reimbursement is waived pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be paid from appropriations avail-
able to the Regional Centers. 
‘‘(4) Funds accepted for the payment of costs shall 
be credited to the appropriation then currently available 
to the Department of Defense for the Regional Center that 
incurred the costs. Funds so credited shall be merged with 
the appropriation to which credited and shall be available 
to that Regional Center for the same purposes and same 
period as the appropriation with which merged. 
‘‘(5) Funds available for the payment of personnel 
expenses under the Latin American cooperation authority
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set forth in section 1050 of this title are also available 
for the costs of the operation of the Center for Hemi-
spheric Defense Studies. 
‘‘(g) SUPPORT TO OTHER AGENCIES.—The Director 
of a Regional Center may enter into agreements with the 
Secretaries of the military departments, the heads of the 
Defense Agencies, and, with the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of Defense, the heads of other Federal departments 
and agencies for the provision of services by that Regional 
Center under this section. Any such participating depart-
ment and agency shall transfer to the Regional Center 
funds to pay the full costs of the services received. 
‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than February 1 
of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
a report on the operation of the Regional Centers for secu-
rity studies during the preceding fiscal year. The annual 
report shall include, for each Regional Center, the fol-
lowing information: 
‘‘(1) The status and objectives of the center. 
‘‘(2) The budget of the center, including the 
costs of operating the center. 
‘‘(3) A description of the extent of the inter-
national participation in the programs of the center,