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Title 50 — War and National Defense

Chapter 48 — Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction

§ 3734. Limitation on availability of funds for Cooperative Threat Reduction activities with Russian Federation

Statutory text

(a)

Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that—

(1)

the United States should carry out activities under the Program in the Russian Federation only if those activities are consistent with and in support of the security interests of the United States; and

(2)

in carrying out any such activities after , the Secretary of Defense should focus on only those activities that—

(A)

are in support of the arms control obligations of the United States and the Russian Federation; or

(B)

will reduce the threats posed by weapons of mass destruction and related materials and technology to the United States and countries in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian regions.

(b)

Completion of Cooperative Threat Reduction activities in Russian Federation

Cooperative Threat Reduction funds made available for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2015 may not be obligated or expended for activities in the Russian Federation unless such activities in Russia are specifically authorized by law.

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. Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act

    Pub. L. 113–291 div. A title XIII § 1334 · 128 Stat. 3292

    Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 3734

    (Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XIII, § 1334, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3603.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XIII, § 1334, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3603.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1334. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACTIVITIES WITH RUSSIAN FEDERATION. (a) Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the United States should carry out activities under the Program in the Russian Federation only if those activities are consistent with and in support of the security interests of the United States; and (2) in carrying out any such activities after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense should focus on only those activities that— (A) are in support of the arms control obligations of the United States and the Russian Federation; or (B) will reduce the threats posed by weapons of mass destruction and related materials and technology to the United States and countries in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian regions. (b) Completion of Cooperation Threat Reduction Activities in Russian Federation.— Cooperative Threat Reduction funds made available for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2015 may not be obligated or expended for activities in the Russian Federation unless such activities in Russia are specifically authorized by law.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XIII, § 1334, , 128 Stat. 3603.)

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