50 USC 3711 - Authority to carry out Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 3711.

Authority to carry out Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

(a)

Authority

The Secretary of Defense may carry out a program, referred to as the “Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program”, with respect to foreign countries to do the following:

(1)

Facilitate the elimination and the safe and secure transportation and storage of chemical, biological, or other weapons, weapons components, weapons-related materials, and associated delivery vehicles.

(2)

Facilitate—

(A)

the safe and secure transportation and storage of nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons-usable or high-threat radiological materials, nuclear weapons components, and associated delivery vehicles; and

(B)

the elimination of nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons components, and nuclear weapons delivery vehicles.

(3)

Prevent the proliferation of nuclear and chemical weapons, weapons components, and weapons-related materials, technology, and expertise.

(4)

Prevent the proliferation of biological weapons, weapons components, and weapons-related materials, technology, and expertise, which may include activities that facilitate detection and reporting of highly pathogenic diseases or other diseases that are associated with or that could be used as an early warning mechanism for disease outbreaks that could affect the Armed Forces of the United States or allies of the United States, regardless of whether such diseases are caused by biological weapons.

(5)

Prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction-related materials, including materials, equipment, and technology that could be used for the design, development, production, or use of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and the means of delivery of such weapons.

(6)

Carry out military-to-military and defense contacts for advancing the mission of the Program, subject to subsection (f).

(b)

Concurrence of Secretary of State

(c)

Scope of authority

(d)

Type of program

(e)

Reimbursement of other agencies

(f)

Military-to-military and defense contacts

The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the military-to-military and defense contacts carried out under subsection (a)(6)—

(1)

are focused and expanded to support specific relationship-building opportunities, which could lead to the development of the Program in new geographic areas and achieve other benefits of the Program;

(2)

are directly administered as part of the Program; and

(3)

include cooperation and coordination with—

(A)

the unified combatant commands; and

(B)

the Department of State.

(g)

Prior notice to Congress of obligation of funds

(1)

Reports requirement

(2)

Matters included

Each report under paragraph (1) shall specify—

(A)

the activities and forms of assistance for which the Secretary plans to obligate funds;

(B)

the amount of the proposed obligation; and

(C)

the projected involvement (if any) of any other department or agency of the United States and of the private sector of the United States in the activities and forms of assistance for which the Secretary plans to obligate such funds.

(3)

Exception for notifications previously provided

(Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title XIII, § 1321, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3595; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XIII, §§ 1302(b)(1), 1303(b), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2566, 2568; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XIII, § 1302(b)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1705.)

cite as: 50 USC 3711