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[120 STAT. 2396]
PUBLIC LAW 109-000—MMMM. DD, 2006
[120 STAT. 2396]

120 STAT. 2396

PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

‘‘(C) An estimate of the number of conferences to be conducted during the calendar year in which the report is submitted for which the Department will collect fees under this section.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II of chapter 134 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ‘‘2262. Department of Defense conferences: collection of fees to cover Department of Defense costs.’’. SEC. 1052. INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN USE OF FUNDS FOR JOINT STAFF EXERCISES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts available to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for joint staff exercises may be available for any expenses as follows: (1) Expenses of the Armed Forces in connection with such exercises, including expense relating to self-deploying watercraft under the jurisdiction of a military department. (2) Expenses relating to the costs of port support activities in connection with such exercises, including transportation and port handling. (3) Expenses relating to the breakout and operation of prepositioned watercraft and lighterage for joint logistics and over the shore exercises in connection with such exercises. (b) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Any amounts made available by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under subsection (a) for expenses covered by that subsection are in addition to any other amounts available under law for such expenses. SEC. 1053. PROHIBITION ON PARKING OF FUNDS.

(a) PROHIBITION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 165 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2773a the following new section: ‘‘§ 2773b. Parking of funds: prohibition; penalties ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—An officer or employee of the Department of Defense may not direct the designation of funds for a particular purpose in the budget of the President, as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, or the supporting documents of the Department of Defense component of such budget, with the knowledge or intent that such funds, if made available to the Department, will not be used for the purpose for which they are designated. ‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—The direction of the designation of funds in violation of the prohibition in subsection (a) shall be treated for purposes of chapter 13 of title 31 as a violation of section 1341(a)(1)(A) of such title.’’. (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 165 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2773a the following new item: ‘‘2773b. Parking of funds: prohibition; penalties.’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

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