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(1) IN GENERAL.—The primary function of the 
Director is to coordinate and lead— 
(A) efforts by the United States to curb 
terrorist access to nuclear technology, mate-
rials, or expertise; and 
(B) other United States nonproliferation 
activities, including nuclear nonproliferation ac-
tivities and activities to counter other weapons 
of mass destruction. 
(2) SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS.—In addition to such 
other functions and activities as the President may 
assign, the Director shall— 
(A) advise the President, and others within 
the Executive Office of the President, on the 
role and effect of such nonproliferation activi-
ties on national security and international rela-
tions; 
(B) lead the development and implementa-
tion of a plan (including appropriate budgets, 
other resources, goals, and metrics for assessing 
progress) to ensure that all the highest-priority 
actions to prevent terrorists from getting and 
using nuclear weapons are taken in the shortest 
possible time, including but not limited to a 
fast-paced global effort to ensure that every nu-
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clear warhead and every kilogram of weapons- 
usable nuclear material worldwide is secured 
and accounted for, to standards sufficient to de-
feat 
demonstrated 
terrorist 
and 
criminal 
threats, as rapidly as that objective can be ac-
complished; 
(C) identify obstacles to accelerating and 
strengthening efforts to prevent terrorists from 
getting and using nuclear weapons, and raise 
approaches to overcoming these obstacles for 
action by the President or other appropriate of-
ficials; 
(D) lead an effort, to be carried out jointly 
by the various Federal agencies responsible for 
carrying out such nonproliferation activities, to 
establish priorities among those activities and 
to develop and implement strategies and budg-
ets that reflect those priorities; 
(E) build strong partnerships with respect 
to such nonproliferation activities among Fed-
eral, State, and local governments, foreign gov-
ernments, international organizations, and non-
governmental organizations; and 
(F) evaluate the scale, quality, and effec-
tiveness of the Federal effort with respect to 
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such nonproliferation activities and advise on 
appropriate actions. 
SEC. 324. REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS ON COOPERATIVE 
THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAMS. 
(a) REPEAL OF RESTRICTIONS.— 
(1) RESTRICTIONS
ON
ASSISTANCE
IN
DE-
STROYING
FORMER
SOVIET
WEAPONS.—Section 
211(b) of the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act 
of 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2551 note) is repealed. 
(2) RESTRICTIONS ON AUTHORITY TO CARRY 
OUT CTR PROGRAMS.—Section 1203(d) of the Coop-
erative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 (title XII of 
Public Law 103–160; 22 U.S.C. 5952(d)) is re-
pealed. 
(3) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CHEM-
ICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION.—Section 1305 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 5952 note) is repealed. 
(b) EXEMPTION FROM LIMITATIONS.—Cooperative 
Threat Reduction programs may be carried out notwith-
standing any other provision of law, subject to congres-
sional notification and reporting requirements that apply 
to the use of funds available for Cooperative Threat Re-
duction programs or the carrying out of projects or activi-
ties under such programs. 
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(c) INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER RESTRICTIONS.— 
Section 502 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging 
Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 
1992 (22 U.S.C. 5852) shall not apply to any Cooperative 
Threat Reduction program. 
SEC. 325. REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS ON DEPARTMENT 
OF ENERGY NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS. 
Section 4301 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
U.S.C. 2561) is repealed. 
SEC. 326. MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITY TO USE COOPER-
ATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM FUNDS 
OUTSIDE THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. 
Section 1308 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 
1662; 22 U.S.C. 5963) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘President’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘each of the 
following’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting the following: ‘‘that such 
project or activity will— 
‘‘(1) assist the United States in the resolution 
of a critical emerging proliferation threat; or 
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‘‘(2) permit the United States to take advan-
tage of opportunities to achieve long-standing non-
proliferation goals.’’; 
(3) by striking subsections (c) and (d); and 
(4) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (c). 
SEC. 327. MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITY TO USE INTER-
NATIONAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS PROTEC-
TION AND COOPERATION PROGRAM FUNDS 
OUTSIDE THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. 
Section 3124 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 
1747) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘President’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Energy’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘each of the 
following’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting the following: ‘‘that such 
project or activity will— 
‘‘(1) assist the United States in the resolution 
of a critical emerging proliferation threat; or 
‘‘(2) permit the United States to take advan-
tage of opportunities to achieve long-standing non-
proliferation goals.’’; 
(3) by striking subsections (c) and (d); and 
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