§ 2911. Proliferation Security Initiative improvements and authorities

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2007

   Pub. L. 110–53 title XVIII § 1821 · 121 Stat. 266

   Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 2911

   Pub. L. 110–53, title XVIII, § 1821, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 493

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 110–53, title XVIII, § 1821, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 493

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   SEC. 1821. PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE IMPROVEMENTS AND AUTHORITIES. (a) Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of Congress, consistent with the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations, that the President should strive to expand and strengthen the Proliferation Security Initiative (in this subtitle referred to as “PSI”) announced by the President on May 31, 2003, with a particular emphasis on the following: (1) Issuing a presidential directive to the relevant United States Government agencies and departments that directs such agencies and departments to— (A) establish clear PSI authorities, responsibilities, and structures; (B) include in the budget request for each such agency or department for each fiscal year, a request for funds necessary for United States PSI-related activities; and (C) provide other necessary resources to achieve more efficient and effective performance of United States PSI-related activities. (2) Increasing PSI cooperation with all countries. (3) Implementing the recommendations of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in the September 2006 report titled “Better Controls Needed to Plan and Manage Proliferation Security Initiative Activities” (GAO–06–937C) regarding the following: (A) The Department of Defense and the Department of State should establish clear PSI roles and responsibilities, policies and procedures, interagency communication mechanisms, documentation requirements, and indicators to measure program results. (B) The Department of Defense and the Department of State should develop a strategy to work with PSI-participating countries to resolve issues that are impediments to conducting successful PSI interdictions. (4) Establishing a multilateral mechanism to increase coordination, cooperation, and compliance among PSI-participating countries. (b) Budget Submission.— (1) In general.— Each fiscal year in which activities are planned to be carried out under the PSI, the President shall include in the budget request for each participating United States Government agency or department for that fiscal year, a description of the funding and the activities for which the funding is requested for each such agency or department. (2) Report.— Not later than the first Monday in February of each year in which the President submits a budget request described in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a comprehensive joint report setting forth the following: (A) A 3-year plan, beginning with the fiscal year for the budget request, that specifies the amount of funding and other resources to be provided by the United States for PSI-related activities over the term of the plan, including the purposes for which such funding and resources will be used. (B) For the report submitted in 2008, a description of the PSI-related activities carried out during the 3 fiscal years preceding the year of the report, and for the report submitted in 2009 and each year thereafter, a description of the PSI-related activities carried out during the fiscal year preceding the year of the report. The description shall include, for each fiscal year covered by the report— (i) the amounts obligated and expended for such activities and the purposes for which such amounts were obligated and expended; (ii) a description of the participation of each department or agency of the United States Government in such activities; (iii) a description of the participation of each foreign country or entity in such activities; (iv) a description of any assistance provided to a foreign country or entity participating in such activities in order to secure such participation, in response to such participation, or in order to improve the quality of such participation; and (v) such other information as the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State determine should be included to keep Congress fully informed of the operation and activities of the PSI. (3) Classification.— The report required by paragraph (2) shall be in an unclassified form but may include a classified annex as necessary. (c) Implementation Report.— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the implementation of this section. The report shall include— (1) the steps taken to implement the recommendations described in paragraph (3) of subsection (a); and (2) the progress made toward implementing the matters described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of subsection (a). (d) GAO Reports.— The Government Accountability Office shall submit to Congress, for each of fiscal years 2007, 2009, and 2011, a report with its assessment of the progress and effectiveness of the PSI, which shall include an assessment of the measures referred to in subsection (a).

2. 2013

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

   Pub. L. 112–239 § 1076(a)(20)(B) · 126 Stat. 1632

   Changed · 50 U.S.C. § 2911(b)(2)

   Pub. L. 112–239, § 1076(a)(20)(B), made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 112–81, § 1067. See 2011 Amendment note below

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 112–239, § 1076(a)(20)(B), made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 112–81, § 1067. See 2011 Amendment note below.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) by striking the subsection designation and the subsection heading of subsection (b).

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1947, provided that the amendment by section 1076(a)(20)(B) is effective Dec. 31, 2011, as if included in Pub. L. 112–81 as enacted.

3. 2011

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

   Pub. L. 112–81 § 1067 · 125 Stat. 1298

   1. Amended · 50 U.S.C. § 2911(b)(2)

      Pub. L. 112–81, § 1067, formerly § 1067(b), as amended by Pub. L. 112–239, § 1076(a)(20)(B)

   2. Substituted · 50 U.S.C. § 2911(b)(2)

      Pub. L. 112–81, § 1067, formerly § 1067(b), as substituted “of each even-numbered year” for “of each year” in introductory provisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 112–81, § 1067, formerly § 1067(b), as amended by Pub. L. 112–239, § 1076(a)(20)(B), substituted “of each even-numbered year” for “of each year” in introductory provisions.

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   SEC. 1067. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER OTHER LAWS. (a) Small Business Act.— Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(7), by inserting “and including an accounting of funds, initiatives, and outcomes under the Commercialization Pilot Program” after “and (o)(15),”; and (2) in subsection (y), by striking paragraph (5). (b) Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007.— Section 1821(b)(2) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 2911(b)(2)) is amended in the first sentence by striking “of each year” and inserting “of each even-numbered year”.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1947, provided that the amendment by section 1076(a)(20)(B) is effective Dec. 31, 2011, as if included in Pub. L. 112–81 as enacted.

4. 2015

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

   Pub. L. 114–92 div. A title X § 1076(b) · 129 Stat. 726

   Struck · 50 U.S.C. § 2911(b)

   Pub. L. 114–92 struck out par. (1) designation and heading “In general” and pars. (2) and (3) which related to report and classification, respectively

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–92 struck out par. (1) designation and heading “In general” and pars. (2) and (3) which related to report and classification, respectively.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Report on Proliferation Security Initiative.— Section 1821(b) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 2911(b)) is amended— (1) by striking “(1) In General.—”; and (2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3).

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