To provide that funds appropriated for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs and made available for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty International Monitoring System may be made available to the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security for use in certain nonproliferation efforts and counterproliferation efforts.

SA 1308. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Frist) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 3057, an act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

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NONPROLIFERATION AND COUNTERPROLIFERATION EFFORTS

Sec. 6113. Funds appropriated under title III under the heading “nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs” may be made available to the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security for use in certain nonproliferation efforts and counterproliferation efforts such as increased voluntary dues to the International Atomic Energy Agency, activities under the Proliferation Security Initiative, and the Cooperative Threat Reduction program, and in support of the National Counter Proliferation Center and its activities.