§ 3713. Authority for urgent threat reduction activities under Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

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. 2014

   Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act

   Pub. L. 113–291 div. A title XIII § 1323 · 128 Stat. 3292

   Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 3713

   Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XIII, § 1323, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3598

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XIII, § 1323, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3598

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1323. AUTHORITY FOR URGENT THREAT REDUCTION ACTIVITIES UNDER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds for Urgent Threat Reduction Activities.— Subject to subsections (b) and (c), not more than 15 percent of the total amount of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds for any fiscal year may be obligated or expended, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for covered activities. (b) Secretary of Defense Determination and Notice for Urgent Threat Reduction Activities in Governed Areas.— With respect to an area not covered by subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense may obligate or expend funds pursuant to subsection (a) for covered activities if— (1) the Secretary determines, in writing, that— (A) a threat arising in such area from the proliferation of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons or weapons-related materials, technologies, or expertise must be addressed urgently; (B) certain provisions of law would unnecessarily impede the ability of the Secretary to carry out such covered activities to address such threat; and (C) it is necessary to obligate or expend such funds to carry out such covered activities; (2) the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy concur with such determination; and (3) at the time at which the Secretary of Defense first obligates such funds, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, submits to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate— (A) the determination under paragraph (1); (B) a description of the covered activities to be carried out using such funds; (C) the expected time frame for such activities; and (D) the expected cost of such activities. (c) Presidential Determination and Notice for Urgent Threat Reduction Activities in Ungoverned Areas.— With respect to an ungoverned area or an area that is not controlled by an effective governmental authority, as determined by the Secretary of State, the President may obligate or expend funds pursuant to subsection (a) for covered activities if— (1) the President determines, in writing, that— (A) a threat arising in such an area from the proliferation of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons or weapons-related materials, technologies, or expertise must be addressed urgently; and (B) it is necessary to obligate or expend such funds to carry out such covered activities to address such threat; and (2) at the time at which the President first obligates such funds, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, submits to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate— (A) the determination under paragraph (1); (B) a description of the covered activities to be carried out using such funds; (C) the expected time frame for such activities; and (D) the expected cost of such activities. (d) Covered Activity Defined.— In this section, the term “covered activity” means an activity under the Program to address a threat arising from the proliferation of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons or weapons-related materials, technologies, or expertise.

2. 2016

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

   Pub. L. 114–328 div. A title XIII § 1302(b)(3) · 130 Stat. 2000

   Substituted · 50 U.S.C. § 3713(b)(3)

   Pub. L. 114–328 substituted “not later than seven days before the date on which” for “at the time at which” in introductory provisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 114–328 substituted “not later than seven days before the date on which” for “at the time at which” in introductory provisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) Section 1323(b)(3) (50 U.S.C. 3713(b)(3)) is amended by striking “at the time at which” and inserting “not later than seven days before the date on which”.

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