117 STAT. 1748
PUBLIC LAW 108–136—NOV. 24, 2003
(ii) permit the United States to take advantage of opportunities to achieve long-standing nonproliferation goals; and (B) be completed in a short period of time. (2) That the Department of Energy is the entity of the Federal Government that is most capable of carrying out such project or activity. (b) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—The authority in subsection (a) to obligate and expend funds for a project or activity includes authority to provide equipment, goods, and services for such project or activity utilizing such funds, but does not include authority to provide cash directly to such project or activity. (c) LIMITATION ON TOTAL AMOUNT OF OBLIGATION.—The amount that may be obligated in a fiscal year under the authority in subsection (a) may not exceed $50,000,000. (d) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—(1) The President may not obligate funds for a project or activity under the authority in subsection (a) until the President makes each determination specified in that subsection with respect to such project or activity. (2) Not later than 10 days after obligating funds under the authority in subsection (a) for a project or activity, the President shall notify Congress in writing of the determinations made under paragraph (1) with respect to such project or activity, together with— (A) a justification for such determinations; and (B) a description of the scope and duration of such project or activity. (e) ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.—Except as otherwise provided in subsections (a) and (b), the exercise of the authority in subsection (a) shall be subject to any requirement or limitation under another provision of law as follows: (1) Any requirement for prior notice or other reports to Congress on the use of international nuclear materials protection and cooperation program funds or on international nuclear materials protection and cooperation program projects or activities. (2) Any limitation on the obligation or expenditure of international nuclear materials protection and cooperation program funds. (3) Any limitation on international nuclear materials protection and cooperation program projects or activities. (f) FUNDS.—As used in this section, the term ‘‘international nuclear materials protection and cooperation program funds’’ means the funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 3101(a)(2) for such program.
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22 USC 5961a.
SEC. 3125. REQUIREMENT FOR ON-SITE MANAGERS.
(a) ON-SITE MANAGER REQUIREMENT.—Before obligating any defense nuclear nonproliferation funds for a project described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Energy shall appoint one on-site manager for that project. The manager shall be appointed from among employees of the Federal Government. (b) PROJECTS COVERED.—Subsection (a) applies to a project— (1) to be located in a state of the former Soviet Union; (2) which involves dismantlement, destruction, or storage facilities, or construction of a facility; and
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