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107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 288
Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a technical correction in
the enrollment of S. 1438.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 13, 2001
Mr. Stump submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
considered and agreed to
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a technical correction in
the enrollment of S. 1438.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That in the enrollment of the bill (S. 1438) to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other
purposes, the Secretary of the Senate shall make the following
correction:
Strike section 1212 and insert the following:
SEC. 1212. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
(a) Eligibility of Friendly Foreign Countries.--Section 2350a of
title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a) Authority To
Engage in Cooperative R&D Projects.--''';
(B) by striking ``major allies of the United States
or NATO organizations'' and inserting ``countries or
organizations referred to in paragraph (2)''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(2) The countries and organizations with which the Secretary may
enter into a memorandum of agreement (or other formal agreement) under
paragraph (1) are as follows:
``(A) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
``(B) A NATO organization.
``(C) A member nation of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
``(D) A major non-NATO ally.
``(E) Any other friendly foreign country.'';
(2) in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) by striking ``its major non-NATO allies'' and
inserting ``a country or organization referred to in
subsection (a)(2)''; and
(B) by striking ``(NATO)'';
(3) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the major
allies of the United States'' and inserting ``countries
and organizations referred to in subsection (a)(2)'';
and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by striking ``major ally of the United
States'' and inserting ``country or
organization referred to in subsection
(a)(2)''; and
(ii) by striking ``that ally's
contribution'' and inserting ``the contribution
of that country or organization'';
(4) in subsection (e)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``one or more
of the major allies of the United States'' and
inserting ``any country or organization referred to in
subsection (a)(2)'';
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``major allies
of the United States or NATO organizations'' and
inserting ``countries and organizations referred to in
subsection (a)(2)'';
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``major allies
of the United States'' and inserting ``countries and
organizations referred to in subsection (a)(2)''; and
(D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``major allies
of the United States'' and inserting ``countries and
organizations referred to in subsection (a)(2)'';
(5) paragraphs (1)(A) and (4)(A) of subsection (g), by
striking ``major allies of the United States and other friendly
foreign countries'' and inserting ``countries referred to in
subsection (a)(2)'';
(6) in subsection (h), by striking ``major allies of the
United States'' and inserting ``member nations of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, major non-NATO allies, and other
friendly foreign countries''; and
(7) in subsection (i)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``major allies of
the United States or NATO organizations'' and inserting
``countries and organizations referred to in subsection
(a)(2)'';
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively.
(b) Notice-and-Wait Requirement.--Subsection (a) of such section is
further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) If such a memorandum of understanding (or other formal
agreement) is with a country referred to in subparagraph (E) of
paragraph (2), such memorandum (or agreement) may go into effect only
after the Secretary submits to the Committees on Armed Services and on
Foreign Relations of the Senate and to the Committees on Armed Services
and on International Relations of the House of Representatives a report
with respect to the proposed memorandum (or agreement) and a period of
30 days has passed after the report has been submitted.''.
(c) Delegation of Authority To Determine Eligibility of Projects.--
Subsection (b)(2) of such section is amended by striking ``to the
Deputy Secretary of Defense'' and all that follows through the period
at the end and inserting ``to the Deputy Secretary of Defense and to
one other official of the Department of Defense.''.
(d) Revision of Requirement for Annual Report on Eligible
Countries.--Subsection (f)(2) of such section is amended to read as
follows:
``(2) Not later than January 1 of each year, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and on Foreign
Relations of the Senate and to the Committees on Armed Services and on
International Relations of the House of Representatives a report
specifying--
``(A) the countries that are eligible to participate in a
cooperative project agreement under this section; and
``(B) the criteria used to determine the eligibility of
such countries.''.
(e) Conforming Amendments.--(1) The heading of such section is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 2350a. Cooperative research and development agreements: NATO
organizations; allied and friendly foreign countries''.
(2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at
the beginning of subchapter II of chapter 138 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``2350a. Cooperative research and development agreements: NATO
organizations; allied and friendly foreign
countries.''.
SEC. 1213. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR RECIPROCAL USE OF TEST
FACILITIES.
(a) Authority.--Subchapter II of chapter 138 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2350l. Cooperative agreements for reciprocal use of test
facilities: foreign countries and international
organizations
``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of
the Secretary of State, may enter into a memora
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(or other formal agreement) with a foreign country or international
organization to provide for the testing, on a reciprocal basis, of
defense equipment (1) by the United States using test facilities of
that country or organization, and (2) by that country or organization
using test facilities of the United States.
``(b) Payment of Costs.--A memorandum or other agreement under
subsection (a) shall provide that, when a party to the agreement uses a
test facility of another party to the agreement, the party using the
test facility is charged by the party providing the test facility in
accordance with the following principles:
``(1) The user party shall be charged the amount equal to
the direct costs incurred by the provider party in furnishing
test and evaluation services by the providing party's officers,
employees, or governmental agencies.
``(2) The user party may also be charged indirect costs
relating to the use of the test facility, but only to the
extent specified in the memorandum or other agreement.
``(c) Determination of Indirect Costs; Delegation of Authority.--
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall determine the appropriateness of the
amount of indirect costs charged by the United States pursuant to
subsection (b)(2).
