S.Amdt. 5376

1. Rewrites section 1003

   Replaces

   In S. 3001 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   Struck: SEC. 1003. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION TO NATO COMMON-FUNDED BUDGETS IN FISCAL YEAR 2009.

   Struck: (a) Fiscal Year 2009 Limitation.--The total amount contributed by the Secretary of Defense in fiscal year 2009 for the common-funded budgets of NATO may be any amount up to, but not in excess of, the amount specified in subsection (b) (rather than the maximum amount that would otherwise be applicable to those contributions under the fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation).

   Struck: (b) Total Amount.--The amount of the limitation applicable under subsection (a) is the sum of the following:

   Struck: (1) The amounts of unexpended balances, as of the end of fiscal year 2008, of funds appropriated for fiscal years before fiscal year 2009 for payments for those budgets.

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   Struck: (2) The amount specified in subsection (c)(1).

   Struck: (3) The amount specified in subsection (c)(2).

   Struck: (4) The total amount of the contributions authorized to be made under section 2501.

   Struck: (c) Authorized Amounts.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated by titles II and III of this Act are available for contributions for the common-funded budgets of NATO as follows:

   Struck: (1) Of the amount provided in section 201(1), $1,049,000 for the Civil Budget.

   Struck: (2) Of the amount provided in section 301(1), $408,788,000 for the Military Budget.

   Struck: (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:

   Struck: (1) Common-funded budgets of nato.--The term "common- funded budgets of NATO" means the Military Budget, the Security Investment Program, and the Civil Budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (and any successor or additional account or program of NATO).

   Struck: (2) Fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation.--The term "fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation" means the maximum annual amount of Department of Defense contributions for common-funded budgets of NATO that is set forth as the annual limitation in section 3(2)(C)(ii) of the resolution of the Senate giving the advice and consent of the Senate to the ratification of the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic (as defined in section 4(7) of that resolution), approved by the Senate on April 30, 1998.

   Inserted: SEC. 1003. CODIFICATION OF RECURRING AUTHORITY ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION COMMON-FUNDED BUDGETS.

   Inserted: (a) Codification of Authority.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 134 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

   Inserted: "Sec. 2263. United States contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization common-funded budgets

   Inserted: "(a) In General.--The total amount contributed by the Secretary of Defense in any fiscal year for the common-funded budgets of NATO may be an amount in excess of the maximum amount that would otherwise be applicable to those contributions in such fiscal year under the fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation.

   Inserted: "(b) Reports.--(1) Not later than October 30 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the contributions made by the Secretary to the common-funded budgets of NATO in the preceding fiscal year.

   Inserted: "(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, for the fiscal year covered by such report, the following:

   Inserted: "(A) The amounts contributed by the Secretary to each of the separate budgets and programs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization under the common-funded budgets of NATO.

   Inserted: "(B) For each budget and program to which the Secretary made such a contribution, the percentage of such budget or program during the fiscal year that such contribution represented.

   Inserted: "(c) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: "(1) Common-funded budgets of nato.--The term 'common-funded budgets of NATO' means the Military Budget, the Security Investment Program, and the Civil Budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (and any successor or additional account or program of NATO).

   Inserted: "(2) Fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation.--The term 'fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation' means the maximum annual amount of Department of Defense contributions for common-funded budgets of NATO that is set forth as the annual limitation in section 3(2)(C)(ii) of the resolution of the Senate giving the advice and consent of the Senate to the ratification of the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic (as defined in section 4(7) of that resolution), approved by the Senate on April 30, 1998.".

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   Inserted: (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II of chapter 134 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

   Inserted: "2263. United States contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization common-funded budgets.".

   Inserted: (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2008, and shall apply to fiscal years that begin on or after that date.

   Original wording

   Strike section 1003 and insert the following:

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