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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
[Document affected by Public Law 107-107 Section 1307]
[Document affected by Public Law 107-107 Section 1309]
[CITE: 22USC5959]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
 CHAPTER 68A--COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH STATES OF FORMER SOVIET 
                                  UNION
 
Sec. 5959. Reports on activities and assistance under 
        cooperative threat reduction programs
        

(a) Annual report

    In any year in which the budget of the President under section 1105 
of title 31 for the fiscal year beginning in such year requests funds 
for the Department of Defense for assistance or activities under 
Cooperative Threat Reduction programs with the states of the former 
Soviet Union, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
on activities and assistance during the preceding fiscal year under 
Cooperative Threat Reduction programs setting forth the matters in 
subsection (c) of this section.

(b) Deadline for report

    The report under subsection (a) of this section shall be submitted 
not later than the first Monday in February of a year.

(c) Matters to be included

    The report under subsection (a) of this section in a year shall set 
forth the following:
        (1) An estimate of the total amount that will be required to be 
    expended by the United States in order to achieve the objectives of 
    the Cooperative Threat Reduction programs.
        (2) A five-year plan setting forth the amount of funds and other 
    resources proposed to be provided by the United States for 
    Cooperative Threat Reduction programs over the term of the plan, 
    including the purpose for which such funds and resources will be 
    used, and to provide guidance for the preparation of annual budget 
    submissions with respect to Cooperative Threat Reduction programs.
        (3) A description of the Cooperative Threat Reduction activities 
    carried out during the fiscal year ending in the year preceding the 
    year of the report, including--
            (A) the amounts notified, obligated, and expended for such 
        activities and the purposes for which such amounts were 
        notified, obligated, and expended for such fiscal year and 
        cumulatively for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs;
            (B) a description of the participation, if any, of each 
        department and agency of the United States Government in such 
        activities;
            (C) a description of such activities, including the forms of 
        assistance provided;
            (D) a description of the United States private sector 
        participation in the portion of such activities that were 
        supported by the obligation and expenditure of funds for 
        Cooperative Threat Reduction programs; and
            (E) such other information as the Secretary of Defense 
        considers appropriate to inform Congress fully of the operation 
        of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and activities, 
        including with respect to proposed demilitarization or 
        conversion projects, information on the progress toward 
        demilitarization of facilities and the conversion of the 
        demilitarized facilities to civilian activities.

        (4) A description of the audits, examinations, and other 
    efforts, such as on-site inspections, conducted by the United States 
    during the fiscal year ending in the year preceding the year of the 
    report to ensure that assistance provided under Cooperative Threat 
    Reduction programs is fully accounted for and that such assistance 
    is being used for its intended purpose, including--
            (A) if such assistance consisted of equipment, a description 
        of the current location of such equipment and the current 
        condition of such equipment;
            (B) if such assistance consisted of contracts or other 
        services, a description of the status of such contracts or 
        services and the methods used to ensure that such contracts and 
        services are being used for their intended purpose;
            (C) a determination whether the assistance described in 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B) has been used for its intended 
        purpose; and
            (D) a description of the audits, examinations, and other 
        efforts planned to be carried out during the fiscal year 
        beginning in the year of the report to ensure that Cooperative 
        Threat Reduction assistance provided during such fiscal year is 
        fully accounted for and is used for its intended purpose.

        (5) A current description of the tactical nuclear weapons 
    arsenal of Russia, including--
            (A) an estimate of the current types, numbers, yields, 
        viability, locations, and deployment status of the nuclear 
        warheads in that arsenal;
            (B) an assessment of the strategic relevance of such 
        warheads;
            (C) an assessment of the current and projected threat of 
        theft, sale, or unauthorized use of such warheads; and
            (D) a summary of past, current, and planned United States 
        efforts to work cooperatively with Russia to account for, 
        secure, and reduce Russia's stockpile of tactical nuclear 
        warheads and associated fissile materials.

(d) Input of DCI

    The Director of Central Intelligence shall submit to the Secretary 
of Defense the views of the Director on any matters covered by 
subsection (c)(5) of this section in a report under subsection (a) of 
this section. Such views shall be included in such report as a 
classified annex to such report.

(e) Comptroller General assessment

    Not later than 90 days after the date on which a report is submitted 
to Congress under subsection (a) of this section, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the Comptroller 
General's assessment of the information described in paragraphs (2) and 
(4) of subsection (c) of this section.

(f) First report

    The first report submitted under subsection (a) of this section 
shall be submitted in 2001.

(g) Omitted

(h) Limitation on use of funds until submission of multiyear plan

    Not more than 10 percent of fiscal year 2001 Cooperative Threat 
Reduction funds may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of 
Defense submits to Congress an updated version of the multiyear plan for 
fiscal year 2001 required to be submitted under section 1205 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-
337; 22 U.S.C. 5952 note).

(i) Report on Russian nonstrategic nuclear arms

    Not later than 30 days after October 30, 2000, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the following regarding 
Russia's arsenal of tactical nuclear warheads:
        (1) Estimates regarding current types, numbers, yields, 
    viability, locations, and deployment status of the warheads.
        (2) An assessment of the strategic relevance of the warheads.
        (3) An assessment of the current and projected threat of theft, 
    sale, or unauthorized use of the warheads.
        (4) A summary of past, current, and planned United States 
    efforts to work cooperatively with Russia to account for, secure, 
    and reduce Russia's stockpile of tactical nuclear warheads and 
    associated fissile material.

(Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XIII, Sec. 1308], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-341.)

                          Codification

    Section is comprised of section 1 [[div. A], title XIII, Sec. 1308] 
of Pub. L. 106-398. Section 1 [[div. A], title XIII, Sec. 1308(g)] of 
Pub. L. 106-398 repealed section 5956 of this title, repealed section 
1206 of Pub. L. 104-106 which was set out in a note under section 5955 
of this title, repealed, effective on the date the Secretary of Defense 
submits to Congress an updated version of the multiyear plan for fiscal 
year 2001 as described in subsec. (h) of this section, section 1205 of 
Pub. L. 103-337, 108 Stat. 2883, which is set out in part as a note 
under section 5952 of this title, amended section 1312 of Pub. L. 106-65 
which is set out as a note under section 5955 of this title, and 
repealed sections 1203 of Pub. L. 103-337, 108 Stat. 2882, and 1307 of 
Pub. L. 106-65, 113 Stat. 795, which are not classified to the Code.
    Section was enacted as part of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, and not as part of the 
Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 which comprises this chapter.


  Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs and Funds for 
          Purposes of H.R. 5408, as enacted by Pub. L. 106-398

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XIII, Sec. 1301(a), (b)], 
Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-338, 1654A-339, provided that:
    ``(a) Specification of CTR Programs.--For purposes of section 301 
[114 Stat. 1654A-52] and other provisions of this Act [H.R. 5408, as 
enacted by section 1 of Pub. L. 106-398, see Tables for classification], 
Cooperative Threat Reduction programs are the programs specified in 
section 1501(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2731; 50 U.S.C. 2362 note).
    ``(b) Fiscal Year 2001 Cooperative Threat Reduction Funds Defined.--
As used in this title [enacting this section, repealing section 5656 of 
this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under section 5952 of 
this title, and amending provisions set out as notes under sections 5952 
and 5955 of this title], the term `fiscal year 2001 Cooperative Threat 
Reduction funds' means the funds appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in section 301 for Cooperative Threat 
Reduction programs.''
