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12 2 STA T .4 1 3PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 1 8 1 —J A N .28 , 2008 (4)CONF O RMI N G R EP E AL.—Section130 3o f t h e R on aldW . Rea g an N ational D efen s e Au tho r i z ation Act for F iscal Y ear 2 00 5 ( P u b lic L a w 10 8– 3 7 5

22 U .S.C. 5 9 52 note) is re p ealed. (b) I NAPPLI C A B ILI TY OF O T H ER RE S TRICTIONS.—Section 502 of the Freedo m for Russia and E merging Eurasian Democracies and Open M ar k ets Support Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5852) shall not appl y to any Cooperati v e T hreat Reduction program. SEC.1305 . MODIF IC AT IO N OFA U T H O R IT Y TO USE COO P ERATI V E THREAT REDUCTION FUNDS OUTSIDE THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. Section 1308 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (22 U.S.C. 59 6 3) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) , by striking ‘ ‘Sub j ect to ’ ’ and all that follows through ‘‘the following

’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of Defense may obligate and e x pend Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for a fiscal year, and any Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for a fiscal year before such fiscal year that remain available for obligation, for a proliferation threat reduction project or activity outside the states of the former Soviet Union if the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, deter - mines each of the following:’’; (2) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as (c) and (d), respectively; and (3) by amending subsection (c) (as so redesignated) to read as follows: ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON A V AILABILITY OF F U N D S.— ‘‘(1) The Secretary of Defense may not obligate funds for a project or activity under the authority in subsection (a) of this section until the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 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) of this section for a project or activity, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State 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.’’. SEC. 130 6 .NE W INITIATIVES FOR THE COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUC - TION PRO G RAM. (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduc- tion (CTR) Program should be strengthened and expanded, in part by developing new CTR initiatives; (2) such new initiatives should— (A) be well-coordinated with the Department of Energy, the Department of State, and any other relevant United States G overnment agency or department; (B) include appropriate transparency and account- ability mechanisms, and legal frameworks and agreements between the United States and CTR partner countries; (C) reflect engagement with non-governmental experts on possible new options for the CTR Program; Deadlin e .Not i f i c ation. 2 2 USC58 52 note.