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mittee on Armed Services of the Senate shall 
jointly designate one member of the commission 
to serve as chairman of the commission and one 
member to serve as vice chairman. 
(B) 
CONSULTATION.—The 
designations 
under subparagraph (A) shall be made in con-
sultation with the ranking minority members of 
the committees described in that subparagraph. 
(3) PERIOD
OF
APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.— 
Members shall be appointed for the life of the com-
mission. Any vacancy in the commission shall be 
filled in the same manner as the original appoint-
ment. 
(c) DUTIES.— 
(1) REVIEW.—The commission shall conduct a 
review of the strategic posture of the United States, 
including a strategic threat assessment and a de-
tailed review of nuclear weapons policy, strategy, 
and force structure. 
(2) ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(A) ASSESSMENT.—The commission shall 
assess the benefits and risks associated with the 
current strategic posture and nuclear weapons 
policies of the United States.
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(B) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The commis-
sion shall make recommendations as to the 
most appropriate strategic posture and most ef-
fective nuclear weapons strategy. 
(d) COOPERATION FROM GOVERNMENT.— 
(1) COOPERATION.—In carrying out its duties, 
the commission shall receive the full and timely co-
operation of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary 
of Energy, the Secretary of State, the Director of 
National Intelligence, and any other United States 
Government official in providing the commission 
with analyses, briefings, and other information nec-
essary for the fulfillment of its responsibilities. 
(2) LIAISON.—The Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, and the 
Director of National Intelligence shall each des-
ignate at least one officer or employee of the De-
partment of Defense, the Department of Energy, the 
Department of State, and the intelligence commu-
nity, respectively, to serve as a liaison officer be-
tween the department (or the intelligence commu-
nity, as the case may be) and the commission. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than December 1, 2008, the 
commission shall submit to the President, the Secretary 
of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of
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State, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives a report on the commission’s findings, 
conclusions, and recommendations. The report shall iden-
tify the strategic posture and nuclear weapons strategy 
recommended under subsection (c)(2)(B) and shall in-
clude— 
(1) the military capabilities and force structure 
necessary to support the strategy, including conven-
tional means of providing global strike capabilities; 
(2) the number of nuclear weapons required to 
support the strategy, including the number of re-
placement warheads required, if any; 
(3) the appropriate qualitative analysis, includ-
ing force-on-force exchange modeling, to calculate 
the effectiveness of the strategy under various sce-
narios; 
(4) the nuclear infrastructure (that is, the size 
of the nuclear complex) required to support the 
strategy; 
(5) an assessment of the role of missile defenses 
in the strategy; 
(6) an assessment of the role of nonprolifera-
tion programs in the strategy;
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(7) the political and military implications of the 
strategy for the United States and its allies; and 
(8) any other information or recommendations 
relating to the strategy (or to the strategic posture) 
that the commission considers appropriate. 
(f) FUNDING.—Of the amounts appropriated or oth-
erwise made available pursuant to this Act to the Depart-
ment of Defense, $5,000,000 is available to fund the ac-
tivities of the commission. 
(g) TERMINATION.—The commission shall terminate 
on June 1, 2009. 
(h) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 1051 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 
(Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3431) is repealed. 
SEC. 1047. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, 
United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Chapter 3 is amended— 
(A) by redesignating the section 127c 
added by section 1201(a) of the John Warner 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 
2410) as section 127d and transferring that 
section so as to appear immediately after the 
section 127c added by section 1231(a) of the