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the authority in this section shall be limited to the 
types of support specified in section 1033(c)(1) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85, as amended by 
Public Laws 106–398, 108–136, and 109–364) and 
conditions on the provision of support as contained 
in section 1033 shall apply for fiscal year 2007. 
(2) The Secretary of Defense may transfer ve-
hicles, aircraft, and detection, interception, moni-
toring and testing equipment to said Governments 
for counter-drug activities. 
SEC. 1307. (a) From funds made available for oper-
ation and maintenance in this chapter to the Department 
of Defense, not to exceed $456,000,000 may be used, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, to fund the Com-
mander’s Emergency Response Program, for the purpose 
of enabling military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan 
to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruc-
tion requirements within their areas of responsibility by 
carrying out programs that will immediately assist the 
Iraqi and Afghan people. 
(b) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days 
after the end of each fiscal year quarter, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report regarding the source of funds and the 
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allocation and use of funds during that quarter that were 
made available pursuant to the authority provided in this 
section or under any other provision of law for the pur-
poses of the programs under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1308. Supervision and administration costs as-
sociated with a construction project funded with appro-
priations available for operation and maintenance, and ex-
ecuted in direct support of the Global War on Terrorism 
only in Iraq and Afghanistan, may be obligated at the time 
a construction contract is awarded: Provided, That for the 
purpose of this section, supervision and administration 
costs include all in-house Government costs. 
SEC. 1309. Section 9010 of division A of Public Law 
109–289 is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘2008’’. 
SEC. 1310. Section 1005(c)(2) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act, FY 2007 (Public Law 109–364) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$310,277,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$376,446,000’’. 
SEC. 1311. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli-
gated or expended by the United States Government for 
a purpose as follows: 
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(1) To establish any military installation or 
base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 
stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
(2) To exercise United States control over any 
oil resource of Iraq. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 1312. (a) Of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this chapter under the heading ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, up to $100,000,000 
may be made available for transfer to the Department of 
State ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ account to support pro-
vincial reconstruction teams in Iraq and Afghanistan: Pro-
vided, That these funds may be transferred by the Sec-
retary of Defense only if he determines such amounts are 
required to assist in reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Af-
ghanistan. 
(b) The transfer authority in this section is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority available to the De-
partment of Defense. 
(c) The Secretary shall, not fewer than five days prior 
to making transfers under this authority, notify the con-
gressional defense committees in writing of the details of 
such transfer. 
SEC. 1313. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 
enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 
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United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 
(done at New York on December 10, 1984): 
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 
Code; 
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 
and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 
Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 
note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 
regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 
Federal Regulations; 
(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department 
of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and 
Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 
148); and 
(4) The limitation included in this section also 
applies to renditions. 
SEC. 1314. (a) Not more than 50 percent of the 
amount of the funds appropriated by this Act under each 
of the headings ‘‘Iraq Security Forces Fund’’ and ‘‘Af-
ghanistan Security Forces Fund’’ shall be available for ob-
ligation or expenditure until the Secretary of Defense sub-
mits the initial report required by subsection (b) and the 
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Director of the Office of Management and Budget submits 
the initial report required by subsection (c). 
(b) REPORT BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report that 
contains individual transition readiness assessments 
by unit of Iraq and Afghan security forces. The Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees updates of the report required 
by this subsection on a monthly basis until October 
1, 2008. The report and updates of the report re-
quired by this subsection shall be submitted in clas-
sified form. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘congressional 
defense committees’’ means the Committees on Ap-
propriations and Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Committees on Appropria-
tions and Armed Services of the Senate. 
(c) REPORT BY OMB.— 
(1) The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense; the Commander, Multi-National Security 
Transition Command—Iraq; the Commander, Com-
bined Security Transition Command—Afghanistan; 
and the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
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of Representatives and the Senate, shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
every 90 days thereafter a report on the proposed 
use of all funds under each of the headings ‘‘Iraq 
Security Forces Fund’’ and ‘‘Afghanistan Security 
Forces Fund’’ on a project-by-project basis, for 
which the obligation of funds is anticipated during 
the three month period from such date, including es-
timates by the commanders referred to in this para-
graph of the costs required to complete each such 
project. 
(2) The report required by this subsection shall 
include the following: 
(A) The use of all funds on a project-by- 
project basis for which funds appropriated 
under the headings referred to in paragraph (1) 
were obligated prior to the submission of the re-
port, including estimates by the commanders 
referred to in paragraph (1) of the costs to 
complete each project. 
(B) The use of all funds on a project-by- 
project basis for which funds were appropriated 
under the headings referred to in paragraph (1) 
in prior appropriations Acts, or for which funds 
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were made available by transfer, reprogram-
ming, or allocation from other headings in prior 
appropriations Acts, including estimates by the 
commanders referred to in paragraph (1) of the 
costs to complete each project. 
(C) An estimated total cost to train and 
equip the Iraq and Afghan security forces, 
disaggregated by major program and sub-ele-
ments by force, arrayed by fiscal year. 
(d) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate of any proposed new 
projects or transfers of funds between sub-activity groups 
in excess of $15,000,000 using funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Iraq Security Forces Fund’’ and 
‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’. 
SEC. 1315. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this chapter may be obligated or 
expended to provide award fees to any defense contractor 
contrary to the provisions of section 814 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act, FY 2007 (Public Law 109– 
364). 
SEC. 1316. (a) Not more than 90 percent of the 
funds appropriated in this chapter for operation and main-
tenance shall be available for obligation unless and until 
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the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional de-
fense committees a report detailing the use of contracted 
services in support of United States military and recon-
struction activities in Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall prepare the report in 
consultation with the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and the Secretary of State: Provided 
further, That the report shall provide detailed information 
specifying the number of contracts, private contractors, 
and contractor personnel used to provide services in fiscal 
year 2006, with sub-allocations by major service cat-
egories: Provided further, That the report also shall in-
clude estimates of the number of contracts to be executed 
in fiscal year 2007 with the associated number of contrac-
tors and contractor personnel, and provide information re-
garding the Federal department(s) or agency(s) respon-
sible for executing these contracts: Provided further, That 
the report shall be submitted to the congressional defense 
committees not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for operation and mainte-
nance in this chapter are hereby reduced by $815,000,000 
to reflect savings attributable to efficiencies and manage-
ment improvements in the funding of contracts in the mili-
tary departments: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
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shall allocate this reduction proportionally to each oper-
ation and maintenance account contained in this chapter: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 
fewer than five days prior to making such reductions, no-
tify the congressional defense committees in writing of the 
details of such reductions. 
SEC. 1317. Section 1477 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘A death gra-
tuity’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (d), a 
death gratuity’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e) and, in such subsection, by striking ‘‘If 
an eligible survivor dies before he’’ and inserting ‘‘If 
a person entitled to all or a portion of a death gra-
tuity under subsection (a) or (d) dies before the per-
son’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) During the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this subsection and ending on September 30, 
2007, a person covered by section 1475 or 1476 of this 
title may designate another person to receive not more 
than 50 percent of the amount payable under section 1478 
of this title. The designation shall indicate the percentage 
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