Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73

§2922 Authorization of appropriations for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 43— - PREVENTING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATION AND TERRORISM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ASSISTANCE TO ACCELERATE PROGRAMS TO PREVENT WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATION AND TERRORISM › § 2922

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Authorizes the Department of Defense’s Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program to get whatever money is needed in fiscal year 2008 to destroy chemical weapons at Shchuch’ye, Russia; to prevent the spread of biological weapons; and to expand and strengthen CTR activities. The money cannot be more than the amounts allowed by any National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2008 (whether passed before or after August 3, 2007). Congress also says the President should speed up and increase funding for these CTR programs in fiscal year 2008 and future years, and starting August 3, 2007 should encourage more commitments from the Russian Federation and other partner nations, as the 9/11 Commission recommended.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §2922

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(a)(1)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)The sums appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) may not exceed the amounts authorized to be appropriated by any national defense authorization Act for fiscal year 2008 (whether enacted before or after August 3, 2007) to the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program for such purposes.

(b)It is the sense of Congress that in fiscal year 2008 and future fiscal years, the President should accelerate and expand funding for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs administered by the Department of Defense and such efforts should include, beginning upon August 3, 2007, encouraging additional commitments by the Russian Federation and other partner nations, as recommended by the 9/11 Commission.

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 2922

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73