[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 873 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 873

 To expand and improve Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 23, 2009

   Mr. Lugar introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand and improve Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat 
Reduction Improvement Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
                Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
                on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations 
                of the House of Representatives.
            (2) Cooperative threat reduction programs.--The term 
        ``Cooperative Threat Reduction programs'' means programs and 
        activities specified in section 1501(b) of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 50 
        U.S.C. 2362 note).

SEC. 3. LIMITED EXEMPTION FROM LIMITATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not more than 10 percent of the total amount 
appropriated or otherwise made available in any fiscal year for 
Cooperative Threat Reduction programs may be expended notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, to promote bilateral and multilateral 
activities relating to nonproliferation and disarmament, subject to the 
notification requirement under subsection (b).
    (b) Notification and Reporting Requirements.--The Secretary of 
Defense shall notify the appropriate congressional committees not later 
than 15 days before expending funds under the authority provided in 
subsection (a).

SEC. 4. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

    It is the sense of the Senate, consistent with a recent report of 
the National Academy of Sciences, that--
            (1) the continued global expansion of Cooperative Threat 
        Reduction programs requires increased cooperation with all 
        relevant unified combatant commands in which Cooperative Threat 
        Reduction activities are carried out; and
            (2) the Department of Defense should undertake a review of 
        Cooperative Threat Reduction program contracting procedures, 
        umbrella agreements, and program metrics to ensure that all 
        such programs are being undertaken in a manner consistent with 
        the urgency and necessity of such programs.

SEC. 5. COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PARTNERSHIP ACCOUNT.

    (a) Establishment of Account.--There is established in the Treasury 
of the United States a special account to be known as the ``Cooperative 
Threat Reduction Partnership Account''.
    (b) Authority To Accept Contributions.--The Secretary of Defense is 
authorized to accept from any person, foreign government, or 
international organization contributions of money to be used for 
Cooperative Threat Reduction programs. Such funds shall be deposited in 
the Cooperative Threat Reduction Partnership Account.
    (c) Use of Funds.--Amounts accepted under subsection (b) may be 
used by the Secretary of Defense for Cooperative Threat Reduction 
programs without further specific authorization in law.
    (d) Quarterly Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on the receipt and use of funds in the Cooperative Threat 
Reduction Partnership Account. The report shall include--
            (1) a list of each contributor and the amount of each 
        contribution made to the Cooperative Threat Reduction 
        Partnership Account during the period covered by the report;
            (2) the total amount of funds contained in the Cooperative 
        Threat Reduction Partnership Account at the beginning and end 
        of the period covered by the report; and
            (3) a description of the Cooperative Threat Reduction 
        programs for which funds from the Cooperative Threat Reduction 
        Partnership Account were expended during the period covered by 
        the report and the amount of such funds expended.
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