§3743 Reports on Activities and Assistance Under Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

Summary

When the President’s budget asks for money for the Department of Defense to carry out the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, the Secretary of Defense, after talking with the Secretary of State, must send a report to the congressional defense committees, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The report is due no later than the first Monday in February of that year. The reporting requirement ends on January 1, 2030. The report must include an estimate of the total money the United States will need that fiscal year to meet the Program’s goals and a five-year plan that shows how much money and other resources the United States will provide and what they will be used for. It must describe what was done in the previous fiscal year, the funds notified, obligated, and spent (including cumulative totals), which federal agencies and U.S. private companies took part, the types of help given, and progress on demilitarizing and converting facilities. It must explain how the United States made sure aid was tracked and used properly (management, audits, etc.), tell where and what condition any equipment is in, report on contracts or services and how they were checked, assess whether help met its goals, and list plans to keep accountability in the coming year. It must also describe defense and military activities under section 3711(a)(6), including funds used, goals, activities and justifications, results, and participants.