``(2) The Secretary may delegate the authority under paragraph (1)
only to the Deputy Secretary of Defense and to one other official of
the Department of Defense.
``(d) Retention of Funds Collected by the United States.--Amounts
collected by the United States from a party using a test facility of
the United States pursuant to a memorandum or other agreement under
this section shall be credited to the appropriation accounts from which
the costs incurred by the United States in providing such test facility
were paid.
``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `direct cost', with respect to the use of a
test facility pursuant to a memorandum or other agreement under
subsection (a)--
``(A) means any item of cost that is easily and
readily identified to a specific unit of work or output
within the test facility where the use occurred, that
would not have been incurred if such use had not
occurred; and
``(B) may include costs of labor, materials,
facilities, utilities, equipment, supplies, and any
other resources of the test facility that are consumed
or damaged in connection with--
``(i) the use; or
``(ii) the maintenance of the test facility
for purposes of the use.
``(2) The term `indirect cost', with respect to the use of
a test facility pursuant to a memorandum or other agreement
under subsection (a)--
``(A) means any item of cost that is not easily and
readily identified to a specific unit of work or output
within the test facility where the use occurred; and
``(B) may include general and administrative
expenses for such activities as supporting base
operations, manufacturing, supervision, procurement of
office supplies, and utilities that are accumulated
costs allocated among several users.
``(3) The term `test facility' means a range or other
facility at which testing of defense equipment may be carried
out.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``2350l. Cooperative agreements for reciprocal use of test facilities:
foreign countries and international
organizations.''.
SEC. 1214. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ALLIED DEFENSE BURDENSHARING.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the efforts of the President to increase defense
burdendsharing by allied and friendly nations deserve strong
support; and
(2) host nation support agreements with those nations in
which United States military personnel are assigned to
permanent duty ashore should be negotiated consistent with
section 1221(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 50 U.S.C. 1541(a)(1)),
which sets forth a goal of obtaining from any such host nation
financial contributions that amount to 75 percent of the
nonpersonnel costs incurred by the United States Government for
stationing United States military personnel in that nation.
Subtitle C--Reports
SEC. 1221. REPORT ON SIGNIFICANT SALES AND TRANSFERS OF MILITARY
HARDWARE, EXPERTISE, AND TECHNOLOGY TO THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
Section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 781; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) Report on Significant Sales and Transfers to China.--(1) The
report to be submitted under this section not later than March 1, 2002,
shall include in a separate section a report describing any significant
sale or transfer of military hardware, expertise, and technology to the
People's Republic of China. The report shall set forth the history of
such sales and transfers since 1995, forecast possible future sales and
transfers, and address the implications of those sales and transfers
for the security of the United States and its friends and allies in
Asia.
``(2) The report shall include analysis and forecasts of the
following matters related to military cooperation between selling
states and the People's Republic of China:
``(A) The extent in each selling state of government
knowledge, cooperation, or condoning of sales or transfers of
military hardware, expertise, or technology to the People's
Republic of China.
``(B) An itemization of significant sales and transfers of
military hardware, expertise, or technology from each selling
state to the People's Republic of China that have taken place
since 1995, with a particular focus on command, control,
communications, and intelligence systems.
``(C) Significant assistance by any selling state to key
research and development programs of China, including programs
for development of weapons of mass destruction and delivery
vehicles for such weapons, programs for development of advanced
conventional weapons, and programs for development of
unconventional weapons.
``(D) The extent to which arms sales by any selling state
to the People's Republic of China are a source of funds for
military research and development or procurement programs in
the selling state.
``(3) The report under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to
each area of analysis and forecasts specified in paragraph (2)--
``(A) an assessment of the military effects of such sales
or transfers to entities in the People's Republic of China;
``(B) an assessment of the ability of the People's
Liberation Army to assimilate such sales or transfers, mass
produce new equipment, or develop doctrine for use; and
``(C) the potential threat of developments related to such
effects on the security interests of the United States and its
friends and allies in Asia.''.
SEC. 1222. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR REPORTING TO CONGRESS ON MILITARY
DEPLOYMENTS TO HAITI.
Section 1232(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 788; 50 U.S.C. 1541
note) is repealed.
SEC. 1223. REPORT
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BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL ON PROVISION OF DEFENSE
ARTICLES, SERVICES, AND MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the
following:
(1) The benefits derived by each foreign country or
international organization from the receipt of defense
articles, defense services, or military education and training
provided after December 31, 1989, pursuant to the drawdown of
such articles, services, or education and training from the
stocks of the Department of Defense under section 506, 516, or
552 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318,
2321j, or 2348a) or any other provision of law.
(2) Any benefits derived by the United States from the
provision of defense articles, defense services, and military
education and training described in paragraph (1).
(3) The effect on the readiness of the Armed Forces as a
result of the provision by the United States of defense
articles, defense services, and military education and training
described in paragraph (1).
(4) The cost to the Department of Defense with respect to
the provision of defense articles, defense services, and
military education and training described in paragraph (1).
(b) Reports.--(1) Not later than April 15, 2002, the Comptroller
General shall submit to Congress an interim report containing the
results to that date of the study conducted under subsection (a).
(2) Not later than August 1, 2002, the Comptroller General shall
submit to Congress a final report containing the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a).
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