1. U.S. Code
  2. title 50
  3. chapter 43
  4. subchapter II
  5. § 2923

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§ 2921. Statement of policy

It shall be the policy of the United States, consistent with the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations, to eliminate any obstacles to timely obligating and executing the full amount of any appropriated funds for threat reduction and nonproliferation programs in order to accelerate and strengthen progress on preventing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation and terrorism. Such policy shall be implemented with concrete measures, such as those described in this chapter, including the removal and modification of statutory limits to executing funds, the expansion and strengthening of the Proliferation Security Initiative, the establishment of the Office of the United States Coordinator for the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism under subchapter III, and the establishment of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism under subtitle E.1

1 See References in Text below.
As a result, Congress intends that any funds authorized to be appropriated to programs for preventing WMD proliferation and terrorism under this subchapter will be executed in a timely manner.

(Pub. L. 110–53, title XVIII, § 1831, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 496.)

CITE AS: 50 USC 2921

§ 2922. Authorization of appropriations for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
(a) Fiscal year 2008
(1) In general
Subject to paragraph (2), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 for the following purposes:
(A) Chemical weapons destruction at Shchuch’ye, Russia.
(B) Biological weapons proliferation prevention.
(C) Acceleration, expansion, and strengthening of Cooperative Threat Reduction Program activities.
(2) Limitation
(b) Future years
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XVIII, § 1832, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 497.)

CITE AS: 50 USC 2922

§ 2923.
(a)
In general
Subject to subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated to Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 to accelerate, expand, and strengthen the following programs to prevent weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation and terrorism:
(1) The Global Threat Reduction Initiative.
(2) The Nonproliferation and International Security program.
(3) The International Materials Protection, Control and Accounting program.
(4) The Nonproliferation and Verification Research and Development program.
(b)
Limitation
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XVIII, § 1833, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 497.)

CITE AS: 50 USC 2923