9-11 Commission Combating Proliferation Implementation Act

Bill: 109-hr-422
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control agreements
Arms control negotiations
Authorization
Biological warfare
Central Asia
Chemical warfare
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Energy
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Europe
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Fissionable materials
Former Soviet states
Fringe benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability (International law)
International cooperation
International law
Labor and Employment
Military assistance
Military maneuvers
Military training
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear security measures
Nuclear terrorism
Nuclear weapons
Performance measurement
Planning-programming-budgeting
Plutonium
President and foreign policy
Presidential appointments
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Russia
Strategic planning
Terrorism
Transfer of employees
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
United Nations
Uranium
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
The 9-11 Commission Combating Proliferation Implementation Act - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Office for Combating the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). Requires the Director of the Office to: (1) develop and advise the President on WMD anti-proliferation policies; and (2) implement a Strategy for Combating the Proliferation of WMDs. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should request the President of the Russian Federation to appoint a corresponding official to the Director; (2) the President should expand and strengthen the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI); and (3) the United States should engage the United Nations (UN) to develop a UN Security Council resolution authorizing the PSI under international law. 
 
Authorizes funding for: (1) acceleration of removal or security of fissile materials, radiological materials, and related equipment at vulnerable sites worldwide; (2) joint training exercises regarding interdiction of weapons of mass destruction under the PSI; and (3) Cooperative Threat Reduction programs (CTR).
 
Gives the President permanent waiver authority over provisions prohibiting the use of certain CTR funds for chemical weapons destruction facilities in Russia. 
 
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 to repeal specified CTR fund limits for activities outside the former Soviet Union. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in House